CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I
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Gallo-Roman Paris 1
CHAPTER II
The Barbarian Invasions—St. Genevieve—The Conversion of Clovis—The Merovingian Dynasty12
CHAPTER III
The Carlovingians—The Great Siege of Paris by the Normans—The Germs of Feudalism29
CHAPTER IV
The Rise of the Capetian Kings and the Growth of Paris45
CHAPTER V
Paris under Philip Augustus and St. Louis61
CHAPTER VI
Art and Learning at Paris79
CHAPTER VII
The Parlement—The States-General—Conflict with Boniface VIII.—The Destruction of the Knights-Templars103
CHAPTER VIII
Etienne Marcel—The English Invasions—The Maillotins—Murder of the Duke of Orleans—Armagnacs and Burgundians117
CHAPTER IX
Jeanne d’Arc—Paris under the English—End of the English Occupation131
CHAPTER X
Louis XI. at Paris—The Introduction of Printing138
CHAPTER XI
Francis I.—The Renaissance at Paris145
CHAPTER XII
Rise of the Guises—Huguenot and Catholic—The Massacre of St. Bartholomew161
CHAPTER XIII
Henry III.—The League—Siege of Paris by Henry IV.—His Conversion, Reign, and Assassination175
CHAPTER XIV
Paris under Richelieu and Mazarin192
CHAPTER XV
The Grand Monarque—Versailles and Paris209
CHAPTER XVI
Paris under the Regency and Louis XV.—The Brooding Storm227
CHAPTER XVII
Louis XVI.—The Great Revolution—Fall of the Monarchy243
CHAPTER XVIII
Execution of the King—Paris under the First Republic—The Terror—Napoleon—Revolutionary and Modern Paris259
CHAPTER XIX
Historical Paris—The Cité—The University Quarter—The Ville—The Louvre—The Place de la Concorde—The Boulevards281
CHAPTER XX
The Comédie Française—The Opera—Some Famous Cafés—Conclusion321
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