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The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution. It was also an early colonial power, with colonies in Asia and Africa, and the ...
- West Francia
In medieval historiography, West Francia (Medieval Latin:...
- Provinces of France
Provinces of France. Map of the provinces of France as they...
- Marche Henri IV
"Marche Henri IV", alternatively "Vive Henri IV" or "Vive le...
- France
The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned the empire, with...
- West Francia
The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned the empire, with West Francia evolving into the Kingdom of France. In the High Middle Ages, France was a powerful but decentralized feudal kingdom, but from the mid-14th to the mid-15th centuries, France was plunged into a dynastic conflict with England known as the Hundred Years' War.
The Kingdom of the Franks ( Latin: Regnum Francorum ), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire ( Latin: Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Frankish Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties during the Early Middle Ages.
Map of the first (light blue) and second (dark blue) French colonial empires. The Kingdom of France was descended directly from the western Frankish realm of the Carolingian Empire, which was ceded to Charles the Bald with the Treaty of Verdun (843).
Provinces of France. Map of the provinces of France as they appeared in 1789. They were abolished the following year. Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more ...
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The Kingdom of France (Old French: Reaume de France; Middle French: Royaulme de France; French: Royaume de France) is the name given to various political entities of France in the Middle Ages and modern times.
Simplified physical map. The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the highest points being in the Alps ).
