France

This volume outlines French history from prehistoric times to the present. Among the diverse themes discussed are the relations of France with its neighbours, the ever-present tension between national unity and regional autonomy, the role of the Church, and developments in public works and education.

Introduction: French Histories

1

(10)

Gaul: From Caves to Villas

11

(24)

Prehistory

11

(2)

Early Gaul

13

(2)

Gauls and Greeks

15

(4)

Roman Gaul

19

(16)

A Country under Construction

21

(6)

Everyday Life in Gaul

27

(2)

Gallic Religion and Rites

29

(3)

The End of Roman Gaul

32

(3)

The Middle Ages through the Thirteenth Century

35

(38)

Overview: From Legends to Reality (and Back)

35

(5)

The Early Middle Ages (500-1000 A.D.)

40

(8)

Charlemagne

44

(4)

Life Under the Feudal System (900-1300)

48

(20)

Peasants: Slaves and Serfs

50

(1)

Urban Development

51

(3)

Transportation

54

(2)

The Church: Monasticism

56

(6)

Twelfth-Century Royalty: The Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204)

62

(6)

The Last of the Capetians (1179-1223)

68

(5)

From War to Rebirth: The Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries

73

(30)

Hard Times: The Fourteenth Century

73

(7)

New Perceptions: The Fifteenth Century

80

(8)

Joan of Arc: Personal Piety

83

(2)

Humanism: Secular Piety

85

(3)

Tolerance and Cruelty: The Schizophrenic Sixteenth Century

88

(15)

French Renaissance Kings

90

(8)

``Of Moderation'': Michel de Montaigne (1534-1592) as a Case Study

98

(5)

Classicism and Enlightenment: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

103

(38)

Overview: The Triumph and Defeat of Absolutism

103

(3)

The Seventeenth Century

106

(15)

Louis XIII and Richelieu

106

(3)

Louis XIV and the ``Fronde''

109

(2)

Great Men and Great Projects under Louis XIV

111

(5)

Domestic and International Relations

116

(1)

French Literature in the Seventeenth Century

117

(4)

The Eighteenth Century

121

(16)

The Enlightenment

121

(2)

Voltaire (1694-1778)

123

(5)

Louis XV and Louis XVI

128

(2)

The French Revolution

130

(7)

The Napoleonic Wars (1795-1815)

137

(4)

Change, Change, and More Change: The Nineteenth Century

141

(24)

Romanticism

141

(1)

The Nineteenth Century as Lived by Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

142

(4)

From Romanticism to Realism

146

(1)

The Industrial Revolution

147

(3)

Social Unrest: From Monarchy to Republic to Empire

150

(2)

The Commune and the Dreyfus Affair

152

(6)

``Peasants into Frenchmen''

158

(7)

Roads and Railroads

159

(2)

Teaching French to the French

161

(4)

War and Peace: The Twentieth Century

165

(38)

Overview

165

(7)

The Vicious Cycle: Three Wars and Their Effects

172

(10)

From 1870 to the First World War

172

(6)

World War II and the Occupation

178

(4)

French Literature

182

(2)

The End of French Colonialism

184

(2)

The Events of May 1968

186

(2)

Two French Statesmen

188

(10)

Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)

188

(5)

Francois Mitterand (1916-1996)

193

(5)

Immigration and Social Tension

198

(3)

Education

201

(2)

Epilogue

203

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