Primary Sources

Revolutionary Period Documents

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789)
  • Constitution of 1791
  • Constitution of 1793 (Year I)
  • Constitution of 1795 (Year III)
  • Civil Code of 1804 (Code Napoléon)
  • Concordat of 1801

Fifth Republic Constitutional Documents

  • Constitution of 1958
  • Constitutional Council Decisions (selected)
  • Law of December 9, 1905 on the Separation of Churches and State

Contemporary Political Speeches and Documents

  • Charles de Gaulle, Speeches and Press Conferences (1958-1969)
  • François Mitterrand, "Letter to All French People" (1988)
  • Emmanuel Macron, "Revolution" (2016)
  • Yellow Vest Manifestos and Declarations (2018-2019)