France: 1946 to the Present

EuroDocs > History of France: Primary Documents > 1946 to the Present

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• La Constitution de la IVeme République (27 octobre 1946)

French Constitution of 27 October 1946 - Fourth Republic

(French transcriptions)

• La Constitution de la Veme République (4 octobre 1958)

With versions in English, German, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Arabic, and Russian.

Constitutional Law of 4 October 1958 - Fifth Republic.

(French transcriptions; 4 October 1958 with updates to 2003)

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• Les Archives de l'Asemblée nationale

Archives of the National Assembly:

Legislative dossiers, historical accounts, lists of deputies, and much more.

(1789 - present; transcriptions, commentaries and facsimiles)

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• Base Pacte: Engagements Internationaux de la France

A database of unilateral and multilateral treaties of which France is a signatory.

With links to the full-text versions of each treaty and accord.

(French transcriptions)

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• Protocols and Indictments for German War Crimes Trials

Official agreement by the United States, France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union for the establishment of an International Military Tribunal

for the "punishment and prosecution of the major war criminals of the European axis".

(1946; transcription)

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• War Western European States France Since 1945 (Scroll down to France)

A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.

(1945 to the present; transcriptions and translations)

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• Textes sur les débuts de la construction européenne

Excerpt from the French foreign minister on the creation of a European economic union.

This coal and steel community marked the first steps toward a European Union.

(1950-1953; French transcription)

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• La Guerre d'Algérie

Documentary excerpts from Algeria's war of independence against France.

(1954-1962; chronology and French transcriptions)

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• La loi Toubon

Law stipulating the use of the French language to be obligatory in commerce.

(4 August 1994; French transcription)

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• Textes sur la crise algérienne

Documenting the Algerian crisis and terrorism of the 1990s.

(1991-1998; French transcriptions)

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• Historic Cities of France

A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities

(Facsimiles).

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• La Bibliotheque Electronique de Lisieux

The Electronic Library of Lisieux

With source texts, some archived in zip-format.

(17th - 20th centuries; French transcriptions)

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• Conservatoire numérique des Arts & Métiers

Digital library on the history of science and technology.

(18th - 20th centuries; French-language facsimiles of old books and periodicals)

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• President Reagan Address at the U.S.-French Ceremony at Omaha Beach

on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day

(June 6, 1984; English transcription).

• President Reagan's Pointe de Hoc Speech

The 40th anniversary of D-Day

(June 6, 1984; English transcription).

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• Les Communiqués de Presse

Press Releases of the French Senate

(1997 - present; French transcriptions)

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• Historical Text Archive: France

Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.

(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)

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EuroDocs > History of France: Primary Documents > 1946 to the Present

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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