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Rh CHAPTER IV. FRANCE, THE LAST CAROLINGIANS AND THE ACCESSION OF HUGH CAPET (888-987).

By LOUIS HALPHEN, Professor in the University of Bordeaux.

Accession of Odo Carolingian Restoration Charles the Simple in Lorraine Raoul's usurpation Hugh the Great Louis d'Outremer Feudal rebellions Death of Louis d'Outremer Lothair and Otto II The last Carolingian Theories of kingship Hugh Capet The king defends order and liberty Royal impotence against the Northmen Royal impotence against the Hungarians The provinces provide their own defence Rise of the great duchies The March of Spain and Gothia The Duchy of Aquitaine Neustria and Flanders The Duchy of Burgundy The Duchy of Normandy Break-up of the duchies Neustria Burgundy Disintegration Influence of the bishops

CHAPTER V. FRANCE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.

By Professor LOUIS HALPHEN.

Accession of Hugh Capet Elimination of the Carolingians Struggle with the Papacy Weakness of the Capetian monarchy Death of Hugh Capet Consolidation of the dynasty Energetic policy of Robert the Pious

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