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General Resources
Center for West European Studies: France (links to sites covering history and culture) (Phil Wilkin, U. of Pittsburgh)
History of France: Primary Documents (links to primary sources, arranged by time period) (Richard Hacken, Brigham Young U.)
World History Archives: History of France ("documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective")(Haines Brown, Central Connecticut S.)
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Medieval France
General Resources
French Medieval Literature & Civilization (The Labyrinth)
Le Moyen Âge en lumière (numerous manuscript images used to highlight aspects of medieval culture, in French)(moyenageenlumiere.com)
Musée national du Moyen Âge (homepage for Paris museum, with links to descriptions of exhibitions and collections; in French)
National Archives: Uniting the Kingdoms? 1066-1603 (virtual exhibits, with primary documents, maps, and more; sections on Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, and France) (National Archives, London, UK)
Chronicles
The Crusades
Urban II Speech at Council of Clermont, 1095, Five versions of the Speech (English translations; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Albert of Aix Historia Hierosolymita (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Anna Comnena The Alexiad (full English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
The Siege and Capture of Antioch: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Bernard of Clairvaux Apologia for the Second Crusade (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France  (manuscript illuminations from the Crusades) (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
Paul Crawford Crusading (Articles, with links to primary sources, within the ORB online encyclopedia)
La deuxième croisade (links to chronicle sources related to the Second Crusade, in French) (Marc Carrier, U. of Paris)
La quatrième croisade (links to chronicle sources concerning the Fourth Crusade, in French) (Marc Carrier, U. of Paris)
The Crusades (full electronic course) (E. L. Skip Knox, Boise State U.)
Crusades: A Guide to Online Resources (annotated links, within the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies) (Paul Crawford)
Denmark and the Crusading Movement (project description, articles, links, and more) (U. Southern Denmark)
The First Crusade (overview, lecture transcript) (Lynn Harry Nelson, U. Kansas)
Fulcher of Chartres History of the Expedition to Jerusalem (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Geoffrey de Villehardouin Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople  (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Gesta francorum (selections; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Guibert de Nogent On the First Crusade (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Internet Medieval Sourcebook: The Crusades (links to primary sources, arranged by subject and period) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
William Urban "An Historical Overview of the Crusade to Livonia" (article within the ORB online encyclopedia)
Thomas Madden "The Impact of the Crusades" (1999) (article, within the ORB online encyclopedia)
Paul Magadalino "The Byzantine Background to the First Crusade" (article) (1996)
Solomon bar Samson The Crusaders in Mainz, May 27, 1096 (translation into English, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Order of Malta: History of the order 1099-1999 (overview) (Order of Malta, Rome)
The Siege and Capture of Nicea: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Odo of Deuis The Crusade of Louis VII (English translation of selections, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Osbernus De expugnatione Lyxbonensi, 1147 [The Capture of Lisbon] (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Peter the Hermit and the Popular Crusade: Collected Accounts (English translations, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
La première croisade (links to chronicle sources related to the First Crusade, in French) (Yves Gravelle, U. of Sherbrooke)
Raymond d'Aguiliers Historia francorum qui ceperint Jerusalem (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Cairo History: The Age of Saladin (article, within larger site) (Alaa K. Ashmawy, U. South Florida)
Kenneth M. Setton, ed. A History of the Crusades (online texts) (U. Wisconsin, Madison Libraries)
Third Crusade (within larger online course) (E.L. Skip Knox, Boise State U.)
William of Tyre History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea (selections; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Jean Froissart
Jean Froissart The Chronicles of Froissart, Translated by Lord Berners (full text in English, from Macaulay's 1910 edition) (Electronic Text Center, U. of Virginia)
Jean Froissart, Chronicles, 15th Century. (manuscript illuminations from BNF FR 2643) (Bibliothèque Nationale Française)
Jean Froissart, Tales from Froissart (excerpts from Thomas Johnes's English translation of Froissart's Chronicles) (Steve Muhlberger, Nipissing U., Canada)
The Jean Froissart Project (description of project, links to a bibliography with numerous Froissart resources)(Peter Ainsworth, U. of Liverpool)
Musée national du Moyen Âge (homepage for Paris museum, with links to descriptions of exhibitions and collections; in French)
The Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War Resources (annotated links) (Steven Kreis, Wake Technical Community C., Raleigh, NC)
The Hundred Years' War (manuscript images depicting various battles) (Bibliothèque Nationale Française
Maps of France During the 100 Year's War (gifs)
Lynn Harry Nelson (U. of Kansas) The Hundred Years' War (1336-1565) (overview in essay form)
The Norman Conquest of England (1066)
The Battle of Hastings: A Brief History and Virtual Tour (virtual exhibit, with articles, images, and links) (Deborah Vess, Georgia C. and State U.)
The Battle of Hastings 1066 (extensive site, with background info, maps, images, and more) (Glen Ray Crack, Battle1066.com)
The Full Bayeux Tapestry (thumbnail images) (Glen Ray Crack)
Invasion of England, 1066 (historical overview, with illustrations from the Bayeux Tapestry) (eyewitnesstohistory.com)
William Malmesbury The Battle of Hastings, 1066 (English translation of excerpt from chronicle, within Fordham U.'s Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida)
Statutes of William the Conqueror (English translation, within the Avalon Project site) (Yale U.)
L'Age d'Or - French and English Baroque ("a living history and re-enactment society that aims at recreating the classical Baroque period during Louis XIV's reign in France, and Charles II (Restoration), James II and William & Mary's reign in England")
Le patrimoine de la France (info and pictures on historical French architecture, churches, stained-glass windows, etc.)
Modern France: An Informational Database (select links and info on France from the 18th century on)
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Renaissance France
Backgrounds to the Italian Renaissance (article on historical context, with focus on relations with France; in World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.)
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18th-19th Century France
The Crimean War 1854-56 (historical overview, plus articles on battles) (Alex's Military History)
1755: The French and Indian War Page (tables, links, and more) (Larry Roux, Syracuse U.)
Francis Parkman Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV (1877) (analysis of military conflicts in North America in the 1690s) (Project Gutenberg, U. Pennsylvania)
Napoleon And The Revolutionary Wars
Napoleon Page (in French and English) (Information Resource Centre, Canadian Forces C.)
Napoleon-Series (numerous articles focused on military history) (Robert Burnham)
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia (brief essay) (interKnowledge.corp)
Napoleon Site (in French and English) (The Napoleon Foundation)
The Napoleon Series (organization homepage, with links to articles on Napoleon and his era)
The Peninsular War and the Constitution of 1812 (background on the Spanish uprising against Napoleonic France) (Spanish Embassy)
Waterloo on the Net (includes historical information, a panoramic painting by Douis Dumoulin, and a short film by Russia's Bondartchouk; in French, English, Dutch, German) (Braine-l'Alleud)
Paris Maps (18th- and 19th-century maps) (Barry Bergdoll, Columbia U.)
The Paris Commune Archive (Dana Ward, Pitzer C.)
The Paris Commune 1871: Lessons for Democracy ("an account of an experiment in popular power, with many links to web sites, recommended reading, bookshops, also selections from contemporary memoirs now translated into English for the first time") (Val Secretan)
French Revolution
General Resources
British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution (a small archive of articles from the London Times and Morning Chronicle of 1792-93 designed to assist in study of Romanticism and the Revolution; also includes William Wordsworth's Salisbury Plain and an excerpt from Thomas Carlyle's French Revolution) (Alan Liu, U. California, Santa Barbara)
French Revolution Home Page (AgentMess@aol.com)
French Revolutionary Pamphlets (Mark Olsen, U. Chicago/ARTFL)
The Guillotine Headquarters (Jørn Fabricius)
Révolution française et 'vandalisme révolutionnaire' (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford U.)
Revolution and After: Tragedies and Farces (resources on the French Revolution) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.)
Image Resources
The Image of France (key-word indexing of the record of prints--engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, etc.--published in Paris in the Bibliographie de la France for 1811-17) (George D. Mckee, Binghamton U./ARTFL)
Marquis Collection of French Revolution Prints, 1777-1879 (text-file catalogue)
Materials From "Age Of Enlightenment In The Paintings Of France's National Museums" (Virtual Exhibit Of Images With Historical Background) [Show]
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20th-Century France
Charles de Gaulle Speech at Constantine, Algeria, October 3, 1958 (English translation, within Fordham U.'s Internet Modern Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida)
The French in West Africa (overview essay and bibliography) (Ali B. Ali-Dinar, U. Pennsylvania)


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