A History of France

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A century later, the conflict continues to dominate the imagination of the West--not least because . From the way, he speaks about the great Age of Charlemagne or the Carolingian kings, the Crusades, the court of Louis XIV, or the Revolution. The origins of the most legendary French foods and wines—from Roquefort and cognac to croissants and Calvados, from absinthe and oysters to Camembert and champagne—also reveal the social and political trends that propelled France’s rise upon the world stage. In this account of the Algerian War's effect on French political structures and notions of national identity, Todd Shepard asserts that the separation of Algeria from France was truly a revolutionary event with lasting consequences for French social and political life.

The teenager replied: “I said that it would be an honor to eat the general’s ash — a remark that proved a distinct success. This book is written in the belief that the average English-speaking man or woman has remarkably little knowledge of French history. Covering the centuries between the disintegration of the Carolingian empire and the rise of the French monarchy, this book traces the long period of gestation that ended with the emergence of the kingdom of France as a recognizable entity, both on the map of Europe and in the . The author takes a critical look at "May 1968" and questions whether the events were in fact as "revolutionary" as French and foreign commentators have indicated.

I confess: I ran to Google again to learn that “supplementary spouses” are “an important but often unrecognized relationship” in a marriage, rather like the third leg of a tripod. William and Mary QuarterlyThis volume examines several slave societies in the Greater Caribbean to illustrate the pervasive and multi-layered impact of . How, Philip Nord asks, did France effect a successful transition from Louis-Napoleon's authoritarian Second . I admired the author’s deep knowledge, wit and humor, and his reason for stopping at the end of World War II. The first book to tell the full story of immigrants' impact on the New Left, this record focuses on their place in French history and considers the Left's evolution from 1961 to 1983.

From the French Revolution—after which neither France, nor the world, would be the same again—to the storming of the Bastille, from the Vichy regime and the Resistance to the end of the Second World War, A History of France is packed with heroes and villains, battles and rebellion, stories so enthralling that Norwich declared, “I can honestly say that I have never enjoyed writing a book more. As one who has been studying the French language as a hobby for ten years, John Norwich makes me feel a little better by noting that French is undoubtedly the most difficult of the Romance languages for a foreigner to master. Gwynne Lewis' history opens with a full analysis of all the components of traditional France, including political and religious structures, the seigneurial system, the bourgeoisie and the poor. From the delights of French chocolate (through Portuguese Jews of Bayonne) to France’s passion for plums (brought home by the Templars from Damascus), A Bite-Sized History of France offers satisfaction for all: tastes of historyfrom the people who gave perhaps the world’s greatest cuisine to the whole world.When feminists argued for political rights in the context of liberal democracy they faced an impossible choice. Winner of the 2002 Berkshire Prize, presented by the Berkshire Conference of Women HistoriansFabricating Women examines the social institution of the seamstresses' guild in France from the time of Louis XIV to the Revolution. So here is my attempt to fill in the blanks…I want to talk about the wonderful Madame de Pompadour and the odious Madame de Maintenon; about Louis-Philippe, almost forgotten today but probably the best king France ever had; and that’s just for a start. Princeton University’s Florent Masse offers us a reading from the point of view of teaching theater.