GreeN - France 1

History of the Commune of 1871 is a daily anatomy of Paris's revolutionary spring, set against the collapse of the Second Empire and the siege's aftermath. Lissagaray reconstructs the ascent from Na……続きを見る

A "thorough and perceptive" portrait of the not-so-famous expatriates of the City of Light ( The Wall Street Journal). History may remember the American artists, writers, and musicians of the Left B……続きを見る

Grounded in a close reading of the records of Joan's trial and rehabilitation, on the early letters announcing her arrival at Chinon, and on three literary works; Christine de Pizan's Ditié, Martin ……続きを見る

Another fascinating view from the ranks of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. John Green was born in Nottingham in 1790, but bored of life as an apprentice carpet maker he fled to sea on a……続きを見る

A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England In the eleventh century the climate was improving, population was growing, and people were ……続きを見る

“The age of Chivalry–alas!–is dead. The days of miracles are past and gone! What future is there for hapless France? She lies in the dust. How can she hope to rise?” Sir Guy de Laval looked full in ……続きを見る

Daughters of 1968 is the story of French feminism between 1944 and 1981, when feminism played a central political role in the history of France. The key women during this epoch were often leftists c……続きを見る

In the early years of World War II, it was an amazing feat for an Allied airman shot down over occupied Europe to make it back to England. By 1943, however, pilots and crewmembers, supplied with "es……続きを見る

This study was the first systematic attempt to reach behind the myth of Henri IV - famous for having brought order to France after long civil war - and explores the reality of his achievement. This ……続きを見る