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After all of it, save the north western moorlands, or what we now call Brittany, had been conquered and settled by the Romans, it was overrun by tribes of the great Teutonic race, the same family to which Englishmen belong. AFTER ALL OF IT SAVE THE NORTH WESTERN MOORLANDS OR WHAT WE NOW CALL BRITTANY HAD BEEN CONQUERED AND SETTLED BY THE ROMANS IT WAS OVERRUN BY TRIBES OF THE GREAT TEUTONIC RACE THE SAME FAMILY TO WHICH ENGLISHMEN BELONG
Edited by_ J.R. GREEN. HISTORY OF FRANCE. BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET. 1882. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE 1 CHAPTER II. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR 25 CHAPTER III. THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY 43 CHAPTER IV. THE ITALIAN WARS 52 CHAPTER V. THE WARS OF RELIGION 63 CHAPTER VI. POWER OF THE CROWN 81 CHAPTER VII. THE REVOLUTION 102 CHAPTER VIII. FRANCE SINCE THE REVOLUTION 116 [Illustration: MAP OF FRANCE. _Shewing the Provinces._] [Illustration: MAP OF FRANCE. _Shewing the Departments._] FRANCE. CHAPTER I. THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE. 1. France.--The country we now know as France is the tract of land shut in by the British Channel, the Bay of Biscay, the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean, and the Alps. But this country only gained the name of France by degrees. In the earliest days of which we have any account, it was peopled by the Celts, and it was known to the Romans as part of a larger country which bore the name of Gaul.  CHAPTER ONE OF HISTORY OF FRANCE THIS IS A LIBER VOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BYADEL POOLY HISTORY OF FRANCE BY CHARLOTTE M YOUNGER CHAPTER ONE THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE ONE FRANCE THE COUNTRY WE NOW KNOW AS FRANCE IS THE TRACT OF LAND SHUT IN BY THE BRITISH CHANNEL THE BAY OF BISCAY THE PYRENEES THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ALPS BUT THIS COUNTRY ONLY GAINED THE NAME OF FRANCE BY DEGREES IN THE EARLIEST DAYS OF WHICH WE HAVE ANY ACCOUNT IT WAS PEOPLED BY THE CELTS AND IT WAS KNOWN TO THE ROMANS AS PART OF A LARGER COUNTRY WHICH BORE THE NAME OF GAUL
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