France, Kingdom, 1 Denier Tournois – 1649

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The origin of France is in Western France resulting from the rupture of the Carolingian kingdom. It is considered that the kingdom of France begins with the Capeta dynasty, initiated by Hugo Capeto in the S.XI. Although the kings will continue to call themselves, Francorum Rex. It will not be until Felipe II Augusto in the twenty -one that a king is called “of France.” In any case, France would be governed by the capeto and their descendants Valois and Bourbon until the end of the monarchy with the French Revolution. In its beginning, France was a very decentralized and feudal character. His national identity will be created during the War of the Hundred Years (1337-1453), in opposition to the English. This war originated when the king of England, of the Plantagenet family, and Vasallo del Rey de France for his multiple possessions in France, claimed the throne of France. The national identity was created in a certain way and the country became much more centralized with a strong monarchy. Thus we arrived at the Modern Age with a France that demographically speaking, it was the strongest kingdom of Western Europe, with an empire on the one hand in permanent crisis due to its decentralization, and a Spain also divided to the West. Thus, the strategy of Castilla and the Empire would be to isolate France, resulting in the marriages that would turn Carlos V into Emperor and King of Aragon and Castile at the same time. Thus, France would lose in the wars of Italy against Spain and the Empire, but its economic and demographic power could not be limited for a long time. The 30 -year war would turn France again into the main power of the continent, and began its colonial expansion. In addition, with King Sun, he would expand his borders, A consists of the empire and a new victory would be to win the Spanish Success of Succession, placing his grandson as king of Spain. The 18th century would, however, would be the colonial wars with Great Britain, in which the majority would be loss with losses for France. A victory would be instead the independence of the US, but shortly after, the counterattack debts and the growing disaffection would force the monarch to convene the general states, which would lead to the French Revolution. In 1791 a first constitution would be created that formally ends with the absolute monarchy.