France to the Fifth Republic; France from the end of the Hundred Years' War, emphasizing the institutional and political development of the state and monarchy in the context of social and political upheaval, the development of royal absolutism in theory and practice, and France's role in European affairs; fading Splendour of Versailles; society and institutions of the Ancien R'gime; failure of reform; the era of the Revolution and Napoleon; the second cycle of monarchy, republic, and empire; triumph and tragedy in war; the new commitment to modernity.
This course may not be repeated for credit.

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