The French Revolution

   


The following resources will help you in your search for information on the French Revolution in preparation for the task: The Trial Of Maximilien Robespierre

 Print Resources

  Many books on the French Revolution can be found by the call numbers 944.04, 944, and 940.02
Several biographies relating to this task (including two books on Maximilien Robespierre) can be found in Biography, alphabetized by the subject's last name. Ex. BIO ROB  


 Online Databases


Biography Resource Center
Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.

 

History Resource Center (World) Includes articles from journals, magazines and newspapers; reference works; primary sources; a graphical timeline, research guide, historical maps and images.

Student Resource Center Contains thousands of online  primary documents, biographies, topical essays, and background information. 

 

 Internet Sites

The French Revolution

Think Quest Project on the French Revolution.  Includes background information and short bios on key figures. http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/default.shtml

History.com- Reign of Terror http://www.history.com/topics/reign-of-terror

Center for History and New Media- Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

Bastille Day and the French Revolution Explained http://bastille-day.com/history/The-Terror

PBS- Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/index.html
 
Modern History Sourcebook- French Revolution
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html
 
The France of Victor Hugo (Section on the French Revolution)
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/titlepg.html
 
Washington State University: Civilizations- Revolution and After
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REV/CONTENTS.HTM

Voice of the Shuttle: French Revolution [contains many dead links] http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=964
Famous People

Note: Biography Resource Center and databases above will provide greater credibility than most of these websites.

Maximilien Robespierre

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/robespierre_maximilien.shtml

http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/R/ROB/maximilien-robespierre.html

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/robespierre.html

Georges Danton - Helped create the Revolutionary Tribunal but abandoned the government when he felt it had gone too far. http://www.basicfamouspeople.com/index.php?aid=2393

http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/frenchrevolution89/danton.html [Questionable credibility.  Need to corroborate facts.]

Robert Lindet - A moderate member of the Committee of Public Safety who increasingly worried about the bloodshed and lawlessness shown by its leaders.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/341871/Jean-Baptiste-Robert-Lindet

Camille Desmoullins - famous revolutionary writer, followed Danton to his death

http://www.nndb.com/people/480/000097189/

http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/frenchrevolution89/desmoulins.html

Louis St. Just - radical member of the Committee of Public Safety

http://www.saint-just.net/

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Antoine_Louis_Leon_de_Richebourg_de_Saint-Just

Louis XVI - Absolutist king of France beheaded during the revolution

http://wsu.edu/~dee/REV/LOUISXVI.HTM

http://en.chateauversailles.fr/history/court-people/louis-xvi-time/louis-xvi/louis-xvi/last-monarch-of-versailles-1754-1793-1

Marie Antoinette - wife of Louis XVI who was also beheaded later in life

http://www.marie-antoinette.org/biography/biography_english/

http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/index.html

Jean-Paul Marat - Radical who agreed with Robespierre on many issues

http://www.nndb.com/people/630/000092354/

http://bastille-day.com/biography/Marat-Biography

      Jacques-Louis David – painter and friend of Robespierre

      http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/david/

      http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?7600
  Ideas for this task have been borrowed from: http://www.getwellkathleen.us/worldhistory/France/schedfrenchrev.html


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