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Cornelius Castoriadis Agora International Website » Cornelius Castoriadis was a late-20th century philosopher and political thinker whose works include the revolutionary journal, Socialisme ou Barbarie, which is said to have sparked the student-worker rebellion in Paris in 1968. This website compiles all known works by or about Castoriadis, including obituaries, bibliographies, and essays.
The Court Rolls of Ramsey, Hepmangrove and Bury, 1268-1600 » The court rolls are records of court proceedings that occurred between 1268-1600, providing a key source of information about life in medieval rural England. This online resource is a companion to Ramsey: The Lives of an English Fenland Town, 1200-1600 (Catholic University Press, 2006), by Anne Reiber DeWindt and Edwin Brezette DeWindt.
Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census (RELICS) » This database provides a searchable bibliographic index to 13,992 European Catholic, Protestant and Jewish worship books and documents printed before 1601. The site provides links to a variety of liturgical resources, including organ and choral sheet music, religious poetry, lists of artists and engravers, and aristocratic family trees.
Index to 19th Century French Political Trials » This index contains verbatim transcripts of the 19th century French court trials of major revolutionary republican, socialist, and anarchist leaders, including captains of revolts, journalists and editors. These transcripts offer an uncensored view of events of the time, rare among sources from that time period.
Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert » The 21 volumes of the world’s first encyclopedia were first published in the 18th century, during the Enlightenment, by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert. This reference site contains a growing selection of the encyclopedia’s articles that have been translated from the French to English by volunteers.
The French Revolution at the Grassroots » This resource provides a searchable bibliography of texts about villages, towns, and small rural regions in France during the French Revolution. Created by Dr. Peter Amann, professor emeritus of history at UM-Dearborn, this bibliography has both French and English translations and is considered to be a rich resource of local studies of the Great Revolution.
