A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1Guizot, François
History
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1
Guizot, François
France -- History
X. CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS WARS 210
XI. CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS GOVERNMENT. . 234
XII. DECAY AND FALL OF THE CARLOVINGIANS. 254
XIII. FEUDAL FRANCE AND HUGH CAPET 286
XIV. THE CAPETIANS TO THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES 306
XV. CONQUEST OF ENGLAND BY THE NORMANS 332
XVI. THE CRUSADES, THEIR ORIGIN AND SUCCESS 372
LIST OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS, VOLUME I.
[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF GUIZOT--FRONTISPIECE]
[Illustration: MAP OF ANCIENT FRANCE LYONS]
[Illustration: FROM LA CROIX ROUSSE----86]
[Illustration: BATTLE OF TOLBIACUM----144]
[Illustration: THE BATTLE OF TOURS----193]
[Illustration: THE SUBMISSION OF WITTIKIND----218]
[Illustration: PARIS BESIEGED BY THE NORMANS----259]
[Illustration: NOTRE DAME----310]
[Illustration: Ideal Landscape of Ancient Gaul----13]
[Illustration: Gyptis presenting the Goblet to Euxenes----17]
[Illustration: A Tribe of Gauls on an Expedition----27]
[Illustration: The Gauls in Rome----39]
[Illustration: The Women defending the Cars----58]
[Illustration: The Roman Army invading Gaul----61]
[Illustration: Divitiacus before the Roman Senate----63]
[Illustration: Mounted Gauls----66]
[Illustration: Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar----81]
[Illustration: Gaul subjugated by the Romans----83]
[Illustration: Eponina and Sabinus hidden in a Vault----97]
[Illustration: Christianity established in Gaul----111]
[Illustration: Druids offering Human Sacrifices----111]
[Illustration: Germans invading Gaul----129]
[Illustration: The Huns at the Battle of Chalons----135]
[Illustration: “Thus didst thou to the Vase of Soissons.”----139]
[Illustration: The Sluggard King Journeying----156]
[Illustration: “Thrust him away, or thou diest in his stead.”----160]
[Illustration: The Execution of Brunehaut----175]
[Illustration: “The Arabs had decamped silently in the night.”----195]
[Illustration: Charlemagne at the Head of his Army----212]
[Illustration: Charlemagne inflicting Baptism upon the Saxons----215]
[Illustration: A Battle between Franks and Saxons----216]
[Illustration: Death of Roland at Roncesvalles----227]
[Illustration: Charlemagne and the General Assembly----239]
[Illustration: Charlemagne presiding at the School of the Palace----246]
[Illustration: Northmen on an Expedition----254]
[Illustration: “He remained there a long while, and his eyes were filled
with tears.”----255]
[Illustration: The Barks of the Northmen before Paris----260]
[Illustration: Count Eudes re-entering Paris right through the Besiegers-
---262]
[Illustration: Ditcar the Monk recognizing the Head of Morvan----273]
[Illustration: Hugh Capet elected King----300]
[Illustration: “Who made thee King?”----302]
[Illustration: Gerbert, afterwards Pope Sylvester II----304]
[Illustration: Knights returning from Foray----311]
[Illustration: Knights and Peasants----312]
[Illustration: Robert had a Kindly Feeling for the Weak and Poor----313]
[Illustration: “The Accolade.”----324]
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