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Revolutions: French Revolution

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Specialized Websites

Imaging the French Revolution - 42 images of the French Revolution are available online, along with essays and commentary inspired by and built upon the images. A project funded by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University (CHNM), with additional funding from the Department of History, University of California at Los Angeles.

The French Revolution Collection at Cornell - The portal to the extensive collection of French Revolutionary material affiliated with Cornell University Library, including extensive material on LaFayette (general), LaForte (gunpowder clerk), and Lavoisier (chemist), among others.

Timeline of the French Revolution - A chronology of the French Revolution, from the website of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

French Revolution

Featured Websites

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution - With 12 topical essays, 250 images 350 text documents, 13 songs, 13 maps, a timeline, and a glossary. "This site with more than 600 primary documents is a collaboration of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (City University of New York), supported by grants from the Florence Gould Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities."

Scholarly Websites

French Revolution - Primary Source documents from the Internet History Sourcebook compiled by Fordham University