Paris past & present . NEW YORK . FREDERICK COMPANY - PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1902, By Frederick A. Stokes Company, Published in November, 1902. All Bights Reserved. DC 101V, I US TESTIMONY OF MY PROFOUND AFFECTION, I DEDICATE THIS WORK TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND CONFRERES IN FRANCE, IN ENGLAND, AND IN AMERICA. H. H. CONTENTS. PAQE Preface 1 CHAPTER I. Primitive days of the Parises—Tbe Roman occupation offive hundred years—Palace of the Thermes and itspresent ruins—The treacherous ciime of an earlysovereign—An ancient amphitheatre near the mod-ern Sorbonne 13 CHAPTER II. The first walls of P
Paris past & present . NEW YORK . FREDERICK COMPANY - PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1902, By Frederick A. Stokes Company, Published in November, 1902. All Bights Reserved. DC 101V, I US TESTIMONY OF MY PROFOUND AFFECTION, I DEDICATE THIS WORK TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND CONFRERES IN FRANCE, IN ENGLAND, AND IN AMERICA. H. H. CONTENTS. PAQE Preface 1 CHAPTER I. Primitive days of the Parises—Tbe Roman occupation offive hundred years—Palace of the Thermes and itspresent ruins—The treacherous ciime of an earlysovereign—An ancient amphitheatre near the mod-ern Sorbonne 13 CHAPTER II. The first walls of Paris—Appearance of a valiant shep-herdess—Under the reigns of Merovingians, Pepins,and Capetians—Xorraan invasions and numeroussackings—Building of churches and monasteries—Birth of the famous Latin Quarter—Certain periodsof the Middle Ages.—Stout walls built and streetspaved—An immense donjon keep—The arms of Paris 29 CHAPTER III. Cruelty of Merovingian monarchs—A palace rich in greatsouven
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