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Search portal for collections of digital images from participating archives, libraries, museums and universities from across Canada. See the Copyright tab for permissions. Search interface available in English and French.

'The Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres was published under the direction of Diderot and d'Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. Containing 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors, the Encyclopédie was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a machine de guerre which served to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightenment. The impact of the Encyclopédie was enormous. Through its attempt to classify learning and to open all domains of human activity to its readers, the Encyclopédie gave expression to many of the most important intellectual and social developments of its time.'

" John Locke was one of the most important and influential philosophers ever. The French Enlightenment drew heavily on his ideas, as did the Founding Fathers of the American Revolution. bullet John Locke was born in 1632 into a well-to-do Somerset family. He was educated at the prestigious Westminster School, London, and in 1652 went on to university at Christ Church, Oxford."

A list of links to sites focussed mainly on Canadian history. Has French bits too. I wish I could speak French.

Such a tragedy

They say this was one of the major differences between the British and French handling of withdrawal from empire - not only criminal records, but historical and legal documents of many kinds.

A collection of significant C18th historical works. Full-text versions available (although it seems maybe some of the links don't work).

This is a set of photo collections taken by Emma from Chamagne in her travels in Egypt. The French have a glorious history of historical discovery in Egypt and Emma has taken up the legacy well. Some sexy pics of the pyramids.

This French National Library digital collection has access to texts in many languages and seems to have thousands of primary source documents and images. Happy hunting!

More manuscript sites. Someone might use them...

Has links to professional organisations and resource websites, some curriculum documents from Canada and a discussion forum with a few lonely posts.

"Tuesday, February 22. The journals of the opposition appeared with the notice, in large letters, at the head of their papers, that the banquet was given up, and an appeal to the population of Paris to keep order, formed a very prominent part of the announcement. The Left were evidently alarmed, while ministers were confident and their journals sang a triumphant song of victory"

Revolution: Concept Lesson Plan

An archive of primary sources from the c15th to the late c19th maintained by professors from significant universities in Europe and funded by the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council. Easily searchable.