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HISTORY - YEAR 9
& 10
FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789-1799
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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can also use the program “Citation” under Programs
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Book Resources
Shelf Numbers – Non Fiction
Most resources on the French Revolution can be found in
944.04 French History
940.2
European
History and
909 World
History
Look in the index of these books for individual characters
of the
French Revolution, for example Marie Antoinette
Encyclopedias
Are always a good resource with
which to start your research.
World Book
Encyclopaedia (R 030 ENC)
Encyclopaedia Britannica
(more adult reading level) (R 030 ENC)
Lexicon Universal
Encyclopaedia (R 030 LEX)
Young Students Learning
Library (R 030 YOU) (Easier reading)
Online Encyclopedias
Online Encyclopaedia: Britannica Online
A good way to get started is to
type in “French Revolution”.
Not only can you access
encyclopaedia articles but there are also
web links and magazine articles available.
The College has a site license to Britannica Online.
This service can only be used within the College network.
World
Wide Web Sites
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The French
Revolution 1789-1799
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/summary.html
French Revolution: Causes
What is a Revolution?
http://home.intekom.com/southafricanhistoryonline/pages/classroom/pages/projects/grade8/lesson2/02-causes.htm
The French
Revolution
Information
on the causes of the Revolution
http://www.france.com/culture/display_item.cfm?id=154
French Revolution. The
Origins and effects of the French Revolution
http://www.bartleby.com/65/fr/FrenchRe.html
The French Revolution I
Contains information about the origins and early
events
of the French
Revolution.
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/rev891.html
Social Causes of the French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap1a.html
The Causes of the French Revolution:
Social Structure of French Society:
The Three Estates
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~kenichls/1302FrenchRevolution.html
The French Revolution 1 (Yr10)
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/rev891.html
GENERAL FRENCH REVOLUTION SITES
The French Revolution 2 (Yr 10)
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/rev892.html
The French Revolution (Yr10)
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev
Liberty,
Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
This is a very detailed but well structured site on the French Revolution.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/index.html
Internet Modern History Sourcebook:
French Revolution
Provides access to
further
French Revolution links.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html
The French Revolution. A multimedia exhibit.
Has images accompanied by a brief description
http://www.historywiz.com/frenchrev.htm
The French Revolution. The Victorian Web
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/victorian/history/hist7.html
THE REIGN OF TERROR
The French Revolution. The Reign of Terror
After the death of Louis XVI in 1793, the Reign of Terror began..
http://www.historywiz.com/terror.htm
The Reign of Terror
http://www.answerbag.com/c_view.php/1749#q_7372
The Reign
of Terror
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/FrenchRe_TheReignofTerror.asp
The Reign of Terror
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/section10.rhtml
TIMELINE
France.com – Revolution Era
Contains a timeline of the revolutionary era
and an overview of that time in French
history
Scroll down the page to see the timeline
http://www.france.com/culture/display_item.cfm?id=30
Time line of the French Revolution.
This site was constructed by students and is very easy
to read and understand.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0120706/calender.htm
The French Revolution 1789-1795. Timeline
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/WestEurope/FrenchRev.html
IMAGES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Imaging the French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/imaging/images1--14.html
PRIMARY SOURCES
History of France -- Primary Documents, 1789
- 1871
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/fran/1871.html
British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution
http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/around-1800/FR
Liberal and Radical Revolution in France
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook2.html#Liberal%20and%20Radical%20Revolution%20in%20France
THE BASTILLE
Place de la Bastille, Paris
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Monuments-Paris/Bastille.shtml
The Fall
of the Bastille
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/WestEurope/Bastille.html
Storming
of the Bastille
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/section5.rhtml
Women and the Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap5a.html
Scroll down to see also Marie Antoinette and Charlotte Corday *
Revolution of Peasants and Women
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/section6.rhtml
LEADING
FIGURES OF THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION
ThinkQuest French Revolution –
Biographies
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/biographies/default.shtml
*Marie Antoinette
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ma/MarieAnt.html
Marie Antoinette, Queen of
http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95nov/antoinette.html
Marie Antoinette: Biography
http://www.marie-antoinette.org/bioeng.php
Marie Antoinette’s early life
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/France/MarieAntoinette.html
Charlotte
Corday : the heroine of the French people
”She felt that Jean-Paul Marat, who daily demanded
more and more heads, was in large part
responsible
for the misfortunes that the French
people were undergoing.
She resolved to rid the country of him”
http://www.blakeneymanor.com/corday.html
Charlotte Corday
http://www.iridis.com/Charlotte_Corday
http://www.bartleby.com/65/la/LafayettMJ.html
Lafayette Collection
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/FRENCHREV/Lafayette/bio.html
The Marquis de Lafayette
http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/friends/lafayette.html
Jean-Paul Marat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Paul_Marat
Jean-Paul Marat
http://www.iridis.com/Jean-Paul_Marat
Louis XVI
http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/REV/LOUISXVI.HTM
Louis XVI. Factmonster
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0830398.html
Louis XVI
http://www.angelfire.com/va/frenchrev/LouisXVI.html
Maximilien Robespierre. Blakeney Manor
http://www.blakeneymanor.com/robes.html
Maximilien Robespierre – Master of the Terror
http://www.loyno.edu/history/journal/1983-4/mcletchie.htm
George Jacques Danton. Blakeney Manor
http://www.blakeneymanor.com/danton.html
George Jacques Danton. Encyclopaedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/D/Danton-G1.asp
Important people of the French Revolution
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0120706/persons.htm
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
http://www.bartleby.com/65/de/DeclarRMNC.html
Declaration
of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 26th August 1789
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/295
Declaration
of the Rights of Women
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1791degouge1.html
FRENCH ANTHEM
The Marseillaise
The French national anthem, was composed in one night during the French
Revolution
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/marseill.html
GUILLOTINE
The Guillotine
http://www.historywiz.com/guillotine.htm
The
Guillotine
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blguillotine.htm
The
Guillotine
http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/Guillot.html
Joseph
Ignatius Guillotin
Suggested the need for a method of killing that was more humane.
http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2275.html
Joseph Ignatius Guillotin
http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/guillotin_j/guillotin_j.html
QUIZZES
French Revolution Quiz and Activity Page
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/frenchrevolutionactivities.htm
Compiled by L. Hughes 2005