The Society for Seventeenth-century French Studies
Web Resources
of interest to dix-septiémistes
This page presents details of other websites of interest to specialists. If you know of any sites not mentioned here that would be of interest to those working in the field of seventeenth-century French studies, you are invited to email details to Mark Bannister.
Societies, Networks and Organisations
Chrysopoeia: site of the Société d'Étude de l'Histoire de l'Alchimie
CMR17: Centre Méridional de Rencontres sur le XVIIe siècle
H-France: devoted to promoting the discussion, study and teaching of French history and culture
Modern Humanities Research Association.
SATOR: the site of the Société d'Analyse de la Topique Romanesque.
Société d'Étude du XVIIe Siècle
SE17: the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies
SIEFAR: la Société Internationale pour l'Étude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime
Société des Amis de Port-Royal
The Society for French Studies
The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music
Web17: un site pour la littérature française du XVIIe siècle.
Research Centres
CELLF: Centre d'Etude de la Langue et de la Littérature Françaises des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles.
Centre d'Études Cartésiennes at Paris IV.
Centre d'Etudes sur les Réformes, l'Humanisme et l'Âge classique (Clermont-Ferrand), including the Centre International Blaise Pascal.
Centre d'Études des Théâtres de la Foire at the University of Nantes.
Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles: gives full details of the activities of the Centre.
Centre de Recherche sur l'Histoire du Théâtre (Paris IV). Contains a substantial Bibliothèque dramatique.
Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages (Paris IV).
Descartes e il seicento : research centre of the University of Lecce.
GRIHL: Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du Littéraire
Institut d'histoire de la pensée classique, de l'Humanisme aux Lumières at the University of Saint-Etienne
Institut d'Histoire de la Réformation, at the University of Geneva.
Libraries, Catalogues and Databases
ABES: Système universitaire de documentation: an extensive searchable database of research materials.
Archives Nationales
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
Bibliothèque de la Société de Port-Royal
Bibliothèque Mazarine
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
The British Library
Catalogue collectif de France: gives details of the holdings of 3900 public libraries.
CESAR (Calendrier électronique des spectacles sous l'Ancien Régime): a comprehensive database on the theatre of the 17th and 18th centuries.
The CESAR Imagebank contains over 3500 images covering all aspects of the French theatre 1600-1800.
Chronologie critique et analytique des représentations d'opéra à Paris et à la cour de 1655 à 1687, created by Buford Norman and William Brooks.
Dictionnaire des Femmes de l'Ancienne France provides biographical and other data on over 1000 women (5th to 18th centuries)
Fichier central des thèses: database of doctoral theses in French universities.
Francophone Public Libraries and Archives provides links to a large number of municipal libraries and archives in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec.
Index to Theses accepted for higher degrees in UK and Irish universities (subscription).
New Historians of Early Modern France gives details of doctoral research projects in the USA.
OLIS: the Oxford Libraries automated catalogue
Database of the Refuge Huguenot.
SATORBASE: an invaluable database of topoi in prose fiction 1200-1800.
Base de données viatique du Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages.
Sites of particular interest to postgraduate students (recommended by Emma Gilby)
The Arts and Humanities Research Council: UK-wide programmes supporting the highest quality research and postgraduate training in the arts and humanities.
Guardian Higher Education Links: links to all the universities in the UK.
jobs.ac.uk: the best website advertising academic posts in UK universities.
Key Skills at UCL: "Academic skills, self-management skills, communication skills and interpersonal skills" for postgraduates.
Modern Humanities Research Association Postgraduate Membership: three years' free membership including a free printed copy of the MHRA Style Guide and three years' free subscription to the Modern Language Review.
Scholarship Search UK: contains a freely searchable database of undergraduate scholarships offered by academic institutions, commercial organisations and charitable trusts.
Society for French Studies Postgraduate Research: list of theses in preparation in the UK and Ireland.
The UK Grad Programme: "Our vision is for all postgraduate students to be fully equipped and encouraged to complete their studies successfully and then to make the successful transition from their PhD studies to their future careers".
Textual Resources
ABU: La Bibliothèque Universelle contains texts by a dozen 17th-century authors.
Bibliotheca Augustana: selected works of Descartes, Fénelon, Pascal, Perrault; also 17th-century works in Italian, Latin and other languages.
Catalogue critique des ressources textuelles sur Internet
Dictionnaires d'autrefois: includes the 1694 edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie and Jean Nicot's Thresor de la Langue Françoyse (1606), with limited search facility
The Early Modern English Dictionaries Database provides a facility to search Cotgrave's French-English dictionary of 1611.
Early Modern French Women Writers: contains texts by Madeleine de Scudéry, Marie de Gournay, Mlle de Montpensier.
École Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon : the site contains a large selection of early modern texts on horsemanship and veterinary topics.
Exeter Texts: the out-of-print editions of the Textes Littéraires are being put progressively on line.
Gallica : the BNF's online series of classic texts.
Litora : an inventory of online texts, 1670-1730.
Renaissance Festival Books: a magnificent collection of facsimile texts, many from the 17th century.
Textes et Contextes du XVIIe siècle: offers a collection of critical editions to which specialists are invited to contribute.
Le Théâtre de la foire à Paris: contains the texts of a number of unpublished plays.
Theatre
CESAR : information of all kinds on the early modern French theatre.
La Comédie Française : includes historical data such as lists of sociétaires and pensionnaires.
The Development of Scenic Spectacle: includes mobile graphics of stage machinery.
Playhouses of 17th-century Paris : computer modelling of six Paris playhouses.
Spectacles du Grand Siècle: centre virtuel de ressources sur les arts du spectacle aux XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
Le Théâtre de la Foire à Paris provides a wealth of information on the fairground theatre, including hypertext versions of the key works of Campardon and Parfaict.
Sites devoted to individuals
The Pierre Bayle Home Page.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
La Fontaine: complete works with supporting materials.
André Le Nôtre.
The Lully Collection: a range of materials on Lully and his work.
Molière: complete plays, biography, data on Molière's troupe, characters in his plays and significant contemporaries.
ToutMolière: "le site de référence sur l'oeuvre de Molière."
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc.
The Marshal Vauban Website.Other Sources
The French Academy of Sciences, 1666-1691.
Alchemy: contains several 17th-century French alchemical texts.
Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Château de Versailles : includes a database of the external sculptures with illustrations.
Historic Cities: contains historic maps of 32 French towns, many of them from the 17th century.
Jesuits and the Sciences 1540-1995
Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Scholasticon: a rich source of material on 16th and 17th-century scholasticism
Salons: contains details of eighteen 17th-century salons