France in the Making 843-1180

Fellow and Tutor in History Jean Dunbabin
Oxford University Press, USA
9780198208464
0-19-820846-4

Covering the centuries between the disintegration of the Carolingian empire and the rise of the French monarchy, this book traces the long period of gestation that ended with the emergence of the kingdom.

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of France as a recognizable entity, both on the map of Europe and in the minds of its inhabitants.