From the Book - 1. edition.
Roman Gaul : 55 BC to c. 500 AD
From Frankish Gaul to the Kingdom of West Francia : c. 500 to 987
The Middle Ages : 987 to 1328
Valois France : the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance : c. 1300 to c. 1600
From Counter-Reformation to Enlightenment : c. 1610 to c. 1780
The Revolution and beyond : c. 1780 to 1851
From the Second Empire to World War I : 1852 to 1914
France in transition : World War I to the Liberation : 1914 to 1944
Post-war France : expansion and beyond : 1945 to 1981
France after 1981 : the Mitterrand years.
Roman Gaul : 55 BC to c. 500 AD
From Frankish Gaul to the Kingdom of West Francia : c. 500 to 987
The Middle Ages : 987 to 1328
Valois France : the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance : c. 1300 to c. 1600
From Counter-Reformation to Enlightenment : c. 1610 to c. 1780
The Revolution and beyond : c. 1780 to 1851
From the Second Empire to World War I : 1852 to 1914
France in transition : World War I to the Liberation : 1914 to 1944
Post-war France : expansion and beyond : 1945 to 1981
France after 1981 : the Mitterrand years.