France: 1454 - 1788
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- Medieval documents from the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (7th to 16th centuries; photo facsimiles)
- Royal seals of the Bourgogne dynasty.
- Provided on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (9th to 16th centuries; photo facsimiles)
- Reproductions of manuscript illuminations and decor preserved in French municipal libraries.
- Linked in a database searchable by multiple criteria.
- Produced through the auspices of CNRS.
- (8th to 18th centuries; facsimiles and metadata)
- This section includes primary documents of post-1066 France online.
- See especially the section on France.
- (1066-1603; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- King Réné of Anjou's tournament guidelines.
- (1460; Middle French transcription and English translation)
- Includes 600 titles in fields of literature, religion, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, travel, and architecture.
- Texts provide an illuminating window on the French Renaissance.
- (16th century; searchable and browseable database of book facsimiles)
- Prayer book from early 16th century France.
- (16th century; Latin-text manuscript)
- Account of the virtuous acts and gestures of the Christian kings and princes of France up until the reign of King Francis I.
- Translated from Latin into French in 1514.
- (1515; French-language facsimile)
- Warning and exhortation issued to the Christian king of France and to his kingdom.
- Concerning religion; by Maturin Cordier.
- (1561; French-language facsimile)
- Compilation of memorable events in France under the reigns of Henri II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henri III.
- Mostly between the years 1547 and 1589.
- (1595; French-language facsimile)
- German translation of the memoirs of Philippe de Commynes.
- Regarding the times of King Louis XI and Duke Carle of Burgundy.
- (Late 15th to early 16th centuries; German translation)
- Database of document descriptions and reproductions concerning "New France" (Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland, the Great Lakes region, and Louisiana).
- Part of the New France - New Horizons website.
- (Mostly 1500-1763; searchable facsimiles of documents and photos)
- First-hand account of indigenous life in the New World.
- Described by English seaman Captain Martin Frobisher.
- (1578; French-language facsimile)
- Missionary texts on the early years of French colonization in North America.
- With chronological access to the texts themselves and the Reuben Gold Thwaites English translations.
- (1610-1791; French, Italian, and Latin originals with English translations)
- Including first-hand accounts of Samuel de Champlain's journeys in New France.
- (1609-1635; French transcriptions with synoptic English translations)
- Database from the National Archives of Canada with more than 50,000 digitized images of colonial history.
- (Facsimiles)
- Part of Exploration, Fur Trade and the Hudson's Bay Company website.
- (18th century; searchable access to facsimiles)
- Constitutional documents, treaties, and other primary sources regarding English and French interests in Canada.
- (1760 to the present; transcriptions)
- Digital library of Library of Congress in cooperation with the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- A bilingual site offering digitized books, prints, maps, and manuscripts on French presence in North America.
- (16th to 19th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, and maps)
- Part of the Digital Collections at the Brigham Young University Library.
- (1592-1597; facsimiles)
- The Edict of Nantes with documents leading up to it.
- (1562-1598; French-language transcriptions)
- Peace Treaty ending the Thirty Years War.
- From the Avalon Project.
- (24 October 1648, English translation)
- Documents from the Wars of Religion to the Edict of Tolerance.
- Reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (ca. 1540-1788; photo facsimiles)
- Epistle by Jean Calvin to King Francis I of France, demonstrating the causes of the troubles in the church at the time.
- Part of the 16th century Swiss prints collection of the e-rara.ch database.
- (1541; French-language facsimile)
- Memoirs on the third civil war and of the latest troubles in France under the reign of Charles IX.
- Part of the 16th century Swiss prints collection of the e-rara.ch database.
- (1570; French-language facsimile)
- Memoirs on France, under the reign of Charles IX.
- Part of the 16th century Swiss prints collection of the e-rara.ch database.
- (1578; French-language facsimile)
- Texts from the time of the Wars of Religion.
- Growing collection of over 2,100 political pamphlets from the holdings of BYU Special Collections.
- (1547-1626; facsimiles)
- Excerpts from letters, diaries, edicts, and other documents of the age.
- (16th to 18th centuries; French transcriptions)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (16th to 17th centuries; transcriptions and translations)
- Important 17th-century contemporary newspaper available online.
- Includes subject indexes of the various volumes.
- Digitized by the Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du Littéraire.
- (1605-1643; facsimiles)
- Excerpts from letters, diaries, edicts, and other documents of the age.
- (17th to 18th centuries; French transcriptions)
- Excerpts from diaries and documents on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
- (1685; French transcriptions)
- Speech regarding opposition to King Louis XIV's move to install a Catholic to the English throne.
- (31 December 1701; transcription)
- From the journals of British Admiral Sir George Rooke, recounting battles against the French and Spanish forces.
- Digitized by David Stewart of Hillsdale College.
- (17-23 October 1702; transcriptions)
- Contains the names of Intendants and periods of incumbency in different intendances (French provinces).
- From the University of Wisconsin.
- Free registration required.
- (1661-1790; data files)
- Letters between King Louis XIV and his Naval Secretary Pontchartrain.
- Reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (1703-1714; photo facsimiles)
- French case for protecting their rights and territory in North America against the English.
- (October 1750; transcription)
- Regarding French preparations for an inevitable conflict against the English in North America.
- (December 1750; English translation)
- An exhibition celebrating the 250th birthday of the Marquis de LaFayette.
- With primary documents, artifacts, and commentary from Cornell University.
- Available in both French and English interface.
- (1757-1834; facsimiles of documents and objects)
- Treaty includes French recognition of United States independence.
- (6 February 1778; facsimile and transcription in English and French)
- Royal monetary edicts and decrees from the mid ninth century until after the French Revolution.
- Also a good source for information on the succession of French kings.
- Under construction in reverse chronological order. Most recent years available first.
- (843-1792; published transcriptions in pdf file)
- Documents from the Avalon Project.
- (1778-1843; transcriptions and translations)
- Documents and images from the French-speaking world in the 19th century.
- Courtesy of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
- (French facsimiles and transcriptions)
- A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities.
- (Facsimiles)
- Scores of contemporary texts, browsable by author, by date or by topic.
- A digital archive of Stanford University Libraries.
- (1716-1897; scalable French-language facsimile texts)
- Digital library on the history of science and technology.
- (18th to 20th centuries; French-language facsimiles of books and periodicals)
- Electronic resources dealing with the history of medicine and dentistry.
- Digitization project of the "Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médecine" Department for the History of Medicine.
- (16th to 19th centuries; facsimiles)
- Provided by the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University.
- Three major digital document collections:
- (18th to 19th centuries; facsimiles)
- A growing collection of documented texts.
- (From ancient times through 1914; Latin, Langue d'Oc, Langue d'Oil transcriptions and translations)
- Photographic reproductions of constitutions, edicts, treaties, letters, photos, atlases and official seals.
- Available either by search engine or by thematic "dossiers."
- Exhibition showcasing the development of courtly fashion as depicted in the art of Medieval France and the Netherlands.
- Timeline spanning from the "Fashion Revolution" (c. 1330) to the beginning of the Renaissance in France.
- (1325-1515; manuscripts and descriptions)
- Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
- (Transcriptions, facsimiles, and commentaries, mostly in English)
- Historical documents and commentary on the former duchy of Savoy.
- (1100 to present; French and Latin transcriptions, facsimiles, and commentaries)
- The Roubaix Digital Library in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais aims to concentrate all the local primary sources for the history of the city in one digital library.
- Browse by theme, collection or chronological era.
- (15th to 20th centuries; facsimiles, pictures, and descriptions)
EuroDocs > History of France: Primary Documents > 1454 - 1788
EuroDocs Creator: Richard Hacken, European Studies Bibliographer,
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Feel free to get in touch: Hacken @ byu.edu
