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France
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Friends of Lafayette 
 This group "is an historical and patriotic society dedicated to the memory of Major General Gilbert Motier, Marquis de Lafayette and to the study of his life and times in America and France." The site features a timelime about Lafayette from his birth in 1757 to the present (Lafayette became the sixth honorary citizen of Virginia in 2006), 27 reason why we should honor Lafayette, and links to related sites. http://www.friendsoflafayette.org/ Topics: History By Place, United States History Last updated Aug 22, 2007 Balzac's Paris: A Guided Tour
This site provides a virtual "promenade through the monumental heart of Paris in the time of Balzac, as described through some of his works, and as documented in maps and engravings of The Vernon Duke Collection Special Collections Department" at the University of California, Riverside. Also includes a brief biography of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and a bibliography. http://www.balzacsparis.ucr.edu Topics: History By Place, Literature by Place Last updated Sep 4, 2006 The Channel Tunnel
This illustrated feature provides a history of the Channel Tunnel, the train tunnel connecting France and Britain under the English Channel, officially opened in 1994. Features photos, images, and diagrams of the tunnel. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/04/channel_tunnel/html/default.stm Topics: History By Place, Transportation Last updated Dec 6, 2006 A Chronology of "May '68"
Principal dates and events related to the student protests in France in May 1968, during which Sorbonne students were involved in riots in the Latin Quarter in Paris, and which included strikes throughout France. From Metropole Paris, "a weekly online magazine about Paris." http://www.metropoleparis.com/1998/318/chron318.html Topics: Activism, History By Place Last updated Mar 21, 2006 Cornell University Library: French Revolution
This site describes the French Revolution materials at the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. "The collection is strongest in the areas of economy and finance, the Revolutionary government, and Revolutionary culture, with unusual strength in popular culture." Digitized sample materials are available for three of the four collections described on this site. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/frenchrev.html Topics: History By Place, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 12, 2005 Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
This online exhibit traces France's history from Charlemagne in the eighth century to de Gaulle in the twentieth. Features high-quality reproductions of artifacts with commentaries about the historical, cultural, and artistic significance of the works. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bnf/ Topics: History By Place, Libraries & Archives by Type, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Aug 30, 2004 Dr. Jean-Max Guieu: Other Interests [The Dreyfus Affair]
Information about the "1894 conviction [in France] of a certain Captain Dreyfus, after a shady spying case held in a controversial court-martial" and the following controversy, which included French author Emile Zola's letter in a newspaper in which Zola claimed the Jewish officer had been wrongly accused. Also includes a translation of Zola's letter, timeline (in English and French) and a bibliography. From a professor of French at Georgetown University. http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/guieuj/others/others.htm Topics: History By Place Last updated Jun 12, 2007 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert: Collaborative Translation Project
"This site has been designed to make accessible to teachers, students, and other interested English-language readers translations of articles from the Encyclopédie edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert in the 18th century." Articles are browsable (by translated title, original title, or subject) and searchable (with options for Boolean, proximity, and bibliography searches). Also provides original French articles. From the University of Michigan Library and the Digital Library Extension Service (DLXS). http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/ Topics: History By Place, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jun 12, 2007 France in America: La France en Amérique
This "English-French digital library ... tells the story of the French presence in America and the interactions between the French and American peoples from the early 16th to the late 19th centuries." Features access to thousands of documents and interpretive texts, which are searchable, or browsable by theme such as exploration and Franco-Indian alliances. Also includes a chronology and maps. A joint project of the Library of Congress and the National Library of France. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/fiahtml/ Topics: History By Place Last updated May 17, 2005 The French Connection in the Early History of Canning
This 1981 article from the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine describes the circumstances under which Nicholas Appert developed the canning method of food preservation after the French government offered a reward in 1795 for "the discoverer of a method of conserving the freshness and nutritious qualities of meat and vegetables." Also discusses related developments. Opens directly into a PDF document. Provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1438835&blobtype=pdf Topics: History By Place, Recipes & Food Preparation Last updated Oct 17, 2007 French Foreign Legion
Learn about the history and traditions of this famed French Army fighting unit. Discusses career prospects, specialties, pay, and enlistment requirements. Also includes an essay on the nature of the legionnaire. From the Embassy of France in the United States. http://ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?rubrique158 Topics: History, History By Place, Military Last updated Aug 12, 2008 French New Wave
Overview of this film movement that was generally thought to be at its peak in France between 1958 and 1964. Discusses the major filmmakers, including Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Alain Resnais. Includes a list of recommendations for specific films, including classics and more recent films thought to be influenced by the movement. From an online movie rental site that specializes in independent and offbeat films. http://www.greencine.com/static/primers/fnwave1.jsp Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, History By Place, Recreation Last updated May 4, 2005 French Volunteers and Supporters of the American Revolution
About two dozen brief biographies, a few with portraits, of some of the many French officers who joined the United States forces in the Revolutionary War. http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/volunt.htm Topics: History By Place, Military, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Feb 26, 2003 The Guillotine Headquarters
Information about the guillotine, which was named after Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed "that mechanical decapitation be used to replace older more crude forms of execution." The site features a timeline of this device, best remembered for its role in the French Revolution. Includes pictures, lists of people associated with this machine, descriptions of the mechanics involved, and animations. From an enthusiast. http://www.guillotine.dk/Pages/Guillot.html Topics: History By Place Last updated Sep 12, 2008 Jean-Luc Godard
Background information about Jean-Luc Godard, the French New Wave director of films such as "Breathless," "Weekend," "Band of Outsiders," and "Alphaville." Includes a biography, filmography, articles, and links to other resources (some in French) on the director. From the British Film Institute (BFI). http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/godard/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, History By Place, Recreation Last updated May 4, 2005 Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
Detail-rich site that includes topical essays, hundreds of images and documents, song recordings (including "La Marseillaise"), maps, a timeline, and a glossary. Covers the storming of the Bastille, Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte, and the fall of the monarchy. A project of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and the American Social History Project at City University of New York. http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/ Topics: History By Place, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 14, 2005 Marquis de Lafayette at 250
Site from Lafayette College about the celebration of the life and legacy of the Marquis de Lafayette on the 250th anniversary of his birth (September 6, 2007). Features a video clip, links to online exhibits about this French aristocrat who participated in the American and French Revolutions (such as on Lafayette's anti-slavery stance), images of Lafayette material in the college collection, and details about celebration events. http://www.lafayette.edu/250/ Topics: History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 11, 2008 The May Events Archive
This online archive "documents this exciting historical moment with original leaflets, magazines, and newspapers" from 1968, "the climactic year of New Left protest all over the Western world, and especially in [Paris] France where in May of that year ten million workers transformed a student protest into a revolutionary movement by joining it in the streets." Search, or browse by type of material or author. Documents are in French. Simon Fraser University Library, Canada. http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/projects/mai68/ Topics: Activism, History By Place Last updated Apr 29, 2008 Medieval Architecture in France
A collection of images of French architecture from the Middle Ages. Included for many of the buildings is a map of its location, a floor plan, photos, and a brief description. There is an illustrated Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture . http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/mainfran.html Topics: Architecture, History, History By Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Aug 29, 2002 New France New Horizons/ Nouvelle-France Horizons Nouveaux
Created to mark "the 400th anniversary of the French presence in North America in 2004," this site "provides access to a virtual exhibition and a [searchable] database containing more than one million images." Includes digitized archival records "from the first voyages of discovery, to the end of the French Regime." Site available in English and French. A project of the Direction des Archives de France, Library and Archives Canada, and the Canadian Embassy in Paris. http://www.archivescanadafrance.org/ Topics: History By Place, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Mar 23, 2004 Normandy 1944
This Encyclopedia Britannica guide to the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy on June 1944 covers the buildup, the leaders, the invasion itself, the fighting, and the breakout. Includes video clips, interactive charts and maps, photos, and war documents. http://search.eb.com/dday Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Wars & Conflicts, World War II Last updated Aug 13, 2005 Normandy: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II
The chronicles of one of the epic assaults of history. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings, it paints a realistic picture of the events of June 6-July 24, 1944. From the U.S. Army Center for Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/normandy/nor-pam.htm Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II Last updated Jun 9, 2008 Paris Libéré!
This site was created in 1994 as a "commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Paris 25 August 1944," near the end of World War II. It features a timeline (in English and French) and images and information about important individuals (such as Charles de Gaulle), the French Forces of the Interior (FFI, a French resistance network), and related information. From a site with tourist information about Paris. http://www.paris.org/Expos/Liberation/ Topics: History By Place, Holidays and Observances Individually, World War II Last updated Jul 27, 2005 Paris Marks Liberation From Nazis
This 2004 article describes how "thousands of Parisians ... marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Paris in World War II." Includes links to related articles on topics such as how French police officers launched the Paris uprising on August 15, 1944, and an "On This Day" account for August 25, 1944 (the date of the liberation). From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3596776.stm Topics: History By Place, World War II Last updated Aug 15, 2007 Paris, May '68: Icôns de la Révolution/Icons of the Revolution
Images of approximately twenty posters from the student protests and related strikes in France in the spring of 1968. Includes translations of poster text. From the Victoria University Library, University of Toronto. http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/exhibitions/posters/ Topics: Activism, History By Place Last updated Mar 22, 2006 Présidence de la République
Official website for the president of France. Provides biographical material and speeches and documents from the current president, a picture gallery of presidents back to the Second Republic (1848), and a history of the president's Elysée Palace and other presidential residences. Also includes background about symbols of the republic, such as the French flag and Marianne (allegorical figure of liberty and the republic), and links to related sites. Available in several languages. http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/anglais/the_president/biography/biography.39706.html Topics: History By Place, Politics by Place Last updated May 7, 2007 Présidence de la République: Founding Texts
Information about the founding texts of France, specifically, the 1789 "Declaration of the Rights of Man," the preamble to the 1946 constitution, and the 1958 constitution and amendments. From the official Web site of the French president. http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/anglais/the_institutions/founding_texts/the_declaration_of_the_human_rights/the_declaration_of_the_human_rights.20240.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Government, History By Place, International Governments, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Sep 18, 2005 A Set of Plans and Forts in America, 1765
"Published in 1765 by Mary Ann Rocque, widow of John Rocque and Topographer to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glouchester, this book contains 30 plans of forts in North America. Published after the English victory over the French, Rocque's plans were drawn from previously published maps." Some of the towns and fortifications depicted are Albany, New York, Montreal, Quebec, Ticonderoga, Fort George, and Halifax. From the collection of The Massachusetts Historical Society. http://www.masshist.org/maps/PlansandForts/intro.htm Topics: History By Place, Maps, Maps by Place, U.S. Maps, United States History Last updated Mar 2, 2006 The Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871
Contains "over 1200 digitized photographs and images recorded during the Siege and Commune of Paris." Searchable and browsable (portraits, landscapes/architecture, political caricatures, title, and subject). From the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/spec/siege/ Topics: History By Place, Media, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated May 3, 2004 Vichy Web-Page
This site provides information about the Vichy government in France during World War II. It features a general chronology (1938-1948), a bibliography, information and documents on various topics (such as propaganda and the resistance), and links to related sites. Many of the documents and the linked materials are in French. From a professor of French studies at the University of Birmingham, England. http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/vichy/ Topics: Communications, History By Place, World War II Last updated May 10, 2005 |
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