France

Routes of Money　—　35 chapters · 146 stops

The monetary history of France, read chapter by chapter in painted scenes, with narration available. The first chapter is open to all.

Chapters

1. The silver of Massalia　4 stops
2. The gold of Gaul　3 stops
3. The coinage of the Roman province of Gaul　5 stops
4. The gold and silver of the Franks　4 stops
5. Feudalism and the coin of the Vikings　6 stops
6. The Capetians and the great fairs　4 stops
7. The counterfeiter king and the Temple　4 stops
8. The birth of the franc　5 stops
9. The wise king and the maid　3 stops
10. Louis XI and the sinews of the state　5 stops
11. The gold of the Valois　5 stops
12. The century of silver and the price revolution　4 stops
13. The wars of religion and the empty treasury　3 stops
14. The louis d'or and machine striking　4 stops
15. Richelieu and Colbert　2 stops
16. The Fronde and the cardinal's purse　5 stops
17. The gold of the Sun King melts　6 stops
18. John Law's bubble　5 stops
19. Louis XV and the tax farmers　5 stops
20. Louis XVI and the reformers　5 stops
21. Debt calls forth a revolution　4 stops
22. The paper they printed too much of　5 stops
23. The emperor who fought with metal　5 stops
24. The silver franc and the dream of Europe　4 stops
25. The banker king and the age of credit　6 stops
26. The Latin Monetary Union　6 stops
27. Reparations — becoming a paying country　3 stops
28. The Belle Époque — becoming a lending country　4 stops
29. The First World War and the death of the franc　4 stops
30. Poincaré and the years between the wars　4 stops
31. Occupation and reconstruction　3 stops
32. The heavy franc and the hold of gold　2 stops
33. The age of the snake　4 stops
34. The strong franc　4 stops
35. The twilight of the franc　1 stops