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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. | History of France 1 A free download from http CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. Part I Studies in Eloquence Introductory History of Part II Studies in Logic Introductory History of France The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of France by Charlotte M. Yonge This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title History of France CHAPTER I. 2 Author Charlotte M. Yonge Editor . Green Release Date December 12 2005 EBook 17287 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF FRANCE Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http . History Primers. Edited by . 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. 3 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 Illustration MAP OF FRANCE. _Shewing the FRANCE. CHAPTER I. THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE. 1. 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 .