ORIGINS (of 58 front. J.-C. with 887)
Roman period
FEUDALITY (from 887 to 1483)
MONARCHY (of 1483 to 1789)
THE REVOLUTION
Saint Louis does not undertake to remove the feudalism, but it decreases the disorder by it; it respects the rights of each one, but it makes respect its authority everywhere: he is the lord of the lords.
He is opposed to the private wars and the legal duels; he gives freedom to many serfs, makes improve the laws by the legists, and makes inspect the royal officers by the investigators.
The industry and the trade, supported by peace, develop quickly; arts and the letters thrive; beautiful cathedrals rise of all share.
The century of Louis saint is the most beautiful time of the Middle Ages.
PHILIPPE III THE BOLD ONE
Philippe III the Bold one (1270-1285) joins together with the royal field two beautiful provinces, Poitou and Languedoc, with died of his uncle Alphonse of Poitiers; the remainder of the heritage, the comtat Venaissin, is yielded to the Pope.
Philippe III also prepares by the marriage of his son the meeting of Navarre and Champagne.
But Sicily, supported by Aragon, revolts against Charles of Anjou, and Philippe fails in his forwarding of Spain (1285).
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