Creating French culture
Subtitle: treasures from Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Contributors: Library of Congress.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Bibliothèque nationale (France) -- Exhibitions.; Library of Congress -- Exhibitions.; Rare books -- France -- Paris -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions.; Manuscripts -- France -- Paris -- Exhibitions.; France -- Civilization -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: Online version of an exhibition held at the Library of Congress from September 8 to December 31, 1995. Traces the history of the relationship between politics and culture from Charlemagne to Charles de Gaulle through more than 200 "treasures" from the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed on Feb. 25, 2003; last updated Feb. 20, 2001).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Monarchs and monasteries; title: The path to royal absolutism; title: The Rise and fall of the absolute monarchy; title: From empire to democracy; title: Conclusion; title: Acknowledgments.