Paris An Illustrated History Book

	Introduction	9
	From Simple Beginnings	1
	The Celts	4
	The Roman Conquest	7
	Christianity
	Through the Dark Ages	9
	Capital of the Franks	9
	The Carolingians	11
	The Normans	13
	City and Capital	17
	The Capetians	17
	Philip Augustus	20
	Saint Louis	23
	War and Conflict	27
	Inglorious Times	27
	Urban Development	29
	Infighting	33
	English Rule	37
	War's Consequences	41
	Entering a New Age	43
	The Renaissance	43
	The Reformation	48
	Urban Planning	53
	Winds of Change	58
	Power and Monarchy	63
	Louis XIV	63
	The Wars	72
	Louis XV	75
	Paris in the 18th Century	81
	The Enlightenment	87
	The People's Fight	91
	The Eve of Revolution	91
	The Revolution	97
	Paris versus Versailles	98
	Death of the Monarchy	100
	The "Second Revolution"	104
	The Terror	105
	Revolutionary Furor and De--Christianization	107
	The Return of Authoritarian Rule	111
	The Directory	111
	The Empire	113
	Napoleon's Legacy	118
	The Restoration	121
	The July Monarchy	123
	The Struggle for Democracy	125
	The Second Republic	125
	Centralization	127
	The Second Empire	129
	The Commune	138
	The Third Republic	141
	La Belle Epoque	144
	The Two World Wars	147
	World War I	147
	The Interim	149
	The Hollow Years	152
	World War II	154
	Reconstruction	158
	Post--War Politics and Change	161
	De Gaulle's Return	161
	May '68 Revolt	164
	From de Gaulle to Giscard d'Estaing	165
	Politics in Paris	167
	City Landscapes	170
	Index	175