Chapters include: The Gaul, The Neustrian Franks, The Austrasian Franks, The Growth of the French Monarchy 987-1328, Monarchy and Feudalism, The Age of Louis XI, The Age of Italian Expeditions, The Last Of The Valois, The Age of the Italian Wars, The Civil Wars, The Bourbon Monarchy : Its Rise, The Bourbon Monarchy 1598-1660.The Bourbon Monarchy 1661-1715, The Decadence of the Monarchy 1715-1793.