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Identifier: mediaevalmodernh00myer (find matches)
Title: Mediaeval and modern history
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Myers, P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness), 1846-1937
Subjects: Middle Ages History, Modern World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston : Ginn & Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ctions ofthe period covered by the mediaeval Capetian kings. Our specialaim will be to give prominence to those matters which concernthe gradual consolidation of the French monarchy and the develop-ment among the French people of the sentiment of nationality. France under the Direct Line of the Capetians (p8/-ij28) 233. General Statement.—The Capetian dynasty takes itsname from Hugh Capet, Duke of Francia, the first of the house.The direct line embraced fourteen kings, whose united reignsspanned a space of three hundred and forty-one years.-^^ 11 Table of the Capetian Kings (direct line) Hugh Capet 987- 996 Louis VIII (the Lion) Robert II (the Pious) . 996-1031 Louis IX (the Saint) Henry I 1031-1060 Philip III (the Bold) Philip I 1060-1108 Philip IV (the Fair) Louis VI (the Fat) . . 1108-1137 Louis X (le Hidin) Louis VII (the Young) . 1137-1180 Philip V (the Tall) Philip II (Augustus) . . 1180-1223 Charles IV (the Fair) 1223-12261226-12701270-12851285-13141314-13161316-13221322-1328
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FRANCE UNDER THE CAPETIANS 221 The first Capetian king differed from his vassal counts anddukes simply in having a more dignified title; his power wasscarcely greater than that of many of the lords who paid himhomage as their suzerain. But through forfeiture, conquest, andmarriage alliances, one after another of the feudal fiefs was addedto the royal domains, until finally the greater part of the kingdomwas ruled directly by the crown. Before the close of the MiddleAges France had come to be one of the most compact and power-ful kingdoms in Europe. How various circumstances conspiredto build up the power of the kings at the expense of that of thegreat feudal lords and of the Church will appear as we go on. In this place, however, it should be noted that nothing con-tributed more to the strength and influence of the monarchyduring the period of which we are speaking than the fortunatecircumstance that for eleven generations, from the accessionof Hugh Capet in 987 to the death of Philip

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