"France" Article - Table of Contents SECTION I: GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS Part 1. Situation and Extent. Face of the Country. Climate and Soil. Population. Part 2. Government and Administration. Law and Administration of Justice. Part 3. Religion. Education. Charitable Institutions. Part 4. Finance. Army and Navy. Part 5. Roads. Railways. Navigable Rivers and Canals. Harbours. Agriculture. Part 6. Manufactures, Mines and Quarries. Commerce and Banking. Colonies. Part 7. Bibliography. TO BE ADDED SECTION II: HISTORY Part 8. French History: Introduction. Gaul. Romans. Franks. Charlemagne. Carolingian Period. Part 9. The Feudal Monarchy: (a) Capetian Period Part 10. The Feudal Monarchy: (b) The Early Valois Kings Hundred Years War (1337-1453) Part 11. The Feudal Monarchy: (c) Italian Wars. Civil Wars. St Bartholemew's Day Massacre. Edict of Nantes (1598). Part 12. The Bourbon Monarchy: (a) Richelieu Part 13. The Bourbon Monarchy: (b) Louis XIV Part 14. The Bourbon Monarchy: (c) Colonial Struggles and the Dawn of Revolution Part 15. The French Revolution (1789) Part 16. The Republic (1792) Part 17. The Empire (1804) Part 18. The Restoration (1815) Part 19. The Second Revolution (1848) Part 20. The Second Empire (1852) Part 21. The Third Republic (1870) SECTION III: THE FRENCH LANGUAGE Part 22. French Language - Geography Part 23. French Language - External History: Political; Literary Part 24. French Language - Internal History: Vocabulary; Dialects; Phonology; Orthography; Inflexions; Derivation; Syntax; Summary Part 25. French Language - Bibliography SECTION IV: FRENCH LITERATURE Early, Mediaeval, Renaissance (also Provençal) Part 26. Origins of French Literature Part 27. Chansons de Gestes Part 28. Arthurian Romance Part 29. Romances of Antiquity Part 30. Romans d'Aventures Part 31. Fabliaux Part 32. Roman du Renart Part 33. Early Lyric Poetry Part 34. Satiric and Didactic Works Part 35. Roman de la Rose Part 36. Early Drama Part 37. Early Prose History Part 38. Provençal Literature Part 39. French Literature - 15th Century 16th Century Part 40. French Literature - 16th Century Part 41. 16th Century Poetry Part 42. 16th Century Drama Part 43. 16th Century Prose Fiction Part 44. 16th Century Historians Part 45. 16th Century Theologians Part 46. 16th Century Moralists and Political Writers Part 47. 16th Century Savants 17th Century Part 48. 17th Century Poetry Part 49. 17th Century Drama Part 50. 17th Century Fiction Part 51. 17th Century Prose Part 52. 17th Century History (Historical Writings) Part 53. 17th Century Philosophers and Theologians Part 54. 17th Century Preachers Part 55. 17th Century Moralists Part 56. 17th Century Savants 18th Century Part 57. Opening of the 18th Century Part 58. 18th Century Poetry Part 59. 18th Century Drama Part 60. 18th Century FictionPart 61. 18th Century History (18th Century Historical Writing)Part 62. 18th Century Philosophy Part 63. 18th Century Theology Part 64. 18th Century Moralists and Politicians Part 65. 18th Century Criticism and Periodical Literature Part 66. 18th Century Savants 1789-Late 19th Century Part 67. French Literature, 1789-1830: General Sketch Part 68. French Literature since 1830 Part 69. The Romantic Movement Part 70. Drama and Poetry since 1830 Part 71. Prose Fiction since 1830 Part 72. Periodical Literature since 1830. Criticism. Part 73. History (Historical Writing) since 1830 Summary, Conclusion, Bibliography Part 74. Summary and Conclusion Part 75. Bibliography SECTION V: READY REFERENCE Part 76. Table of the Rulers of France from 481 to 1879 A.D. CONTENT TO BE ADDED
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