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Links to databases of French documents.
(French)
Digitized at the Manuscripts Department
(French facsimiles)
Links to various French databates.
(French interface)
This book is an excellent collection of primary sources, including dozens of important historical documents from multiple countries, as well as from international treaties and church history.
(beginning 313 AD; facsimile; English introduction with documents in other languages)
(French facsimiles, English interface)
Search by text or do an advanced search
View facsimile by clicking "external resource."
(French facsimiles, English interface)
French Manuscripts of the Saxon collection
From Dresden
(German; French facsimiles)
The collection of Occidental manuscripts of the time from the 6th to the 20th century includes around 38,000 codices, among them predominantly 17,000 Latin and 13,000 German manuscripts, but also more than 1,000 French ones, 950 Italian ones, 650 Greek ones, 145 Spanish and Portuguese ones and 124 Slavic ones.
From Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
(6-20th century; facsimiles; English interface)
Browse the collection.
(French interface)
Medieval manuscript holdings in Laon.
(Medieval age; facsimiles, French interface)
Database of poems, songs and ballads. Subjects of this era were often important political figures, battles, etc.
(English)
Collection of transcribed French texts from Fordham University's Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
(14 February 842 - 1901; Latin, Langue d'Oc, Langue d'Oil, and French transcriptions and translations)
A database of images, texts, charts, and historical maps of French Gothic architecture.
(12th to 13th centuries forward; facsimile images, maps, architectural plans, texts, and narratives)
This introduction to French illuminated manuscripts from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth century presents examples of the work of the main artists of that time, as represented in the British Library.
From the British Library
(14-16th century; French facsimiles)
Important historical parchments digitized by the Martynas Mazvydas Lithuanian National Library.
(1460-1811; facsimiles)
Online library of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
(17th to 20th centuries; facsimiles)
French page of the World Documents Library.
(photos; facsimiles)
Includes the “Conspiracy of Equals” of Babeuf during the French Revolution, the Paris Commune, the first workers government ever (including primary documents and a photo gallery), The Resistance (1940-45) with letters from the Manouchian group of foreign communists killed by the Nazis and The Algerian Independence War (1954-60) including the reaction of the French Left.
(1753-1979; English and French)
French and francophone digital libraries.
Strong representation of local and regional digital depositories.
Regions include Grenoble, Lille, Lisieux, Lyon, Normandy, Troyes, etc.
(Facsimiles, transcriptions, and commentary)
(English interface; facsimiles)
Includes open-access historical newspapers by city of publication (worldwide).
Also consult the Newspaper sources by country.
(18th century to present; facsimile editions)
Digitized from the collections of the Library of Congress.
"Documents the early history of aeronautics with an emphasis on balloon flight in France and other European countries."
(1773-1910; searchable database of facsimiles)
Constitutional variants reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
(1789 to present; photo facsimiles)
A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities.
(Facsimiles)
Collection of historical maps of France.
(facsimiles)
Collection of historical maps of Europe.
(facsimiles; Hungarian)
Photographic reproductions of constitutions, edicts, treaties, letters, photos, atlases and official seals of relevance to French national and regional history.
Available either by search engine or by thematic "dossiers."
Documents regarding French nuclear development, as well as assistance provided by the United States.
Part of the Wilson Center's Digital Archive of the Cold War.
(1957-1975; English transcriptions and facsimiles)
The "History and Wars" section of the French National Audiovisual Institute's website.
Includes sections on World War II, the Algerian Conflict, Decolonization, the Cold War, and more.
(20th and 21st centuries; video and audio files)
Database allowing online access to over 350,000 pieces of public data.
(20th century to present day; French-language documents)
Including essays of important economic thinkers from Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, and other countries.
(English transcriptions and translations)
Collection of peace agreements entered into by France.
(French)
A digital library of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
(Middle ages to present; Facsimiles and transcriptions of French-language documents, books, images and maps)
Collection of historical documents on recent French history, especially in relation to Russia.
(Russian)
The page before you is no more than a guide to the rather miscellaneous collection of pages onsite of some significance to the history of France or of the French people.
From the creators of LacusCurtius
(English)
Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
(Facsimiles)
French heritage sites viewed with Google street view technology.
Some photos include ability to digitally walk around in areas and rooms.
Chateau de Chantilly
Chenonceau Castle
City of Le Havre rebuilt by Auguste Perret
Episcopal City of Albi
Historic Center of Avignon
Historic Site of Lyons
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
Opéra Comique
Palace and Park of Versailles
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Port of the Moon, Bordeaux
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
The Loire Valley: Castle of Amboise
The Loire Valley: Castle of Ussé
Castle of Villandry
(photos, interactive images)
Database of French sources

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