Topics in Medieval French History

Six-page slide show by Michelle Caroly-Alter explores the involvement of the Capetian dynasty in the Crusades. Includes sound machine files and thumbnails that lead to larger images. In French.

Carleton Cunningham has presented a scholarly examination of the religious upheaval of sixteenth-century France during the protestant reformation.

A tour at the Web Gallery of Art provides a century-by-century overview of French artists from the 15th through the 18th Centuries.

Illustrated explanation of the heraldic system used by the royals and the way succeeding generations "differenced" their arms from previous generations and each other, by Francois Velde.

A small selection of very nice photos is available for each of dozens of churches, abbeys, castles, and primarily cathedrals in France. Presented by Alison Stones at the University of Pittsburgh.

Online Library of Congress exhibit prefaced by a clearly-written overview of the French monarchy's relationship to the Church. Wonderful images and informative text.

Extensive overview by Francois Velde at his Heraldica pages covers both national and private orders as well as the military-monastic organizations.

Explanation of the titles, apanages (property grants), and names given to royal sons and the official forms of address used, by Francois Velde at his Heraldica pages.

Clear and concise overview of the law as applied to the rules of inheritance and royal succession, from its origins to its adoption in Spain, by Francois Veldes at his Heraldica site.