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This section proposes to rediscover the history of France through various articles and comprehensive. Of Gaul of Vercingetorix, the Fifth Republic by way of the revolutionary and imperial epics, immerse yourself in 2,000 years of a complex and fascinating history.

 
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The spread of Christianity under Charlemagne

Frankish society, under Charlemagne, sees the release of a massive phenomenon of Christianization of all the territories, either directly or indirectly under his influence. The Dilatatio ...
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Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825), Duchess of Guastalla

One of the most beautiful women of her time, known by his brother Napoleon "the little heathen," Pauline Bonaparte was immortalized by the sculptor Canova in a marble Venus named ...
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Anne of Kiev and Raoul Crépy: a courtly love

In the eleventh century, it became difficult for kings to find a bride, the church has hardened its positions in striking prohibits marriage between cousins ​​to the seventh degree. After two failures ...
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The Merovingians (2): a powerful fragile?

When he died in 511, Clovis bequeathed to his son a great kingdom with its capital Paris and the Catholic religion. Thus began what may seem a paradox, especially when compared to ...
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Henri IV: the green gallant and his wives

For most of our contemporaries, the only name of Henry IV instantly evokes the legend of the white plume and boiled chicken. But the "good King Henry," whose reign extends from 1589 to 1610 ...

All articles by theme

The Gallo-Roman period

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louveromulusremus History of Gaul under Roman domination. Process of Romanization and persistence of Gallic idiosyncrasies. Place of Gaul in the Empire and Christianity.
# Articles published Author
1. The Aedui, Bibracte and Autun
Cnaudin
2. Gallo-Roman elites
Cnaudin

The Frankish Kingdoms

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clovis1 Consequences of migration for the Germanic Roman Gaul. Rivalries between the various barbarian kingdoms and rise of Frankish monarchs. The Frankish kingdoms in the European context and given the emergence of Islam.
# Articles published Author
1. Clovis and the baptism of France
Magellan
2. History of Burgundy (1) The kingdom Burgonde
JPerrin
3. History of Burgundy (2): Merovingian era
JPerrin
4. The Merovingians (1): Clovis
Cnaudin
5. The Merovingians (2): a powerful fragile?
Cnaudin
6. The Merovingians (3): Clotaire II of the "do-nothing kings"
Cnaudin

Carolingian to Capetian

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charlemagne_1 The epic of Charlemagne, the crumbling of the empire. How Capetian Carolingians and their successors laid the foundations of what later be called France.
# Articles published Author
1. Anne of Kiev and Raoul Crépy: a courtly love
Viviane
2. Foundation of the University of Paris (January 15, 1200)
Cnaudin
3. Franks and Normans, from conflict to integration
Cnaudin
4. The spread of Christianity under Charlemagne
Roman Borgna
5. The Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911): Birth of Normandy
Cnaudin
6. Women of Charlemagne
Viviane
7. Honor them in France in the ninth and tenth centuries
Pedro

The Hundred Years War

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100ans-mini The rivalry of the Capetians and Plantagenets, from the Estates of Charles IV the Fair of Charles VII, to the great battles of Crecy in Castillon. France from the Middle Ages and society.
# Articles published Author
1. Hundred Years War: Armagnacs against Burgundians (1)
Cnaudin
2. Hundred Years War: Armagnacs against Burgundians (2)
Cnaudin
3. Hundred Years War: The end of conflict
M. de Castelnau

The Renaissance France

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charlesquint3 Wars of Italy in the Wars of Religion. France against humanism and reform. Battles for Milan and Naples, to tear from religious to the confrontation with the Habsburgs for Italy.
# Articles published Author
1. Self-evident, Grand Marshal of France (1470-1525)
The Brinvilliers
2. The Prince and the arts of Henri II to Louis XIV
Cnaudin
3. Women of Francis I
Viviane
4. The kings of France of the Renaissance
Cnaudin
5. Nostradamus: the other side
The Brinvilliers

In Henry IV at the Grand Century

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Henri4 The rise of the Bourbons of France, the age-old rivalry with Spain to the new Franco-British clash. Peak and decline of the society of orders, recognition of the principle of monarchy and centralized administration.
# Articles published Author
1. Bontemps, valet and confidant of the Sun King
The Brinvilliers
2. Henri IV: the green gallant and his wives
Viviane
3. Jules Hardouin Mansart, the architect of Louis XIV
The Brinvilliers
4. The assassination of Henri IV
Sponsor
5. The conspiracy of Chalais (1626)
The Brinvilliers
6. Parliaments and the Fronde of the Princes (1648-1653)
The Brinvilliers
7. Day of Dupes (November 1630)
The Brinvilliers
8. The Reynie, police chief of Louis XIV
The Brinvilliers
9. The largest festivals of Versailles
The Brinvilliers
10. Ninon de l'Enclos, courtesan of the Grand Siècle
The Brinvilliers
11. Philippe d'Orléans (1640-1701), brother of Louis XIV
The Brinvilliers
12. A day at Versailles with Louis XIV
The Brinvilliers

Enlightenment France

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lumires France in the eighteenth century, confrontation of the new philosophical thought with the old order. The destruction of the first French colonial empire and the beginning of the Revolution.
# Articles published Author
1. Agriculture and demography in the eighteenth century
Eulben
2. Before the Revolution: the reign of Louis XVI
Daska
3. Claude Nicolas Ledoux, architect of the Enlightenment
The Brinvilliers
4. The great plague of 1720 (Marseille)
The Brinvilliers
5. The Chevalier d'Eon (Charles de Beaumont, 1728-1810)
The Brinvilliers
6. Mysterious mummy Auvergne ...
Desaix
7. Office and officers under the Old Regime
Eulben

Revolution and Empire

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Danton From 1789 to 1815, a generation that shook Europe and the World. How France moved towards a new political and social model, and why the reaction eventually prevail.
# Articles published Author
1. August 10, 1792: The fall of the monarchy in France
Fasolt
2. July 14, 1789, the storming of the Bastille
Cnaudin
3. Joachim Murat (1767-1815) - Biography
Desaix
4. Joseph Fouche, the man of paradoxes
Roman Borgna
5. Press the Revolution
Rayan
6. The White Terror in France (1 / 2) - The reaction of Thermidor 1795
Jean Dif
7. The White Terror in France (2 / 2) - The royalist reaction of 1815
Jean Dif
8. Daily Life of Napoleon's soldiers
Jean Dif
9. Napoleon: a very mixed record
Magellan
10. Napoleon landed at Golfe-Juan (1st March 1815)
Magellan
11. Napoleon and the Hundred Days: the final flight of the eagle
Jean Dif
12. Napoleon died on St. Helena (May 5, 1821)
Jean Dif
13. French Revolution and religion (1)
Cnaudin
14. French Revolution and religion (2)
Cnaudin
15. French Revolution and religion (3)
Cnaudin

The nineteenth century

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Napoleon_Paris The nineteenth century between Napoleon and epic rise of national fact. Colonial empires and the beginnings of a future superpower: the United States of America. The Industrial Revolution, the major technical and scientific advances.
# Articles published Author
1. The advent of the Second Republic (February 24, 1848)
Lucretia
2. The Law of Separation of Church and State (1905)
Cnaudin
3. The annexation of Nice and Savoy to France (1860)
Roman Borgna
4. The Dreyfus Affair, which tore the trials of France
Kara Iskandar
5. Birth of the Third Republic (February 17, 1871)
Kara Iskandar
6. Vidocq, the legend for posterity
Desaix

From One World War to the other

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bataille_somme France in the first half of the twentieth century. Triumph of the idea between colonial and Franco-German clashes. The two world wars and their social, cultural and political in France.

# Articles published Author
1. November 11, 1918: Armistice Day and memory
Bastet
2. 1914, Origins of the Income Tax
Rayan
3. De Gaulle, the military leader of Free France
Sponsor
4. July 1940: Birth and legitimacy (?) Of the French State
Rayan
5. July 1942: the roundup of the Vel 'd'Hiv
Sponsor
6. The France of the 1920s
Sponsor
7. The liberation of Paris (August 25, 1944)
Kara Iskandar
8. Escape from France (1940-1944), the forgotten World War II
JC Montagné

France since 1945

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accord_evian France is facing the redefinition of its place in the world. Of decolonization, to European, to the emergence of a service company.
# Articles published Author
1. October 17, 1961: Bloody Repression in Paris
Cnaudin
2. The signing of the Evian (March 18, 1962)
Kara Iskandar
3. The trial of Klaus Barbie (May 11, 1987)
Kara Iskandar
4. May 68: first barricades (May 3, 1968)
Kara Iskandar

Sovereigns and Heads of State

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Charles de Gaul Lives and works of these leaders who have made the history of France. From Clovis to Charles de Gaulle, to Charlemagne and Philip Augustus.
# Articles published Author
1. Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) - Biography
Kara Iskandar
2. Francis I (king of France, 1494-1547)
Lucretia
3. Henry III (King of France from 0.1551 to 1589), the last of the Valois
Kara Iskandar
4. Henry IV (king of France, 1553-1610) - Biography
M. de Castelnau
5. Louis XI (king of France, 1461-1483) - Biography
Cnaudin
6. Louis XIII, the Just (king of France, 1601-1643)
Kara Iskandar
7. Louis XIV, the Great (King of France, 1638-1715) - 1 / 3
Kara Iskandar
8. Louis XIV, the Great (King of France, 1638-1715) - 2 / 3
Kara Iskandar
9. Louis XIV, the Great (King of France, 1638-1715) - 3 / 3
Kara Iskandar
10. François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Biography
Kara Iskandar
11. Napoleon I (Emperor, 1769-1821) - Biography
Bastet
12. Napoleon III (Emperor, 1808-1873) - Biography
M. de Castelnau
13. Philip II Augustus (King of France, 1165-1223)
Cnaudin
14. Saint Louis (Louis IX, King of France, 1226-1270)
Cnaudin

Famous in the history of France

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Marie Antoinette-small Find in this section of biographies and articles on women who have marked the history of France. Eleanor of Aquitaine to Marie Curie, discover how and why these exceptional women have emerged in the work of historians
# Articles published Author
1. Agnes Sorel: the lady of beauty of Charles VII
Viviane
2. Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) - Biography
The Brinvilliers
3. Anne of Austria (1601-1666), queen of France
M. de Castelnau
4. Charlotte Corday, who assassinated Marat angel
Magellan
5. Diane de Poitiers, the favorite royal - Biography
The Brinvilliers
6. Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French (1826-1920)
M. de Castelnau
7. Joan of Arc - Biography and Historiography
Cnaudin
8. Joan of France (1464-1505)
The Brinvilliers
9. The Princess Palatine, sister of the Grand Siècle
The Brinvilliers
10. Queen Margot (Marguerite de Valois) - Biography
The Brinvilliers
11. Louise de La Valliere, the first passion of Louis XIV
Viviane
12. Marie Therese Charlotte de France Duchess of Angouleme (1778-1851)
M. de Castelnau
13. Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), Queen of France - Biography
M. de Castelnau
14. Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825), Duchess of Guastalla
The Brinvilliers

General History

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# Articles published Author
1. Inventories and daily lives of our ancestors
Viviane
2. The lifestyle of our ancestors
Viviane
3. Masons, Past and Present
Lucretia
4. Rennes-le-Chateau: The Origins of the case
Patrick Berlier
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