France - History - To 987
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An historical account of the antient parliaments of France , or States-General of the kingdom. In fourteen letters. Shewing The Quality of the Members that composed those Assemblies; the Form of their Deliberations and Proceedings; the vast Extent of their Power; their most celebrated Judgments; the Characters of the Princes that called them, from Charlemagne to Louis XI. and the several perfidious Artifices and Steps of the French Kings and their Ministers, for gradually reducing the Nation from a Plenitude of Liberty, to its present State of Servitude and Slavery. To which is added, A Chronological Abridgment of the History of France, under the Reigns of the Kings of the First Race. Vol. I. The whole written in French by that accurate and faithful historian the Count de Boulainvilliers, The Merit of whose Works has caused them to be prohibited in France. And now translated for the Use and Instruction of such British Lovers of Liberty, as cannot read the Original: by Charles Forman, Esq;.
Boulainvilliers, Henri, comte de, 1658-1722.Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- E-books
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The history of the revolutions in Sweden, and Portugal. To which is added, An enquiry, whether the kingdom of France, from the establishment of that monarchy, has been an hereditary or elective state. Written originally in French, by the Abbot Vertot: and now done into English, from the last French edition
Vertot, abb�e de, 1655-1735.Date: MDCCXXVII. [1727]- E-books
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Abreg�e de l'histoire universelle , depuis Charlemagne, jusques �a Charlequint. Par Mr. de Voltaire..
VoltaireDate: MDCCLIII. [1753]- E-books
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Before France and Germany : the creation and transformation of the Merovingian world / Patrick J. Geary.
Geary, Patrick, J., 1948-Date: 1988- E-books
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Histoire des anciens parlements de France , ou etats generaux du royaume, ... Avec l'histoire de France depuis le commencement de la monarchie jusqu'�a Charles VIII; ... Par M. le Comte de Boulainvilliers.
Boulainvilliers, Henri, comte de, 1658-1722.Date: 1737