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French History Research Guide

SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES BY PERIOD

General / Early Modern / Ancien Regime / Revolution / 19th & 20th Centuries

GENERAL

Barbier, Frederic. Bibliographie de l'histoire de France. Paris; New York: Masson, 1986.
SML Reference Z2187 C55 B37 1987 (LC)

Bibliographie critique des principaux travaux parus sur l'histoire de 1600 à 1914. Paris: En vente à la Maison du livre français, 1935- .
SML Stacks Xb74 B3
"1932/33, General; 1934-35, with subtitle, Travaux de langue francaise ou relatifs a l'histoire de France. 1934 issue includes, in four sections, works in the French, English, and German languages on the history of France, and works in the French language on foreign countries. 1935 issue adds works in Italian, Polish, and Russian languages on the history of France." (Sheehy DC128). Chambers, Frances. France. World bibliographical series v. 13. Santa Barbara, CA: Clio Press, 1980.
SML Reference Z2161 C43 (LC)
SML Stacks Z2161 C43 (LC)

Répertoire bibliographique de l'histoire de France. Paris: A. Picard, 1923-1938. Biennial.
SML Reference Z2176 R46 (LC)
"Covers publications of the period 1920/21-1930/31. The standard current bibliography for France to 1914, listing historical writings in various languages, both books and periodical articles. Classified, with name and place indexes." (Sheehy DC136)

Continued by: Bibliographie annuelle de l'histoire de France du cinquième siècle à... . Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1953/54 - .
SML Reference Z2176 B53 (LC)
"Date in title varies according to period of coverage. A detailed, classified bibliography with author and subject indexes." (Sheehy DC155)

Saulnier, Eugène. Bibliographie des travaux publiés de 1866 à 1897 sur l'histoire de la France de 1500 à 1789. Paris: Les presses universitaires de France, 1932-38. 2 v.
SML Reference Z2178 S29 (LC)
"A comprehensive listing of books and periodical articles, with references to reviews. Classified arrangement. Not completed, and lacks indexes. Contents: v.1, Histoire interieure, Histoire des institutions, Histoire diplomatique, Histoire militaire, Histoire de la marine militaire, Histoire religieuse; v. 2, fasc. 1-2, Histoire economique et sociale, Histoire coloniale, Histoire des familles, Biographies." (Sheehy DC145)

Supplemented by: Caron, Pierre. Bibliographie des travaux publiés de 1866 à 1897 sur l'histoire de la France depuis 1789. Paris: E. Cornely, 1912.
SML Reference Z2178 C26 (LC)
"A valuable bibliography including 13, 496 titles of books, pamphlets, and articles in periodicals, society publications, and other composite works. Indicates book reviews and abstracts of important items. Indexes the historical articles in some 394 French and 260 foreign periodicals. Classified arrangement with two indexes: (1) authors and persons, (2) places. Forms the main volume in Caron's series of indexes of the history of France since 1789." (Sheehy DC151)

Supplemented by: Répertoire méthodique de l'histoire moderne et contemporaine de la France. Paris: Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine, 1899-1914. 11 v.
SML Reference Z2179 R46 (LC)
Covers 1898-1912/1913.

Les sources de l'histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'en 1815. Paris: A. Picard et Fils, 1901-1935.
SML Reference Z2176 S69 (LC)
SML, Andrews History Study (Room 214-215) X567 901
Library has: Part I, Des origines aux guerres d'Italie (1494), 6 v.; Part II, Le XVIe siècle (1494-1610), vols. 1 & 2, 1494-1559.

EARLY MODERN

Note: For coverage of the Medieval period, see the Reference Department bibliography on Medieval Studies.

Bainton, Roland Herbert. Bibliography of the Continental Reformation: materials available in English. Second revised and enlarged edition. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1972.
SML Reference Z7830 B35 1972 (LC)

Bibliographie internationale de l'humanisme et de la Renaissance. Geneva: Libraire Droz, 1966- .
SML Reference Z6207 R4 B53 (LC)

ANCIEN REGIME

Du Peloux, Charles. Répertoire général des ouvrages modernes relatifs au dix-huitième siècle français (1715-1789). Paris: Grund, 1926.
SML Stacks X569 926

French 17. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University, 1978- .
SML Reference Z2172 +M6 (LC)
Published for Seventeenth Century French Division of Modern Language Association of America. Annual descriptive bibliography of recent literature, periodicals and bibliographies on the 17th century.

Continues: Modern Language Association of America. French Group III. Bibliography of French seventeenth century studies. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University, 1953-1977.
SML Reference Z2172 +M6 (LC)

Lapeyre, Henri. Les monarchies européenes du XVIe siècle; les relations internationales. Second revised and expanded edition. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1973.
LSF D234 L36 1973

Lindsay, Robert O. and John Neu. French political pamphlets, 1547-1648; a catalog of major collections in American libraries. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969.
SML Reference Z2177.5 L55 (LC)
SML Microform Z2177.5 L55 (LC)

Supplemented by: French political pamphlets, 1547-1648: a supplement: listing the microform additions to the original edition compiled by Robert O. Lindsay and John Neu. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, 1981.
SML Microform Z2177.5 +L55 Suppl (LC)

Mandrou, Robert. France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Sixth expanded edition. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1997.
SML Stacks DC33.4 M28X 1997

REVOLUTION

Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département des imprimés. Répertoire de l'histoire de la révolution française: travaux publiés de 1800 à 1940. Ed. Gerard Walter. Paris, 1941-51. 2 v.
SML Reference Z2178 P37 (LC)
SML Stacks X569 936a

-----. -----. Catalogue de l'histoire de la révolution française. Ed. André Martin and Gérard Walker. Paris: Editions des Bibliotheques Nationales, 1936-1955. 5 v. in 6.
SML Reference Z2178 P369 (LC)

-----. -----. Catalogue de l'histoire de la révolution française. Table analytique. Ed. Gérard Walter. Paris: Bibliotheque nationale, 1969.
SML Reference Z2178 P369 Suppl. (LC) Caldwell, Ronald J. The Era of the French revolution: a bibliography of the history of western civilization, 1789-1799. New York: Garland, 1985. 2 v.
SML Reference Z2178 +C25 1985 (LC)

Caron, Pierre. Manuel pratique pour l'étude de la révolution française. New edition. Paris: Picard, 1947.
SML Reference Z2178 C27 1947 (LC)

Fierro, Alfred. Bibliographie de la révolution française 1940-1988. Paris: References, 1989. 2 v.
SML Reference Z2178 F55 1989 (LC)

Guide des sources regionales pour l'histoire de la Révolution française: Alpes de Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Vaucluse. Aix-en-Provence: Commission scientifique régionale Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur pour le bicentenaire de la Révolution française, Université de Provence, 1987.
LSF Z2184 P974 G85 1987 (LC)

Lemiere, Edmond. Bibliographie de la contre-révolution dans les provinces de l'Ouest ou des guerres de la Vendée & de la Chouannerie (1793-1815-1832). Saint-Brieuc: F.Guyon, 1904-1935.
SML Stacks X569 904

Supplemented by: Vachon, Yves. Bibliographie de la contre-revolution dans les provinces de l'Ouest ou des guerres de la Vendée & de la chouannerie (1793-1815-1832): pour servir de complément et de supplément jusqu'à nos jours à l'ouvrage de Lemière. Nantes: Librairie nantaise, 1980.
SML Stacks Z2178 L45 1976 Suppl. (LC)

Monglond, André. La France révolutionnaire et impériale: annales de bibliographie méthodique et description des livres illustrés... Grenoble: Editions B. Arthaud, 1930-1963. 9 v.
SML Reference Z2171 M65 (LC)

-----. La France révolutionnaire et impériale: annales de bibliographie méthodique et description des livres illustrés: tome X: index général. Second revised edition. Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1978. SML Reference Z2171 M65 1976 Index (LC)

Thompson, Lawrence Sidney. A bibliography of French revolutionary pamphlets on microfiche. Troy, NY: Whitston Pub. Co., 1974.
SML Microform Z2178 T46 (LC)

Tourneux, Maurice. Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la révolution française. Paris: Imprimerie nouvelle, 1890-1913. 5 v.
SML Reference Z2184 P2 +T68 (LC)

NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES
See also:
Subject Bibliographies by Period: General

Echard, William E. Foreign policy of the French Second Empire: a bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
SML Stacks Z6465 F7 E26X 1988 (LC)

Evleth, Donna. France under the German occupation, 1940-1944: an annotated bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
SML Stacks Z6207 W8 E84X 1991 (LC)

Halstead, John P. and Serafino Porcari. Modern European imperialism: a bibliography of books and articles 1815-1972. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1974. 2 v.
SML Reference Z6204 +H35 (LC)
Volume 1 covers General and British Empire. Volume 2 treats France and other empires.

Haythornthwaite, Philip J. The Napoleonic source book. London: Arms and Armour, 1996.
SML Reference DC151 H32X 1996

Heinz, Grete and Agnes F. Peterson. The French Fifth Republic, establishment and consolidation (1958-1965); an annotated bibliography of the holdings at the Hoover Institution. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1970.
SML Reference Z2180.3 +H45 (LC)
SML Stacks Z2180.3 +H45 (LC)

Continued by: -----. The French Fifth Republic, continuity and change 1966-1970; an annotated bibliography. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1974. SML Reference Z2180.3 +H44 (LC)

Krommenacker, Raymond J. Le Gaullisme: état des recherches et guide bibliographique. Paris: Dalloz, 1971.
SML Stacks Z8328.5 K76 (LC)

Le Quillec, Robert. La Commune de Paris: bibliographie critique, 1871-1997. Paris: La Boutique de l'histoire editions, c1997.
SML Stacks Z2179 L47X 1997 (LC)
Over 2600 entries, for the most part annotated, include names of authors of books and titles of works, and titles of journals and reviews.

Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, 1945-1985. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
SML Reference Z2179 M49 1987 (LC)

Roach, John Peter Charles. A bibliography of modern history. London: Cambridge University Press, 1968.
SML Reference Z6204 R63 (LC)
LSF Z6204 R63

A note on the annotations:

Balay = Guide to reference books. Edited by Robert Balay. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
Shelved at Reference Desk

Sheehy = Guide to reference books. Edited by Eugene P. Sheehy. 10th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.
Shelved at Reference Desk

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