Nineteenth-Century European Politics and Culture

Guiseppe Mazzini’s Letters
Horace Greeley’s Crystal Palace and Its Lessons
General Guide to the Crystal Palace
Advertisements from the General Guide

Imperialism in Africa and Asia

Henry M. Stanley’s The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State
Agra Correspondence During the Mutiny
The Deposition of a Native Gentleman (Agra Correspondence)
Colonial Report from Northern Nigeria, May 1901
Mark Twain’s King Leopold's Soliloquy
Mahatma Gandhi’s Appeal(s) to the British
Sir Francis Tuker’s While Memory Serves

The World at War (1914-1945)

Edward G.D. Liveing’s The Attack
William L. Shirer’s Berlin Diary

The Post-WWII World

James Bertram’s Interview with Mao Tse-tung
Documents from Communist China

 

Events Leading up to the Revolution (1787-1789):

The Order in Council of 5 July, 1788
Cahier of the Clergy of Dourdan
Cahier of the Nobles of Dourdan
Cahier of the Third Estate of Dourdan

The Liberal Phase of the Revolution (1789-1792):

The Tennis Court Oath of 20 June, 1789
The King’s Pronouncements at the Séance royale of 23 June, 1789
The Declaration of the Rights of Man, 27 August 1789
The Grant of Religious Liberty to Protestants, 24 December, 1789
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy of 12 July, 1790
The Constitution of 1791

The Radical Phase of the Revolution (1792-1794):

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just’s Letter to His Fellow Assemblymen
The Indictment of Louis XVI, 11 December 1792
Proclamation of the Execution of Louis XVI, 23 January, 1793
The Constitution of 1793
The Law of Suspects, 17 September 1793
Camille Desmoulins’ Letter to His Wife, Le Vieux Cordelier (4 April, 1794)
The Law of 22 Prairial, Year II (10 June, 1794)

The Directory: Interregnum (1795-1799):

Manifesto of the Directors, 5 November, 1795
The Constitution of Year III
Proclamation of the Directory to the French People, 9 September, 1797
Decree Transferring the Legislative Body to Saint-Cloud, 9 November, 1799
The Brumaire Decree, 10 November, 1799

The Consulate and Empire (1799-1815):

Bonaparte’s Statement upon Becoming Consul, 10 November, 1799
Proclamation of the Council of Five Hundred 10 November, 1799
The Constitution of the Year VIII, 13 December, 1799
The Plebiscites of Napoleon

Images of the Revolution:

A Tour of Paris in the Revolutionary Era
A Tour of the Panthéon
The Revolutionary Paintings of Jacques-Louis David
The Wealthy Few and Their Châteaux

Sounds of the Revolution:

La Marseillaise (real audio rendition; wav rendition; real audio rendition with lyrics)
Ça ira (real audio rendition with lyrics)

Off-Site Links:

David Andress’ French Revolution Links
George Mason University’s Collection of Revolutionary Documents
Paul Halsall’s Modern History Sourcebook

 

Images:

The Château d’Angers and its Interior
The Tapestries of the Governor’s Lodge
The Tapestries of the Apocalypse
The Benedictine Monastery of Le Mont Saint-Michel
A Tour of the Prieuré de St. Cosme, Home of Pierre de Ronsard

 

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