France

35 chapters in all · about 2 h 40 min

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All chapters (35)

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

The history of money in France, read chapter by chapter with illustrated scenes. Narration is available too. The first chapter is open to all.