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History

A unique collection, at the heart of which is the history of France.

• Books and journals
• Compendia
• Manuscripts
• Iconography
• Genealogy and local history
• Biographical research

History - Manuscripts

Chronicles of France, 15th century 

© BnF

The Manuscripts Department, located at the Richelieu Library (Site Richelieu), holds the majority of sources predating the invention of the printing press, such as medieval charters and cartularies and collections of deeds. However, its collections cover all fields. More specifically, they include the following:

• collections of historical pieces from the early modern period, grouped together under the names of their former owners (e.g. the Baluze, Clairambault, Colbert, Duchesne, Dupuy, and Joly de Fleury collections)
• collections on the history of the French provinces: Burgundy, Champagne, Flanders, etc. 
• diplomatic correspondence and politicians’ papers 
• the archives of the Grand Orient de France 
• archives of historians, such as Edgar Quinet, Fustel de Coulanges, Jacques Chastenet, René Rémond, Jacques Julliard, etc.

 

 

Digital resources

• Europeana Regia , digital library of collections of royal manuscripts
• Exposition virtuelle L’art d’aimer au Moyen Âge : Le Roman de la rose
• Exposition virtuelle La Légende du Roi Arthur
• Exposition virtuelle Trésors carolingiens
• Exposition virtuelle Miniatures flamandes

See

• 
  Les vidéos des Trésors du patrimoine écrit
• 
  L'Armorial d'Auvergne (Français 22297)
  durée : 4 min 28 s
• 
  Le secret diplomatique en Allemagne au tournant du XVII^e siècle, Français 7129
  durée : 3 min 58 s
• 
  Tableaux analytiques de l'histoire de France, de la Corse et de la Martinique, par l'abbé Halma, bibliothécaire de l'impératrice Joséphine (Français 13788-13792)
  durée : 5 min 17 s
• 
  Les Sacra parallela, IX^e siècle (grec 923)
  durée : 4 min 14 s
• 
  Le Commentaire d'Albert le Grand sur les animaux d'Aristote, XIV^e siècle
  durée : 3 min 32 s
• 
  Le manuscrit des Faits d'Alexandre de Quinte-Curce, traduit par Vasque de Lucène (1468)
  durée : 5 min 31 s

The Arsenal Library (Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal) also holds historical manuscripts and collections of archives such as Froissart’s Grandes Chroniques de France, diplomatic archives from the d’Argenson family, and the Archives de la Bastille.

For more info

Histoire : fonds spécifiques
Fonds spécifiques en histoire conservés à la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal

Thursday, July 3, 2014