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Archives & nations dans l'Europe du XIXe siecle. Compiled by Bruno Delmas and Christine Nougaret. Paris: Ecole des Chartes, 2004. 262 pp. [euro]30. ISBN 2-900791-65-0.
One of the very first measures taken by the French Revolution, at the end of July 1789, was the creation of a new institution: the National Archives. Along with other institutions, such as museums and libraries, the newly created National Archives played a key role in the political life of the young Republic: the "old papers" they contained--gathered from convents, monasteries, noble families, and so on--were used to justify the creation of the new state as well as to defend ancient rights and to…