02698cam a22003253u 4500 77058 UtSlPG 20260610134802.0 m cr n 260607r20251905utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 D Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943 The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 11 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Historians%27_History_of_the_World Release date is 2025-10-14 David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The historians'' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 11…" by Henry Smith Williams is a historical compendium written in the early 20th century. This volume surveys the history of France from the later Carolingians to the death of Louis XIV, blending political narrative with religious, social, and cultural developments as distilled from numerous classic authorities. The opening of the volume recounts the collapse of Carolingian power under relentless Northmen raids and internal strife, portraying Charles the Bald’s weakness, the ferocity and tactics of the Vikings, and the famed pirate Hastings. It explains how the Edict of Mersen and the capitulary of Quierzy hastened the transformation of benefices into hereditary fiefs, birthing the feudal order and proliferating private castles. The siege of Paris (885–886) highlights civic resilience under Bishop Gozlin and Count Eudes against a vast Viking host, contrasted with imperial impotence, and foreshadows the rise of the Capetians. The narrative then traces Rollo’s investiture in Normandy, the fragmentation of royal authority, and the power plays of Robert, Rudolf, Héribert, and Hugh the Great, through Louis IV and Lothair, to the election of Hugh Capet and his early struggles with Charles of Lorraine—depicting a France where noble power eclipses the crown and the church often arbiters the realm. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: The Outlook Company, 1905 World history https://archive.org/details/historianshistor11will/page/n09 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77058 117782 117782