Cours d'histoire moderne
Histoire de la civilisation en France, depuis la chute de l'Empire Romain jusqu'en 1789

Published between 1829 and 1832, Guizot's influential study of the medieval period revived national interest in history in nineteenth-century France.

François Guizot (Author)

9781108034937, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 November 2011

510 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.64 kg

French politician François-Pierre-Guillaume Guizot (1787–1874) is well-known for establishing 'Guizot's law', which implemented primary education for all French citizens. As well as occupying various political offices during some of the most turbulent years in his nation's political history, Guizot was also an historian and was appointed to the chair of modern history at the Sorbonne in 1812. First published between 1829 and 1832, this five-volume history of 'civilisation in France' is based on a series of lectures delivered in 1828. The books are described as covering the period from the end of the Roman Empire to 1789, but the main focus is on the medieval period, to the death of St Louis (1270). Volume 3 discusses France from the death of Charlemagne in 814 to the reign of Hugh Capet (939–96), including relations with the papacy, and ends with a review of the narrative so far.

25. Histoire de la législation de la mort de Charlemagne à l'avénement de Hugues Capet
26. Objet de la leçon
27. Histoire de la papauté
28. De l'état intellectuel de la Gaule-Franque de la mort de Charlemagne à l'avénement de Hugues Capet
29. Objet de la leçon
30. Résumé général de ce cours
31-36. Éclaircissements et tableaux historiques.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]