, 6, 8.
" and the Franks, 7.
" geography and geology of northern, 10.
" the Isle of, Paris, 138. iv. 58.
" Kings of (Philip the Wise, Louis VIII., St. Louis), 100. iv. 16.
" map of, showing early divisions, 8.
" Merovingian dynasty, 21.
" peoples of, divided by climates, 10.
" provinces of, 10, 11.
" Prussia, war with, 33. ii. 17.
" rivers of, the five, 8.
(See below, "French").

Franchise, 38 n. ii. 28.

Francisca (Frankish weapon), 42. ii. 32.

Frank, meaning of the word, 'brave' rather than 'free,' 37-8. ii. 27-8.

Frankenberg, 36. ii. 24-5.

Frankness, meaning of, 6; 38. ii. 28.
" opposite of shyness, 39. ii. 28.

Franks, the, agriculture, sport, and trade of, 45. ii. 37.
" appearance of, 43. ii.
" character of, 32, 44, 45, ii. 15, 35, 38.
" etymology of word, 42. ii. 32.
" hair, manner of wearing the, by, 45, 125 n. ii. 36, iv. 43 n.
" and Holland, 40. ii. 30.
" and Julian (defeated by him, 358 A.D.), 41 n. 44. ii. 31, 35.
" Kings of the, 7.
" modern, 21.
" race of, originally German, from Waldeck, 33, 36. ii. 15, 17, 24.
" religion of, under S. Louis, 21.
" rise of, 250 A.D., 7, 8; 33. ii. 17.
" settled in France, 6.
" extension of power, to the Loire, 8.
" " " to the Pyrenees, 8.
" Gaul becomes France, 64. iii. 16.
" the Rhine refortified against them, 38 n., 41. ii. 28, 31.
" tribes of, Gibbon on the, 33-4. ii. 18.
" weapons of the, Achon and Francisca, 42. ii. 32, 33.

French character, early, 8.
" " its activity, 40. ii. 29.
" " its loyalty, "good subjects of a good king," 40. ii. 29.
" " makes perfect servants, 39. ii. 28.
" " its innate truth, 52. ii. 33.
" frogs, 41. ii. 30.
" liberty and activity, 30. ii. 29.
" " equality, and fraternity, under Clovis, 47. ii. 42.
" politeness, 32. ii. 15.
" religion, old and new, 117. iv. 41.
" Revolution, "They may eat grass," 20.
" " a revolt against lies, 33. ii. 16.
" " and irreligion, 95-104. iv. 7, 23.

Froissart, quoted, 43. ii. 33.

Fulda, towns on the, 36. ii. 24.

Future life, recognition of the dead in a, 139. iv. 60.

Gabriel, the Angel, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 132. iv. 50.

Gascons, the, not reall