To further explore the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, consult the following World Wide Websites.
The Crisis of the Old Regime in France, 1715 –1788
Part of the Modern History Sourcebook sponsored by Fordham University with the goal to direct students to historical documents, this site is devoted to resources discussing absolutism with a subsection on France during the ancient
régime.
Creating French Culture
Different aspects of French culture as a form of elite power from Charlemagne to Charles de Gaulle are presented by the Library of Congress. Most of the material is from the collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Chateau de Versailles
Devoted to the history and images of Versailles, this site provides brief essays about the people and events significant to court culture during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also explores the role of Versailles in French culture after the French Revolution.
The Reign of Napoleon, 1799 –1815
This site will direct students to the Modern History Sourcebook section of documents on the French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Napoleonic Wars.
Napoleon
Sponsored by the Foundation Napoleon for "the furtherance of study and research into the civil and military achievements of the First and Second Empires," this site is aimed at a nonacademic audience, but provides chronologies, essays, images and videos, and links to other sites on Napoleon.
Women In World History
This site is part of a teaching unit on Women in World History that provides further pages on all aspects of women’s history. It provides testimonies from women working in three different industries: textile workers, miners, and seamstresses.
