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Of these tribes, the Goths settled in the provinces to the south; the Burgundians, in the east, around the Jura; while the Franks, coming over the rivers in its unprotected north eastern corner, and making themselves masters of a far wider territory, broke up into two kingdoms  that of the Eastern Franks in what is now Germany, and that of the Western Franks reaching from the Rhine to the Atlantic. OF THESE TRIBES THE GOTHS SETTLED IN THE PROVINCES TO THE SOUTH THE BURGUNDIANS IN THE EAST AROUND THE JURA WHILE THE FRANKS COMING OVER THE RIVERS IN ITS UNPROTECTED NORTHEASTERN CORNER AND MAKING THEMSELVES MASTERS OF A FAR WIDER TERRITORY BROKE UP INTO TWO KINGDOMS THAT OF THE EASTERN FRANKS IN WHAT IS NOW GERMANY AND THAT OF THE WESTERN FRANKS REACHING FROM THE RHINE TO THE ATLANTIC
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. 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.  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 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
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