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French Revolution
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, 1520-1849 
 Guide to this collection of "over 10,000 items concerning the life and career of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), best known for his role in the American and French Revolutions." Features biographical details and digitized letters, broadsides, cartoons, and other documents related to Lafayette. From the Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/FRENCHREV/Lafayette/exhibit/ Topics: United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 28, 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 Imagining the French Revolution: Depictions of the French Revolutionary Crowd
"Working from the common database of forty-two images, seven scholars offered their own analyses of the depiction of the [French] Revolutionary crowd." The site features the seven essays (on topics such as depictions of violence and representations of women), the 42 images, and online discussions by the scholars (on topics such as interpreting images). From the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, and the Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles. http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/imaging/ Topics: Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 8, 2007 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 Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
Companion to a 2006 documentary that describes Marie Antoinette's involvement in events leading to the French Revolution by tracing "her journey from the splendors of her childhood in the palaces of the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final hours in a squalid French prison cell." Features a timeline, description of her life at the Palace of Versailles (including the Petit Hameau mock farm), background about others involved in the revolution, and more. http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 24, 2008 |
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