History Guide

A contemporary English review of the French Revolutionaries, done largely in rhyme.

Translated from the French original, published for the benefit of her only daughter, deprived of the fortune of her parents by sequestration.

Written by a member of the government who survived the turmoil.

One account of a Revolutionary tribunal.

1500 to the present

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.

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."

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.