The King sat at his writing-table, agitated and perplexed.Continuing The February 1848 Revolution in France,our selection fromPopular History of
The Violence Begins
By daybreak Paris was covered with barricades.Continuing The February 1848 Revolution in France,our selection fromPopular History of France From
Banquets Media for Rebellion
Weakness has a constraining power difficult to understand, which is not foreseen even by those who give way to it; and of this the history of the
Conservatives Consider Concessions
The maintenance of the unity of the Conservative party," said Guizot, "the maintenance of conservative policy and power, will be the fixed idea and
The February 1848 Revolution In France
This series has six easy five minute installments. This first installment: Guizot's Repugnance and Sorrow of Those Painful Days.The French
Vikings Given Normandy
Today's installment concludes Empire of the Franks Splits and Decays,our selection from the Earliest Times by François P. G. Guizot published in
Siege of Paris
It ended when the Vikings were bought off and the Emperor deposed.Continuing Empire of the Franks Splits and Decays,our selection from A Popular
Vikings Attack Paris
In November, 885, under the reign of Charles the Fat, after having, for more than forty years, irregularly ravaged France, they resolved to unite
The Vikings Pillage
The greatest sign of the decline of western civilization was the inability to launch a navy to stop the Vikings.Continuing Empire of the Franks