The history of France in the early Middle Ages. Lavis E.

The history of France in the early Middle Ages. Gauls Independent and Roman Gaul. Christianity, barbarians. Meroving and Carolingians. “The history of France in the early Middle Ages” is the translation of the first two volumes of the classical history of France edited by Ernest Laviss, who, throughout the 20th century, served as a valuable help to everyone who is interested in the history of this country.

The most eminent historians of the first half of the 20th century took part in this large -scale project. The authors swept a huge period - from the Paleolithic to the end of the 10th century. The reader can get acquainted with the main events taking place in ancient Gaul and early medieval France: the settlement of Gaul Celts and its conquest by the Romans; the collapse of the Roman Empire and the origin of the Frankish kingdom of the Merovingian dynasty; The accession to the throne of the Second Frankish Dynasty - Carolingians, the basis and collapse of the empire of Charles the Great.

At the same time, the author’s team pays no less attention to the social and cultural history of ancient and early medieval France. On the pages of the book, the main characters of French history appear - Vertenshetoriks, Caesar, Clovig and Karl the Great.

The book gives particular value that the translation was completed at the beginning of the century as an ascending star of domestic historical science - O.A. Doviash -Roznestene - edited by the recognized anti -anthill historian I. M. Grevs.