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HISE 3212: The French Revolution (Harder) Spring 2023 3212-01

Librarian: Mary Lynn Bensen

Finding Primary Sources (Selected list)

French Revolution: A Document Collection                                                                   DC 141 M37 1999 (circulating collection)

French Revolution and Napoleon:  A Sourcebook                                                        DC 148 F44 2002 (circulating collection)

How They Lived:  An Annotated Tour of Daily Life                                                       Ref CB 69.2 C56 2016

   Through History Primary Sources

Milestone Documents in World History (4 Vols.)                                                          Ref D 5 M55 2009

Times Digital Archive                                                                                                        Under Databases on library website

  Full text of The Times (London) 1785-2019

When searching print and online access tools, use search terms such as SOURCES, CORRESPONDENCE, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, DIARIES, RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE, SERMONS, SPEECHES, PAPERS.

For example:  France history revolution source*

Look for titles of primary sources in secondary sources and in lists included in bibliographies of secondary sources. Use text, class, and library bibliographies for recommended titles or listings of primary sources.

H-France (http://www.h-france.net)

An authoritative web site with a rich variety of materials about French history, including primary sources.