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 I The Development of France 219 as THOMPSON, Development of the French Monarchy under Louis VI, le Gros ; WALKER, On the Increase of Royal Power in France under Philip Augustus; HUTTON, Philip Augustus, a very readable and satisfactory little book ; and PERRY, St. Louis, a careful account of the reign of " the most Christian king," with many quotations from the sources. The fullest treatment in English of the struggle between the king of France and the house of Anjou is found in NORGATE, England under the Angevin Kings, 2 vols. One source only is available in English ; it is, however, one of the most famous historical works of the Middle Ages, The Life of St. Louis, by JOINVILLE, mentioned above. It may be found in the Chron- icles of the Crusades (Bonn Library). Histoire de France, edited by LAVISSE, Vol. II, Part II, and Vol. Ill ; Parts I and II, by LUCHAIRE and LANGLOIS. An admirable and very recent account of the whole period, with special chapters on its social and economic as well as its political aspects. LUCHAIRE, Institutions monarchiques de la France sous les premiers Capetiens (987-1180), 1891. Clear and excellent. CARTELLIERI, Philipp II., August, Konigvon Frankreich, Vol. 1, 1898. LECOY DE LA MARCHE, France sous St.-Louis et sous Philippe le Hardi, 1894. A study of social conditions. Illustrated. A series of monographs upon the several reigns is appearing in the BibliothZque de Fccole des hautes etudes. IMBART DE LA TOUR, Les Elections episcopales dans Feglise de France du IX* au XII' sihle, 1891. A very valuable contribution to this important subject. LONGNON'S Atlas historique de la France, LUCHAIRE'S Manuel, and the works on the history of law mentioned above, p. 57, should also be called into requisition. Histoire de la langue et de la litterature fran$aise, edited by PETIT DE JULLEVILLE, 1896 sqq. Vols. I and II relate to the Middle Ages. A scholarly, interesting, and beautifully illustrated work by a number of well-known French specialists, which serves to supplement the general history as narrated, for example, in LAVISSE, Histoire de France. France has several great collections of historical material ; the most important are the following : Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France, often cited as " Bouquet," the name of the Benedictine monk who was the first editor of the collection in the eighteenth century, Paris, 1738-1876, 23 thick C. Materials for advanced study. Great collections of sources for French history.