CHAPTER I |
PAGE |
Gallo-Roman Paris | 1 |
CHAPTER II |
The Barbarian Invasions—St. Genevieve—The Conversion of Clovis—The Merovingian Dynasty | 12 |
CHAPTER III |
The Carlovingians—The Great Siege of Paris by the Normans—The Germs of Feudalism | 29 |
CHAPTER IV |
The Rise of the Capetian Kings and the Growth of Paris | 45 |
CHAPTER V |
Paris under Philip Augustus and St. Louis | 61 |
CHAPTER VI |
Art and Learning at Paris | 79 |
CHAPTER VII |
The Parlement—The States-General—Conflict with Boniface VIII.—The Destruction of the Knights-Templars | 103 |
CHAPTER VIII |
Etienne Marcel—The English Invasions—The Maillotins—Murder of the Duke of Orleans—Armagnacs and Burgundians | 117 |
CHAPTER IX |
Jeanne d’Arc—Paris under the English—End of the English Occupation | 131 |
CHAPTER X |
Louis XI. at Paris—The Introduction of Printing | 138 |
CHAPTER XI |
Francis I.—The Renaissance at Paris | 145 |
CHAPTER XII |
Rise of the Guises—Huguenot and Catholic—The Massacre of St. Bartholomew | 161 |
CHAPTER XIII |
Henry III.—The League—Siege of Paris by Henry IV.—His Conversion, Reign, and Assassination | 175 |
CHAPTER XIV |
Paris under Richelieu and Mazarin | 192 |
CHAPTER XV |
The Grand Monarque—Versailles and Paris | 209 |
CHAPTER XVI |
Paris under the Regency and Louis XV.—The Brooding Storm | 227 |
CHAPTER XVII |
Louis XVI.—The Great Revolution—Fall of the Monarchy | 243 |
CHAPTER XVIII |
Execution of the King—Paris under the First Republic—The Terror—Napoleon—Revolutionary and Modern Paris | 259 |
CHAPTER XIX |
Historical Paris—The CitÉ—The University Quarter—The Ville—The Louvre—The Place de la Concorde—The Boulevards | 281 |
CHAPTER XX |
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. | 339 |