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The History of France - Volume V (Volume 5)
The History of France Volume V - Volume 5 Author:John Gifford This volume (the fifth of six) concerns the later years of the Valois dynasty from 1483 to 1589 when France begins to emerge from the constrictions of its Medieval past into the turbulence of the Reformation, when the domination of the Roman Catholic Church is challenged by the new Protestant sects; when a long and bloody civil war breaks out; w... more »hen the struggle with Spain for the domination of Europe takes shape; and when the last of the Valois kings makes way for the Bourbon dynasty.« less