French History

French History Sources

Revised periodically this list aims at providing the major tools for both beginning and advanced research, held by the Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Department, University of Florida. Suggestions are welcome.

General Bibliographers and Guide

The American Historical Association. Guide to Historical Literature. 2 volumes. 1995                                                D20.A551 1995 Ref.

(Modern Europe: General: pp. 724-759; France since 1789: pp. 842-870)

Timelines and Chronologies

Mémoire de la France des origines à l'an 2000.                   DC38.M44X 1996 Ref.

Almanach des Francais. 2 volumes                                         DC35.A451 1994 Ref.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

France,1789-1962.                                                                 DC35.C66 1975 Ref.                                                        (Alphabetical listing of major events)

 Historical dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire. 2 vols. 1987.                                                               DC256.H571987Ref.                                                                      (Articles on people, events, newspapers, etc., with bibliographies)

Dictionnaire du Second Empire.                                      DC276.D53 1995 Ref.                                                     (In-depth articles by specialists)

Historical dictionary of the French Second Empire, 1852-1870. DC276.H57 1985 Ref.

Dictionnaire de la Commune. Rev. ed. 2 vols                        DC317.N6 1978 Ref.

Historical dictionary of the Third French Republic. 2 vols.  DC337.H57 1986 Ref.

Biographical dictionary of French political leaders since 1870. DC342.B56 1990 Ref.

Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris.                                    DC704.F531 1996 Ref.

Jean Tulard, ed. Dictionnaire Napoléon. 1987.                DC147.D53 1987 Ref.

Samuel F. Scott, ed. Historical dictionary of the French Revolution. 2 vols. 1985.                                                  DC147.H57 1985

F. Furet, ed. A Critical dictionary of the French Revolution. 1989.                                                                            DC148.D5313 1989

Dictionnaire critique de la révolution fran¸ aise. 4 vols. 19992.   DC148.D53 1992 Ref.                                                             Engl. trans., A critical dictionary of the French Revolution, 1989 at DC148.D5313 1989

A. Fierro, ed. Histoire et dictionnaire du Consulat et de l'Empire. 1995.                                                       DC197.F54 1995 Ref.

Historical dictionary of Napoleonic France, 1799-1815.   DC201.H673 1985 Ref.

Historical dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire.                                                       DC256.H57 1987 Ref.

Bibliographies and Indexes

Bibliographie annuelle de l'histoire de France. Annual.  Z2176.B5 Ref.                                                                        (Most comprehensive on political cultural, religious, economic and social history. Subject indexes.)

International bibliography of historical sciences. Annual. Z6205.I61 Ref.                                                                         (Four years behind.)

Bibliographie critique de mémoires sur le Second Empire, 2 décembre 1852-4 septembre 1870.                                  Z2180.B65 1994 Ref.

Modern European imperialism: a bibliography of books and articles, 1815-1972. 2 vols.                                              Z6204.H35 Ref.                                                                           (vol. 1: General and British Empire, vol. 2: French and other empires)

Combined retrospective index to journals in history, 1838-1974. 11 vols.                                                            Z6205.C18 Ref.                                                              Equivalent electronic tool:                                                       Periodical Contents Index                                    http://pci.chadwyck.com

Sources

Documents diplomatiques fran¸ ais, 1971-1914. (Paris: 1929-36).                                                                              940.32 F815d

French Revolutionary pamphlets at the University of Florida. 1971.                                                                             DC148.F571 Ref.

A New History of France

Pierre Nora, ed. Realms of memory: rethinking the French past. 3 vols. 1996.                                                                    DC33.L6513 1996

French edition: Les lieux de mémoire. 3 vols. in 7, 1984-1992     DC251.L53 1984                                                                      ("... one of the great French intellectual achievements of the Mitterrand era.  Nora and his colleagues from a variety of academic disciplines - history, literary studies, political science, sociology - seek to locate the 'memory places' of French national identify as they have been constructed since the middle ages." -- From foreword.)