The most extensive research collection in the Lilly Library concerning the history of continental Europe centers on the French Revolution of 1789. The Lilly Library French Revolution document collection indexed on this web site consists of 3362 legal publications and is only a small portion of the library's holdings related to the French Revolution. The documents are mostly royal and administrative acts published in pamphlet form between 1789 and 1799. There are royal edicts, arrets , adresses, declarations, reglements, lettres patentes, rapports, ordonnances, memoires, lois, and various other titled or untitled official documents.
All dates are in the eighteenth century.
The French key word category allows for searching by French words which appear in the text of the documents. They are headings which were current at the time the database was created. Names which are subjects do not include the person's dates. The three most common phrases in the LCSH field are shortened to save space. Convention nationale Search by the shortened form in the LCSH field.