| Description |
vi, 714 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
European nations |
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Facts on File library of world history |
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European nations.
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Facts on File library of world history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 672-680) and index. |
| Contents |
History of France: Origins -- Frankish Kingdom -- Capetians -- Hundred years' war and after -- Renaissance and the rise of the monarchy -- Wars of religion -- Age of absolutism -- France during the seventeenth century -- French culture in the seventeenth century -- French monarchy during the eighteenth century -- French foreign policy in the eighteenth century -- French civilization and its influence in the eighteenth century -- French Revolution of 1789 -- Era of Napolean Bonaparte -- Restoration -- July monarchy -- Scientific, economic, and cultural developments -- Second republic -- Second empire -- Social, economic, and foreign policy development during the second empire -- Third republic -- Cultural and scientific developments, 1850 to 1914 -- French expansion overseas since 1850 -- International relations from 1871 to 1914 and World War I -- Interwar years -- Fourth and fifth republics -- Modern french culture -- Historical dictionary A-Z -- Chronology -- Appendixes: Maps -- Statesmen of France -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Presents a historical dictionary of the European country with entries on the important events in its history, institutions, political and social figures, a chronology, a list of rulers, and a collection of maps. |
| Subject |
France -- History -- Dictionaries.
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| ISBN |
0816044732 |
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9780816044733 |
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