Websites to support the study of the French Revolution

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

Features 12 essays, 250 images, 350 full text documents, 13 songs, 13 maps, a timeline, and a glossary on the French Revolution.  Includes an area for teachers. Searchable.

The Guillotine Headquarters

http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/

Features a timeline of the guillotine.  Includes pictures, lists of people associated with it, descriptions of the mechanics involved, and animations.

Women and the French Revolution

http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2003/fr_rev_wmn.html

Women in the French Revolution

http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/frenchrevolution89/Revwomen.html

Women and the Revolution

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap5a.html

Olympe de Gouges and the Rights of Women - Women’s rights in the French Revolution

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa071099.htm

Olympe de Gouges: Declaration of the rights of women, 1791

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1791degouge1.html

Links on the French Revolution

http://userwww.port.ac.uk/andressd/frlinks.htm

Provides a wide variety of annotated links about the French Revolution, including encyclopedia entries, lectures, essays, etc.  Some very advanced sites are included.

French Revolution

http://www.angelfire.com/va/frenchrev/

Provides information on Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, and the French Revolution.  Includes a timeline.  Compares absolutism to democracy.  Links to related sites.  (02/02)

Revolutionary France Web links

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-RevolutionaryFrance.htm

Provides an extensive list of links to websites about specific elements of the French Revolution and to primary source documents for the time period.

French Revolution

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_kishlansky_cw_5/0,6472,269724-,00.html

Provides basic information, sorted by titles and topic.  Fairly easy to read.

The French Revolution: Origins

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/lect/mod10.html

Read these class notes about the origins and causes of the French Revolution from an intellectual, social and political viewpoint.

Fact Monster: Reign of Terror

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0841474.html

An encyclopedia entry about the Reign of Terror.

People and Places of The French Revolution

http://regencycafe.tripod.com/peopleandplacesfrenchrevol.html

Read short articles about famous people in the French Revolution. Includes paintings.

PBS: The French Revolution

http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_politic/frenchrev/page_1.html

This PBS site explains the French Revolution and includes comments from experts. There is also information about Napoleon.

British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution

http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/around-1800/

Read these primary documents that show how the British press reported on events of the French Revolution.

Marie Antoinette Online

http://www.myrrhine.net/antoinette/

This site has a biography of this famous queen. Click on "Letters" to read the words written by Marie and her mother. Click on "Galleries" to see paintings of Marie.

The Enlightenment

http://www.mrdowling.com/705french.html

Provides information on The Enlightenment, Isaac Newton, the French Revolution, and Napoleon Bonaparte.  Includes links.

History Wiz - The French Revolution

http://www.historywiz.com/frenchrev.htm

Provides multi-media information on a wide variety of topics about the French Revolution.  Includes hyperlinks and links to outside sources.

The French Revolt and Empire, 1792-1815

http://www.wtj.com/articles/napsum1/

Features a text-based essay with good basic information about the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Age of the French Wars, 1792-1815

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/c-eight/france.htm

Provides links to information about the French Revolution and Napoleon.  The link to “a very brief history of the causes ...” is quite outstanding, providing basic information in very readable format.

Europe in Retrospect - The French Revolution

http://www.britannia.com/history/euro/1/2_1.html

Provides text based informaiton on the French Revolution.  Links to Napoleon and broader European history.

The French Revolution  (Wikipedia)

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

Provides information and hyperlinks about the French Revolution.

Women of the French Revolution

http://www.workers.org/ww/2002/french0718.php

Features an essay with information on many of the women involved in the French Revolution.

The French Revolution

http://faculty.fullerton.edu/nfitch/history110b/rev.html

Provides good basic information of the events of the French Revolution and the role of women.  Includes information right up to Napoleon.

18th Century History

http://www.history1700s.com

Features links to resources and information on the French Revolution.

The French Revolution

http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/frenchrevolution/

Provides links to information about the people and events of the French Revolution.

A concise history of the French Revolution

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/summary.html

Provides summarized information about the French Revolution.  The drop down menu allows quick navigation to specific times and topics covered.  Also uses hyperlinks within the text.  Includes study questions.

The French Revolution

http://members.aol.com/agentmess/frenchrev/summary.html

Provides a comprehensive summary of the French Revolution, its causes and significance.  Includes a section on Napoleon.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

Extensive site organized by topics, including: Reformation, Scientific Revolution, French Revolution, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Nationalism, Socialism, Imperialism, World War I, World War II, Great depression, Facism, Holocaust, Russian Revolution, Feminism, etc.

Empress Josephine

http://sln.fi.edu/time/Frick/Watson/lady.html

Provides biographical information about Josephine, Napoleon’s wife.  Includes links to additional sites and information

Napoleon Bonaparte Internet Guide

http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/

Provides extensive links to everything you wanted to know about Napoleon and the Napoleonic Era in Europe.  Features contemporary news articles, primary source material, a biography, the Code Napoleon, information on the French Revolution, etc.  Not all sites are in English.  Searchable.

The Napoleonic guide

http://www.napoleonguide.com/

Provides information on Napoleon’s career, his opponents, his top commanders, his loves, his family, his will, beliefs and attitudes, etc.  Includes some of his more famous quotes.  Includes images and information on life during his era.

Napoleon  (PBS)

http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/flash/fl_home.html

Includes a timeline and information on the life of Napoleon and Josephine.  Features a study of politics during Napoleon’s era and the wars he fought.

The life and battles of Napoleon

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Den/7664/napoleon.html

Provides information on the life and battles of Napoleon.  Includes some images.

Napoleon Bonaparte

http://members.tripod.com/~napoleone/

A collection of paintings about Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon Bonaparte Timeline

http://members.tripod.com/~mhkerekes/napoleontl.htm

Features a point form timeline of the life and battles of Napoleon.  A student project.

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