Paris and Its Story
by Thomas Okey
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About this eBook
- Author
- Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco
- Subject
- Paris (France) -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 45336
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45336
- Release Date
- April 6, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.P A R I S AND ITS STORY
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — PARIS AND ITS STORY
- 5.CHAPTER I GALLO-ROMAN PARIS
- 6.CHAPTER II THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS—ST. GENEVIEVE—THE CONVERSION OF CLOVIS—THE MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY
- 7.CHAPTER III THE CARLOVINGIANS—THE GREAT SIEGE OF PARIS BY THE NORMANS—THE GERMS OF FEUDALISM
- 8.CHAPTER IV THE RISE OF THE CAPETIAN KINGS AND THE GROWTH OF PARIS
- 9.CHAPTER V PARIS UNDER PHILIP AUGUSTUS AND ST. LOUIS
- 10.CHAPTER VI ART AND LEARNING AT PARIS
- 11.CHAPTER VII THE PARLEMENT—THE STATES-GENERAL—CONFLICT WITH BONIFACE VIII.—THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KNIGHTS-TEMPLARS
- 12.CHAPTER VIII ETIENNE MARCEL—THE ENGLISH INVASIONS—THE MAILLOTINS—MURDER OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS—ARMAGNACS AND BURGUNDIANS
- 13.CHAPTER IX JEANNE D’ARC—PARIS UNDER THE ENGLISH—END OF THE ENGLISH OCCUPATION
- 14.CHAPTER X LOUIS XI. AT PARIS—THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING
- 15.CHAPTER XI FRANCIS I.—THE RENAISSANCE AT PARIS
- 16.LA FONTAINE DES INNOCENTS. CHAPTER XII RISE OF THE GUISES—HUGUENOT AND CATHOLIC—THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW
- 17.CHAPTER XIII HENRY III.—THE LEAGUE—SIEGE OF PARIS BY HENRY IV.—HIS CONVERSION, REIGN AND ASSASSINATION
- 18.CHAPTER XIV PARIS UNDER RICHELIEU AND MAZARIN
- 19.CHAPTER XV THE GRAND MONARQUE—VERSAILLES AND PARIS
- 20.CHAPTER XVI PARIS UNDER THE REGENCY AND LOUIS XV.—THE BROODING STORM
- 21.CHAPTER XVII LOUIS XVI.—THE GREAT REVOLUTION—FALL OF THE MONARCHY
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII EXECUTION OF THE KING—PARIS UNDER THE FIRST REPUBLIC—THE TERROR—NAPOLEON—REVOLUTIONARY AND MODERN PARIS
- 23.CHAPTER XIX HISTORICAL PARIS—THE CITÉ—THE UNIVERSITY QUARTER—THE VILLE—THE LOUVRE—THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE—THE BOULEVARDS
- 24.CHAPTER XX THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE—THE OPÉRA—SOME FAMOUS CAFÉS—CONCLUSION
- 25.INDEX
- 26.FOOTNOTES:
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