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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
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Parent topics
- France [r]: Western European republic (population c. 64.1 million; capital Paris) extending across Europe from the English Channel in the north-west to the Mediterranean in the south-east; bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain; founding member of the European Union. [e]
Subtopics
Prehistory
Gaul
The Roman Empire
The Frankish Kingdoms
- Charlemagne [r]: (742-814) King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, rising to rule over most of Europe during his lifetime. [e]
Middle Ages
- Capetians [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hundred Years War [r]: Lengthy, intermittent warfare between English and French forces over feudal territorial rights and succession to the French crown. [e]
- Joan of Arc [r]: A French peasant girl (ca. 1412 – 1431) who led her nation's armies during the Hundred Years' War and became a national heroine and saint. [e]
Early Modern Era
- Enlightenment [r]: In religion, the point at which an aspirant breaks through the barrier of temporal existence and has a direct experience of God. [e]
- Encyclopedié [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Denis Diderot [r]: Enlightenment philosophe and Editor in Chief of the Encyclopédie. [e]
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau [r]: (1712-1778) French author and philosopher. [e]
The French Revolution: 1789-1799
- French Revolution [r]: The revolutionary episode in France that deposed the king and the aristocracy, created a republic, and included a period of terror, in which thousands were killed or driven into exile. [e]
Napoleon: 1799-1815
Restoration to Third Republic (1789-1870)
Third Republic (1870-1939)
- Emile Zola [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Victor Hugo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Claude Manet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Georges Clemanceau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World War I [r]: Massive international conflict involving the Allies and Central Powers between 1914-1918. [e]
World War Two
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