Anne of Austria, 142, 143
  Assembly, National, 181-185, 187-190, 230, 240, 242, 244
  Associations, Law of, 258
  Attila, 22
  Augsburg, League of, 154
  Aumale, Duke of, 249
  Aurelius, Marcus, 14, 18, 20
  Austrasia, 31
  Austria, 142, 162, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 206, 211, 230, 233,
   234, 237, 238

Babylonian Captivity, 77 Bastille, The, 97, 141, 146, 184, 185 Bayard, Chevalier, 105 Beauharnais, Eugene, 212 Beauharnais, Hortense, 212, 226 Beauharnais, Josephine, 207, 208, 213 Bismarck, 238, 240 Black Prince, 82-84 Blanche of Castile, 69, 70, 73 Blenheim, Battle of, 156 Bluecher, 219 Bonaparte, Jerome, 212 Bonaparte, Joseph, 212 Bonaparte, Louis, 212, 229 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 171, 172, 203-215, 218-220, 224 Bonapartists, 244, 246, 263 Boulanger, General, 250 Bourbon, Antony de, 116-118 Bourbons, 116-118, 129, 244, 263, 264 Bourgeoisie, 81, 100 Bretigny, Treaty of, 83 Britain, 2 Burgesses, 58 Burgundy, Duke of, 85-89, 97, 105

  Caesar, Julius, 10-12, 15
  Calais, 79
  Campo Formio, Treaty of, 205, 206
  Capet, Hugh, 48
  Carlovingian Kings, 31-48
  Carnot, 249, 253
  Chalons, Battle of, 22
  Chambord, Count of, 244, 245, 248
  Charlemagne, 36, 45
  Charles Martel, 31, 34
  Charles V, 83-85
  Charles VI, 85-88
  Charles VII, 90-96, 98
  Charles VIII, 101-104
  Charles IX, 119, 128
  Charles X, 172, 221, 222, 223
  Christianity, 14-23, 32-34, 49-51
  Church and State, 258
  Cinq Mars, 141
  Clericalism, 258, 259
  Clovis, 10, 24-27, 29
  Cochin-China, War with, 248
  Colbert, 146, 148, 152
  Coligny, Admiral, 115-124
  Combes, 258, 262
  Committee of Public Safety, 191, 199
  Commune, The, 242, 243
  Conciergerie, 191, 193, 199
  Concini, 135, 136
  Conde, 144, 148
  Consulate, 208-210
  Corday, Charlotte, 191, 192
  Crecy, Battle of, 79
  Crimean War, 232
  Crusades, 42, 59-61, 63, 68, 73, 74, 75

Dahomey, 253 Danton, 191, 200 Dauphin, 80 Desmoulins, Camille, 184 Directory, 203, 206-208 Donation of Pepin, 34 Dreyfus, Affaire, 253-258 Dreyfus, Alfred, 253, 257 Druidism, 14, 20 Dumouriez, 198, 199

  Edward III of England, 79, 82
  Egypt, 206, 207, 247
  Elba, 215
  Elizabeth, Princess, 189, 195, 197
  Enghien, Duke d’, 209
  England, 41, 53, 61-64, 79, 82, 110, 111, 154, 164, 165, 175,
   176, 202, 203, 206, 209, 213, 219, 220, 241, 247, 251
  Eugenie, Empress, 235, 238, 240

  Fallieres, 261
  Faure, 253, 257
  Feudal System, 42, 44-46, 85, 98
  Flanders, 108, 149
  Fontenay, Battle of, 40
  Fouquet, 147
  Fouquier-Tinville, 191
  Francis I, 106-112
  Francis II, 116
  Francis Joseph, 211, 213
  Franks, 23
  Freemen, 57
  French Parliament, 269
  French Senate, 258
  Fronde, 143