Gallo-Roman Paris

1

The Barbarian Invasions—St. Genevieve—The Conversion of Clovis—The
Merovingian Dynasty

12

The Carlovingians—The Great Siege of Paris by the Normans—The Germs of
Feudalism

29

The Rise of the Capetian Kings and the Growth of Paris

45

Paris under Philip Augustus and St. Louis

61

Art and Learning at Paris

79

The Parlement—The States-General—Conflict with Boniface VIII.—The
Destruction of the Knights-Templars

103

Etienne Marcel—The English Invasions—The Maillotins—Murder of the
Duke of Orleans—Armagnacs and Burgundians

117

Jeanne d’Arc—Paris under the English—End of the English
Occupation

131

Louis XI. at Paris—The Introduction of Printing

138

Francis I.—The Renaissance at Paris

145

Rise of the Guises—Huguenot and Catholic—The Massacre of St.
Bartholomew

161

Henry III.—The League—Siege of Paris by Henry IV.—His Conversion,
Reign, and Assassination

175

Paris under Richelieu and Mazarin

192

The Grand Monarque—Versailles and Paris

209

Paris under the Regency and Louis XV.—The Brooding Storm

227

Louis XVI.—The Great Revolution—Fall of the Monarchy

243

Execution of the King—Paris under the First Republic—The
Terror—Napoleon—Revolutionary and Modern Paris

259

Historical Paris—The CitÉ—The University Quarter—The Ville—The
Louvre—The Place de la Concorde—The Boulevards

281

The ComÉdie FranÇaise—The Opera—Some Famous CafÉs—Conclusion

321

Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W.

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