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Frankish king who stopped Moorish expansion into Europe at the Battle of Tours.
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Charles Martel
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A Frankish king and grandson of the above who was crowned Emperor of the Romans.
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Charlemagne
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Epic poem situated in the reign of the above about war, betrayal, revenge, and death.
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Song of Roland
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Great Britain was last successfully invaded from this region of France.
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Normandy
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In the 100 Years War, the battle in which a force of French knights was utterly annihilated by a "new" weapon.
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Agincourt
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In the same war, she led French troops to ultimate victory, but was burned at the stake for witchcraft.
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Joan of Arc
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Persecuted religious minority group massacred in the thousands by Catholics on St. Bartholomew's Day.
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Huguenot
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Nickname of King Louis XIV.
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The Sun King
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Would-be assassin of King Louix XV, who was first brutally tortured, then quartered with great difficulty, and finally burnt at the stake, possibly while still alive.
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Robert-François Damiens
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King who was guillotined by the nephew of the official executioner who oversaw the incident described above.
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Louix XVI
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A bloody period of intense suspicion and many executions during the French Revolution.
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The Reign of Terror
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Emperor who made France Great Again--before he foolishly invaded Russia, and then lost all at Waterloo.
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Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Financial transaction initiated by the above leader that led to the single largest acquisition of land for the United States. (Hint: use the name it is known for in the US).
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Louisiana Purchase
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Commander of the French naval forces at the Battle of Trafalgar, he was said to have committed suicide some time later, though many think he was murdered.
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Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
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This church, which looks like an ancient Greek temple, was begun by the Ancien Régime. During the French Revolution, some considered making it into a stock exchange, opera, or library. Napoleon wanted it to be a temple to the glory of his Grand Army. The restoration of the monarchy caused the building to be finished as a church. Gabriel Fauré, the notable French composer of light piano music played the ponderous organ there.
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L'église de la Madeleine
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