Newspapers of the
French Revolution
1848
“One of the characteristics of the 1848 revolution was the explosion of
the printed word.”
Newspapers of the French Revolution of 1848
This collection of over 400 titles, many of which have not previously been available
digitally, gives unprecedented access to a historical source of great interest for the
period of the Second Republic. Unlike official sources, the newspapers record the
uncontrolled and often zany expression of a vast range of ideas, opinions and
aspirations during one of Europe’s great episodes of popular uprising: not only
‘serious’ debate in mainstream papers, but the byways of popular activity in response
to great events.
Source Libraries
Newspapers sourced from:
the British Library, London and
the British Library Newspaper Library, Colindale, London
Possible Research Uses
• History, in particular European or French History
• 19th Century Europe
• Politics
• Economics
• International Affairs
• European Conflict
• The rise of Conservatism
• The Second Republic
• Class Struggles within the Revolution
• French Literature
• French Language
Sample Search Terms
• Paris – 543 hits
• Revolution – 459 hits
• Monarchie – 220 hits
• Louis Blanc – 224 hits
• Louis Philippe – 207 hits
• Orleans Monarchie – 15 hits
• Luxembourg Palace – 2 hits
• Second French Empire – 3 hits
• Duexieme Republique – 97 hits
• Droit au travail – 425 hits
• Soulevement – 14 hits
• June Days – 4 hits
• Conservative – 2 hits
Example
• Search for
‘dramatiques’
• 28 results
• ‘Journal des
Illustrations
Dramatiques’
• Synopsis of a
production of
‘Catlina’
Voices from Wartime
France
“The extraordinary story of how a unique collection of French wartime
newspapers made its way to the British Library.”
Voices from Wartime France, 1939-1945
This collection constitutes the sum of the French press that actually
reached Britain during the German Occupation of France from 1940-44.
This is the largest and most important collection of titles from Occupied
France anywhere outside France, and has remained almost unknown
to the scholarly community. Offering a full picture of the basis on which
many key political decisions were made in Britain about the conduct of
the war in France, this collection will shed new light on a much studied
period.
Source Library
Clandestine Resistance and Vichy Newspapers
from the
British Library Newspaper Library at Colindale, London
Possible Research Uses
• History, in particular European or French History
• World War II
• 20th Century Europe
• Politics
• Economics
• International Affairs
• European Conflict
• Vichy Government
• Resistance Movements
• Nazi Occupation
• French Press
• French Literature
• French Language
Sample Search Terms
• Francais – 761 hits
• Paris – 833 hits
• Petain – 377 hits
• Pierre Laval – 192 hits
• Charles de Gaulle – 113 hits
• Hitler – 328 hits
• Nazi – 117 hits
• Germany – 10 hits
• Britain – 5 hits
• Vichy – 679 hits
• Resistance – 500 hits
• Free French Force – 10 hits
• l’occupation – 180 hits
Example
• Search for ‘Maquis’
• 137 results
• ‘Maquis’
• Immediate Orders
and General
Principles of the
Maquis
French Royal Acts
“Pamphlets often contain the details of life and law, at times the only
extant record, with which writer and scholar construct a living
history.”
French Royal Acts, 1256-1794
French royal acts governed every aspect of life in France. They
created the rules and bureaucracies and increasingly
oppressive taxes which helped to bring about the Revolution.
Approximately 16,000 pamphlets covering this important period
in French history are available in this collection. One of the
largest collections of its kind, it offers a wealth of information on
the legislative history and governance of France, as well as
other aspects of French life.
Source Library
The New York Public Library
Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Possible Research Uses
•History, in particular European or French History
• French Monarchy
• French Life and Law
• Politics
• Trade
• Criminal Justice
• Treaties
• Financial Administration of France
• Fiscal Matters in the Chambre des Comptes
• French Literature
• French Language
Sample Search Terms
• Actes Royaux – 14772 hits
• Chambre des Comptes – 2786 hits
• Peage – 350 hits
• Arret – 4439 hits
• Memoires – 719 hits
• Lettres Patentes – 3065 hits
• Extraits – 603 hits
• Ordonnance – 2589 hits
• Cour des Aides – 805 hits
• Paris – 13510 hits
• Le Roi – 6363 hits
• La Reine – 307 hits
Example
• Search for ‘Roi
Louis’
• 2630 results
• ‘Arrest Du Conseil
D'état Du Roi, Du 12
Octobre 1767’
• Cessation of the
State Council of the
King
Contact us
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