| Sources The French
Revolution
A compilation of translated sources relating the Revolution is maintained by the
"Hanover Historical Texts Project" at Hanover College
French Revolutionary
Pamphlets (1789/1791)
Three important and complete sources are offered by Mark Olsen from the "ARTFL
Project" at University of Chicago: De la Propriété, ou La Cause du Pauvre,
Plaidée au Tribunal de la Raison, de la Justice et de la Vérité by Abbé de
Cournaud (1791), Dame Nature à la Barre de l'Assemblée Nationale'by Sylvain
Maréchal (1791) and Cahiers du quatrième ordre celui des pauvres journaliers, des
Infirmes, des Indigens by M. Dufourny de Villiers (1789)
Declaration of the Rights
of Man and of the Citizen (1789)
The English translation of
the declaration from August 26, 1789 by the Columbia Law School in New York. A French original
has been helpful, too
Olympe de Gouges
Declaration
of the Rights of Women (1791)
By Paul Halsall as part of the "Modern History Sourcebook Project" at Fordham
University in New York, only accompanied by a short biography of Olympe de Gouges
Calendrier républicain
This calendar is part of "Genealogy and History in France" by Philippe Chapelin
(FR)
Ça ira
The most famous revolution song in English translation by Paul Halsall, "Modern
History Sourcebook Project", at Fordham University in New York. With an audioversion
of Ça ira and a short bibliography regarding revolution songs in general
La Marseillaise, the
French national anthem
Different audioversions of the French national anthem of April 24, 1792 with some
informations about the historical background
Arthur Young
Travels in France
(1792)
The report of this English eye-witness describes the social and the political situation in
France, especially in Paris and Versailles. This source is maintained by the "Hanover
Historical Texts Project" at Hanover College
Mary Wollstonecraft
Vindication
of the Rights of Woman (1792)
The complete source of the famous feminist writer by the "Hypertext Library of
political science and theory" at University of Wales in Swansea (UK) -
unfortunately without a biography of Wollstonecraft and without further informations
Thomas Paine
Rights of Man
(1792)
Complete edition of the declaration as part of the "Avalon Projects" of the Law
School at Yale University, New Haven
Edmund Burke
The Death of
Marie Antoinette (1793)
The English politician Edmund Burke as eye-witness of the rise and fall of the French
queen in 1793. The source is part of "Modern History Sourcebook" at Fordham
University, New York
Maximilien Robespierre
On the
Principles of Political Morality (1794)
Source by the "Modern History Sourcebook" at Fordham University, New York
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Aspects of the Revolution
The French Revolution 1789-1793
A detailed offer with a lot of interesting informations, sources and biographies regarding
the events of the French revolution by the Woodberry Forest School (US). The site is
accompanied by the Vendée Insurrection 1793, which is connected with the revolutionary
events
La Révolution française
1789/1799 - La démocratie est en marche
Extensive, but non-professional website about the revolution by Pierre-Marie Lasseron (FR)
Encyclopedia for French
Revolution
The "Electronic Library" is part of an online-Encyclopedia with informations
about the revolution and its historical background. Some parts of this offer are
commercial, especially the picture-gallery
The French Revolution
Extensive webguide by "About.com"
The French Revolt and Empire 1792-1815
Online-article by James Burbeck, editor of the "War Times Journal"
The Parisian
Stage during the French Revolution
An interesting and wide data base regarding the history of revolutionary theatre edited by
Mark Olsen of the "ARTFL Project" at University of Chicago. To use the data base
it is necessary to apply a password by the Editor
The Guillotine Headquarters
The historical background with informations about the technical construction of the
guillotine is maintained by Jørn Fabricius (DK). Beside the extensive details and a
picture-gallery about the apparatus and its different types, there are presented
biographies of the famous victims too
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- Revolution and "New World"
Chronology on the History of Slavery and
Racism
The history and chonology of slavery 1619-1918 by the "Holt House Community" in
Washington D.C.
- Jay Treaty of
1794 - Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation
The complete treaty between Great Britain and the United States (1794 November, 19) by the
"Avalon Project" at Yale University in New Haven
The
Jay Treaty, 1794 - Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation
Online-edition of the treaty by the Rijsuniversiteit Groningen (NL) with further
informations and biographies
Les abolitions
française de l'esclavage (1789-1848)
Essay about the French abolitionism with a chronology
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Biographies
Olympe de Gouges - Femme de la
révolution française
A good offer regarding the life and the work of Olympe de Gouges, maintained by Matthew
Miller and Jonathan Lewis at Furman University in Greenville
Marie
Antoinette
This private homesite offers a short biography of the French queen with a commented
bibliography and some "news" about the European aristocracy
Maximilien
Robespierre, 1758-1794
A short biography as part of "The History Guide" by Steven Kreis
Mary Wollstonecraft
Extensive biography of the famous suffragette and further informations with some 'broken
links'
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