French Studies

DOCUMENTS, DATA FILES, PRIMARY LITERATURE

• Édits, arrêts, ordonnances monétaires... (Compagnie Générale de Bourse)
  Royal monetary edicts, judgements, and laws from Charles II to Louis XVI. 
• Encyclopédie (ARTFL)
  Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres. 
• EuroDocs: History of France--Primary Documents (Brigham Young University)
• French Old Regime Bureaucrats: Intendants de Province, 1661-1790 (Data and Program Library Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison) 
• Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
• Image of France, an Index (ARTFL)
  Index of all of the printed imagery (engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, etc.) authorized for publication in France, pursuant to legislation of 5 February 1810, 14 October 1811, 8 October 1817, etc. 
• Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection (University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service)
  Search by keyword or browse by author, title, or Dewey Subject Heading (e.g. History of France and Monaco).
• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution (George Mason University and City University of New York) 
• Napoleonic Primary Sources
• Pamphlets and Periodicals of the French Revolution of 1848 (ARTFL)
• Histoires de Français Libres ordinaires
• Saint-Etienne: Histoire et patrimoine d'une ville (Association des Amis du Vieux Saint-Etienne) 
• The Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871 (Northwestern University Library) 
  Over 1200 digitized photographs and images recorded during the Siege and Commune of Paris. In addition to the images in this set, the Library's Siege & Commune Collection contains 1500 caricatures, 68 newspapers in hard-copy and film, hundreds of books and pamphlets and about 1000 posters.

REFERENCE WORKS, GATEWAYS, TERTIARY LITERATURE

• Clio site d'histoire sociale (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
  A collection of reviews, bibliographies, statistics, articles, documents, links, maps, secondary works, and research projects concerning the history of contemporary Europe and of the former colonial world. Immigration is a significant topic.
• Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions (Ohio University)
• H-France Homepage (Society for French Historical Studies)
  Site for French historians: book reviews, subject-oriented discussions, as well as links to Archives and Libraries, Bibliographies, Electronic Texts, Museums, Images, and Multimedia; Maps. 

LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, COLLECTIONS

• Archives diplomatiques
• Archives nationales
• Archives nationales: Images de documents (ARCHIM)
  Banque d'images numériques réalisée à partir de documents conservès au Centre historique des Archives nationales à Paris.
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France
• Catalogue Collectif de France
• Centres de Ressources Documentaires of the Ministry of Culture
•  Les dépôts d'archives en France (FranceGenWeb)
  This site for genealogists has useful links to departmental and other archives as well as to the classification schemes of departmental and communal archives. 

SOCIETIES, ACADEMIC CENTERS, ORGANIZATIONS

• Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur (ABES) 
  Databases of theses, publications in series, university documentation center. 
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 
• Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques
• Fondation et Institut Charles de Gaulle
• Fondation Napoléon/The Napoleon Foundation
• Institut d'Histoire du Livre
• Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent
• Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique
  Databases of articles, monographs, reports, congresses, theses (grandes écoles), and articles; document delivery service.
• Société Française d'Histoire Urbaine
• Société Française pour l'Histoire des Sciences de l'Homme

DOCUMENTS, DATA FILES, PRIMARY LITERATURE

• Belgian primary historical documents on EuroDocs
  ​Documents are either transcriptions, translations, or facsimile copies of originals.
• De Bello Belgico
  ​Resource for the study of the military history of the Low Countries; contains extensive secondary and primary sources. 
• David Rumsey Collections
  Digitized maps, contains several historical maps for Belgium and the Netherlands. 
• Digital Resources Netherlands and Belgium
  Extensive archive of datasets, particularly relating to demography and genealogy in the Low Countries. Some topics are passenger lists, provincial history, tax registers, and marriage registers.

REFERENCE WORKS, GATEWAYS, TERTIARY LITERATURE

Clio site d'histoire sociale (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
A collection of reviews, bibliographies, statistics, articles, documents, links, maps, secondary works, and research projects concerning the history of contemporary Europe and of the former colonial world. Immigration is a significant topic.

LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, COLLECTIONS

• Archiefnet
  ​Searchable database of archive websites. Choose Belgium, the Netherlands, or the world.
• Archives de l'État en Belgique

SOCIETIES, ACADEMIC CENTERS, ORGANIZATIONS

DOCUMENTS, DATA FILES, PRIMARY LITERATURE

Swiss primary historical documents on EuroDocs
​Documents are either transcriptions, translations, or facsimile copies of originals.

REFERENCE WORKS, GATEWAYS, TERTIARY LITERATURE

• Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse
• H-HRE Homepage
  An H-NET webgroup for discussing and debating historical issues related to the Holy Roman Empire.
• Bibliography on Swiss History (BSH)

LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, COLLECTIONS

• Directories to Swiss Archives
• Bibliothèque nationale suisse - Schweizerische Landesbibliothek - Biblioteca nazionale svizzera
  ​The Swiss National Library.

SOCIETIES, ACADEMIC CENTERS, ORGANIZATIONS

Musée national suisse - Museo nazionale svizzero - Schweizerisches Landesmuseum
​​The Swiss National Museum.

DOCUMENTS, DATA FILES, PRIMARY LITERATURE

Primary historical documents from Luxembourg on EuroDocs
Documents are either transcriptions, translations, or facsimile copies of originals.

REFERENCE WORKS, GATEWAYS, TERTIARY LITERATURE

LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, COLLECTIONS

Archives Nationales de Luxembourg

SOCIETIES, ACADEMIC CENTERS, ORGANIZATIONS

DOCUMENTS, DATA FILES, PRIMARY LITERATURE

Primary historical documents from Monaco on EuroDocs ​
Documents are either transcriptions, translations, or facsimile copies of originals.
 

REFERENCE WORKS, GATEWAYS, TERTIARY LITERATURE

LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, COLLECTIONS

SOCIETIES, ACADEMIC CENTERS, ORGANIZATIONS