Library: HIS 297K: Europe in the Enlightenment & Revolutionary Era: Primary Sources

Primary Sources on the Web

A primary source is "A source from the time of an event. The account of an eyewitness, some newspaper articles, news footage, correspondence, diaries, as well as artifacts from the time of the event are all examples of primary sources."

EuroDocs
These links connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history. The order of documents is chronological wherever possible.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Use the navigation on the left to access primary source documents in areas such as "Enlightenment" and "French rev." From Fordham University.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - Texts
This list includes 330 text documents (personal memoirs, official reports, newspaper articles, treatises, eyewitness accounts)—most of them translated from French to English and edited for the student and general reader.