The Fortifications of Paris - Jean-Denis Lepage

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Auteur(s) : Jean-Denis Lepage

Editeur : Mcfarland

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 30/06/2010

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 272

Expédition : 630

Dimensions : 27.7 x 20.2 x 1.7

ISBN : 9780786461004

Résumé :

As a strategically located seat of European power, Paris was a prized target for invaders. Consequently, it was one of the world's most heavily fortified cities. Though many of the fortifications have been demolished, or hidden, they have left their imprint on the city, both physically and historically. To understand the history of Paris--and indeed, of France as a whole--one must understand the history of the fortifications.

This heavily illustrated history begins with the period 300 B.C. to A.D. 987. Part II looks at the Medieval era (987-1512), a growth period for the city. Bastioned fortifications (1512-1874) are the focus of Part III, covering the era in which Paris modernized its defenses. Modern fortifications (1874-1944) are detailed in Part IV, ranging from the building of the second Parisian ring of polygonal forts to the end of World War II.

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Biographie:
Historian, writer and illustrator Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage is the author of numerous books. His interests include World War II and medieval and French history. He lives in Groningen, Netherlands....

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction?????

PART I. FROM LUCOTECIA TO PARIS (300 B.C.-A.D. 987)
1. Geographical Situation of Paris 5
2. Gallic Time
The Celts?????
Lucotecia?????
Fortifications of Lucotecia?????
The Roman Conquest?????
3. Roman Rule
Romanization and Urbanization?????
Lutetia?????
Fortifications of the Ile de la Cit??????
Christianization?????
4. The End of the Roman Empire
The Barbarian Invasions?????
The Huns?????
Lutetia During the Invasions?????
5. The Merovingian Period
Clovis?????
Paris as the Capital?????
6. The Carolingian Era
The Carolingian Dynasty?????
Charlemagne?????
The Vikings?????
7. The Capetians
Hugues Capet?????
The Feudal System?????
A Wall Around Paris in the 10th Century??????

PART II. MEDIEVAL PERIOD (987-1512)
8. The Growth of France
The First Capetian Kings?????
Emancipation of Towns?????
9. Growth of Paris
The Cit? Island?????
The University?????
The Ville?????
10. Capetians versus Plantagenets
Louis VII?????
Philippe II Auguste?????
11. The Enceinte of Philippe Auguste
The First Medieval Enceinte?????
The Enceinte: Too Large??????
Financing?????
Evolution of Urban Fortification?????
Wall?????
Towers?????
Gates?????
Defense by the Seine?????
Grand Ch?telet and Petit Ch?telet?????
12. The Louvre 57
13. The Temple 60
14. Paris at the Time of Saint Louis and Philippe the Fair
Louis VIII and Louis IX?????
French Predominance?????
Philippe IV the Fair?????
The Royal Palace and the Conciergerie?????
15. The First Part of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1414)
Main Cause of the War?????
Jean II Le Bon?????
Charles V?????
16. The Enceinte of Charles V
The Second Medieval Enceinte?????
Trac? of Charles V's Enceinte?????
Walls, Towers and Ditches?????
Gatehouses?????
Barbican?????
17. The Castle of Vincennes
A New Royal Residence?????
The Enceinte?????
The Keep?????
Vincennes Castle through Today?????
18. The Bastille 87
H?tel Saint Pol and Palace of Tournelles?????
A Gatehouse Becomes a Castle?????
Description of the Bastille?????
State Prison?????
July 14, 1789?????
19. Private Medieval Fortifications
Paris: an Unhealthy and Unsafe City?????
Private Fortifications?????
H?tel de Clisson?????
H?tel de Sens?????
H?tel de Cluny?????
Saint Genevi?ve Abbey?????
Saint Antoine Abbey?????
Convent of Celestins?????
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des Pr?s?????
Saint-Martin-des-Champs Priory?????
20. The Second Part of the Hundred Years' War (1415-1453)
Civil and Foreign Wars?????
Jeanne d'Arc?????
The End of the War?????
21. Firearms
Gunpowder?????
Early Guns?????
Siege Artillery?????
Mine?????
Improvement of Artillery?????
Handguns?????
Warfare with Fire Weapons?????
22. Transitional Fortification
A Gradual Problem?????
Rampart?????
Embrasure?????
Artillery Emplacements?????
Makeshifts?????
23. Paris After the Hundred Years' War
Louis XI?????
Citadels and Forts?????
Transitional Fortification in Paris?????
24. The End of the Middle Ages
Wars in Italy?????
The Renaissance?????

PART III. BASTIONED FORTIFICATIONS (1512-1874)
25. Italian Bastioned For...