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  • France, the Isle of, Paris, 213. iv. 58.
  • ,,Kings of (Philip the Wise, Louis VIII., St. Louis), 156-7. iv. 16.
  • ,,map of, showing early divisions, 13.
  • ,,Merovingian dynasty, 34.
  • ,,peoples of, divided by climates, 16.
  • ,,provinces of, 16, 17.
  • ,,Prussia, war with, 52. ii. 17.
  • ,,rivers of, the five, 13.
  • (See below, "French").
  • Franchise, 62 n. ii. 28.
  • Francisca (Frankish weapon), 68. ii. 32.
  • Frank, meaning of the word, ' brave ' rather than ' free,' 60-I. ii. 27-8.
  • Frankenberg, 58-9. ii. 24-5.
  • Frankness, meaning of, 10; 61. ii. 28.
  • ,,opposite of shyness, 62 & n. ii. 28.
  • Franks, the, agriculture, sport, and trade of, 72.
  • ,,appearance of, 70. ii.
  • ,,character of, 52, 71, 73. ii. 15, 35, 38
  • ,,etymology of word, 67. ii. 32.
  • ,,hair, manner of wearing the, by, 71,
  • ,,and Holland, 64. ii. 30.
  • ,,and Julian (defeated by him, 358 a.d.), 65 n, 71. ii. 3)
  • ,,Kings of the, 10 sq.
  • ,,modern, 35.
  • ,,race of, originally German, from Waldeck, 52, 57. ii. 15, 17, 24.
  • ,,religion of, under S. Louis, 35.
  • ,,rise of, 250 a.d., 10, 12 ; 53. ii. 17.
  • ,,settled in France, 9, 10.
  • ,,extension of power, to the Loire, 13, 14.
  • ,,,,,,to the Pyrenees, 14.
  • ,,Gaul becomes France, 99. iii. 16.
  • ,,the Rhine re fortified against them, 6 1 n., 65. ii. 28, 31.
  • ,,tribes of, Gibbon on the, 53. ii. 18.
  • ,,weapons of the, Achon and Francisca, 67-9. ii. 32, 33.
  • French character, early, 12.
  • ,,,,its activity, 63. ii. 29.
  • ,,,,its loyalty, "good subjects of a good king," 63. ii. 29.
  • ,,,,makes perfect servants, 62. ii. 28.
  • ,,,,its innate truth, 52. ii. 16.