French Revolution
Assembled by eminent historians such as Lefèbvre, Aulard and Marion the collections
of printed documents published here on microfiche are a fundamental source for the study
of France and its capital on the eve of the Revolution of 1789 and during that revolution's
course. The core of the first collection is formed by the cahiers de doléances, the lists
of grievances prepared by local districts throughout France for the meeting of the Estates
General in 1789. They have long been used to illuminate the social and economic condition of
the country in the late 1780s. In addition, the collection publishes the minutes of the
committees on agriculture and commerce of the Constituant and Legislative Assemblies
of 1789-1792 and of the National Convention and documents concerning the sales of church property,
the Biens Nationaux held to finance the revolution.
The second collection, commissioned in the 1880s to mark the centennial of the Revolution,
has not lost its importance for the study of Paris between 1789 and 1808 as we approach the
Revolution's 200th anniversary. Among others, there are documents on the history of the
revolutionary Jacobin Club and on various organs of the counterrevolution. There are also
the minutes of meetings of the Assemble Electorale of the municipality and pieces relating to
the troops raised in the city to defend the Revolution.
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