French Culture and Language


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Amiens Cathedral
A multi-media project from Columbia University. Includes
images, computer-generated graphics, a virtual tour and text.
Carcassonne: The Medieval Walled City
Information, mostly textual on the walled city.
French History and Civilization: Capetians to the Crusades
A hypermedia project by Michelle Caroly-Alter (University of Pennsylvania). Includes many images and maps.
French History: Paris in the Time of Philip Augustus
A description of the city and it's people. Includes images as well as a plan of the wall built by Philip Augustus.
Images of Medieval French Architecture
An extensive collection of images including Medieval towns, castles, and ecclesiastical buildings.
Traictié de la forme et devis d'ung tournoy, by René of Anjou.
An English translation of the fifteenth century French text on the organization of tournaments. Includes links to images that accompany the manuscript.
The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duc de Berry
A description of the manuscript and images of the main calendar pages.
The French Ministére de la culture et de la francophonie Web server.
The Ministére's Web Server also contains many other useful links: List of French Culture Resources and the proposed Bibliotheca universalis (an on-line library of French culture).
La Bibliothèque nationale
This site includes, among other things, The Age of King Charles V (1338-1380): 1,000 Illuminations from the Department of Manuscripts.
Les Archives nationales
Historical Maps of Paris
Maps from the 18th and 19th centuries, including the famous plan de Turgot of 1739. Useful for studying the earlier plan of the city and the survival of medieval buildings.
Gopher Litteratures
From the Université de Montréal


Other Resources for French Language and Culture


WWW Servers in France


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