Course of French History

Name: Course of French History
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ISBN: 9780415066716

ISBN-10: 0415066719

ISBN-13: 9780415066716

Edition: 1991

Authors: Pierre Goubert

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This stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation from the founding of the monarchy in 987, to the present day. Against a broad background of structural change, Goubert's vivid account of such momentous events as the Carolingean Renaissance, the Hundred Years War, the reign of Louis XIV, the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, and the two world wars brings the turbulent course of French history to life. He balances his sharply-etched portraits of Joan of Arc, Louis XI, Louis XIV, Napoleon, and Charles de Gaulle with accounts of their failures as well as their triumphs. He finds much to admire and to criticize in the revolutions…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/20/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




France under the Early Capetians: 987-1180



The Apogee of Medieval France: The Thirteenth Century, 1180-1314



The Misfortunes of the Fourteenth Century



The Fifteenth Century: a Kingdom Reborn from the Ashes



The 'Beautiful' Sixteenth Century: 1494-1552



Difficult Times: 1560-1610



From Good King Henry to the Sun King: 1598-1661



The Pleasant Seasons of a Great Reign: 1661-1688



Autumn of the Great Century: 1689-1715



The Age of Louis XV: 1715-1774



Louis XVI: 1774-1792



The Revolution during Peacetime: 1789-1792



Revolution and War: 1792-1799



France against Europe: The Napoleonic Era, 1800-1815



France in the Nineteenth Century: a Panorama



France under Napoleon III: 1851-1870



From Debacle to Revenge: 1870-1914





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