Volume 1 (of 6)
CONTENTS
[ EXTRACT FROM LETTER TO THE PUBLISHERS. ]
[ A POPULAR HISTORY OF FRANCE ]
[ CHAPTER I.] GAUL.
[ CHAPTER II.] THE GAULS OUT OF GAUL.
[ CHAPTER III.] THE ROMANS IN GAUL.
[ CHAPTER IV.] GAUL CONQUERED BY JULIUS CAESAR.
[ CHAPTER V.] GAUL UNDER ROMAN DOMINION.
[ CHAPTER VI.] ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY IN GAUL.
[ CHAPTER VII.] THE GERMANS IN GAUL.—THE FRANKS AND CLOVIS.
[ CHAPTER VIII.] THE MEROVINGIANS.
[ CHAPTER IX.] THE MAYORS OF THE PALACE. THE PEPINS.
[ CHAPTER X.] CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS WARS.
[ CHAPTER XI.] CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS GOVERNMENT.
[ CHAPTER XII.] DECAY AND FALL OF THE CARLOVINGIANS.
[ CHAPTER XIII.] FEUDAL FRANCE AND HUGH CAPET.
[ CHAPTER XIV.] THE CAPETIANS TO THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES.
[ CHAPTER XV.] CONQUEST OF ENGLAND BY THE NORMANS.
[ CHAPTER XVI.] THE CRUSADES, THEIR ORIGIN AND THEIR SUCCESS.
[ENLARGE]
ILLUSTRATIONS
[a] Ideal Landscape of Ancient Gaul——13 ]
[ Gyptis Presenting the Goblet to Euxenes——17 ]
[ A Tribe of Gauls on an Expedition——27 ]
[ The Women Defending the Cars——58 ]
[ The Roman Army Invading Gaul——61 ]
[ Vercingetorix Surrenders to Caesar——81 ]
[ Gaul Subjugated by the Romans——83 ]
[ Eponina and Sabinus Hidden in a Vault——97 ]
[ Druids Offering Human Sacrifices——111 ]
[ The Huns at the Battle of Chalons——135 ]
[ “Thus Didst Thou to the Vase of Soissons.”——139 ]
[ The Sluggard King Journeying——156 ]
[ “Thrust Him Away, Or Thou Diest in his Stead.”——160 ]
[ The Execution of Brunehaut——175 ]
[ “The Arabs Had Decamped Silently in the Night.”——195 ]
[ Charlemagne at the Head of his Army——212 ]
[ Charlemagne Inflicting Baptism Upon the Saxons——215 ]
[ The Submission of Wittikind——218 ]
[ Death of Roland at Roncesvalles——227 ]
[ Charlemagne and the General Assembly——239 ]
[ Charlemagne Presiding at the School of The Palace——246 ]
[ He Remained There a Long While, and his Eyes Were Filled With Tears.——255 ]
[ Paris Besieged by the Normans——259 ]
[ The Barks of the Northmen Before Paris——260 ]
[ Count Eudes Re-entering Paris Right Through the Besiegers- —-262 ]
[ Ditcar the Monk Recognizing The Head of Morvan——273 ]
[ Hugh Capet Elected King——300 ]
[ “Who Made Thee King?”——302 ]
[ Gerbert, Afterwards Pope Sylvester Ii——304 ]
[ Robert Had a Kindly Feeling for the Weak and Poor——313 ]
[ Normans Landing on English Coast——353 ]
[ William the Conqueror Reviewing his Army——357 ]
[ Edith Discovers the Body of Harold——360 ]
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