The land, people and culture of early France; from Clovis to Hugh Capet, 500-1000; Capetian France, 987-1328; the lily and the lion, 1328-1515; Renaissance, Reformation and raison d'Etat, 1515-1661; "the glory that was France", 1661-1789; the era of revolution, 1789-1852; second empire, third republic, 1852-1914; France in the century of total war, 1914-1945; contemporary France; chronology of Franks and France; Presidents and Heads of government; chronology of major events; major universities; select list of religious buildings; selected reading on French history; historical gazetteer.