ARTFL-FRANTEXT is the main ARTFL Database, comprising more than 2,900 French language texts spanning from the 12th through the 20th centuries, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.
The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, poetry, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises.
Time Period: prehistory to present day
Location: Europe
Website from Brigham Young University with links to freely available European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. The documents 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.
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