History of France and Normandy, From the Earliest Times to the Year 1884 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from History of France and Normandy, From the Earliest Times to the Year 1884 The history of France is full of interest, and it forms a most important study, particularly for the people of our own country. Situated in the centre of Europe, France has exerted great influence in promoting the advance of civilization, ever since its people were converted to the Christian religion. In the history of its several dynasties we are able to trace the progress of every form of government from barbarism to feudalism, and from feudalism to simple despotism. And in the events of the last half century we observe the gradual interrupted, but certain progress from despotism to the noblest and wisest of all forms of government - a free republic. France not only presents to the American a most profitable study in its history, but it advances a strong claim to the sympathy of our own happy country. To her we are in a great measure indebted for the successful assertion of our own claim to national independence. To her we are indebted for the Lafayettes, the Rochambeaus, the Armands, the De Grasses, and the D'Estaings of the Revolution, and to her great Napoleon we owe the easy acquisition of a most important portion of our national territory. Every American should therefore study the history of France, and draw from it lessons of political science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.