>inb4 100 years' war, it was a succession war launched between 2 french dynasties more than a real conquest (like Guillaume).
When you look back it is kind of strange that entity remained during 1500 years.
I mean far more sheltered territories like Spain and Italy needed centuries to reunify under the same authority that they had during the Roman Empire while they were relatively protected by ther geographic position, I don't even speak about actual Germany which was a succession of micro-states after the end of the Holy Roman Empire and waited until 2 centuries ago to be reunited after.
Finally, and I think it is important, France was always a multi ethnic states, the North-East is basically germanico-celtic while the South is romano-celtic.
At that you can add some "strange" addition with greek colonies during the Antiquity and Norvegian settlement in Normandie and the Bretagne which was colonized by Celtic Britons (during the same time as germanic invasions).
Pic related: territory evolution from the first french dynasty and the first "french" king Clovis to Charlemagne Empire division between his sons.
So why did French actually managed to survive their geographic position and cutlural differences between North and South ? Especially from their neighbors in the East and the West.
>>1358260
Until what, 1300, it was nothing more than a loose confederation of provinces swearing fealty to each other?
>>1358292
There was no nation itself but the Kingdom was here and the power centralized.
Charlemagne organized the first missi dominici in 780 whose role were to inspect and deliver justices in the Empire, the counts were obligated to make a personal oath of allegiance to the Emperor too.
So it was much more than a confederation, there was a clear hierarchy.
The central power was temporarly weakened under the Plantagenet/Capetian war and the rise of the Bourguignons but at the end of the Hundred Years' War it was over.
>>1358292
>loose confederation of provinces
You don't understand feudalism
>>1358260
Because the whole History of France is about the King become more and more powerful with each passing century, while other countries (Like the "H" "R" "E") on the contrary had their main monarch progressively falling, because he had to sign carthas or end up as a mere figurehead.
Philip Augustus started everything by making his personnal demesne much stronger and by writing a lot of laws to counteract the feudal traditions. His sons continued the work. During the Hundred Years War, the nobility of France was continously slaughtered in huge pitched battles, but it only made the King much more powerful : He developped his own artillery (Able to crush any castle held by a petty lord) and, with the creation of the compagnies d'ordonnances, turned the knights from local gangsters into his own military arm. Then, you had Burgundy and Britanny, the two main entities that could have seceeded from France ; But Charles the Bold was killed at Nancy, and Anne of Britanny was forced to marry the King of France.
Basically, at the time of Louis XIV, almost all of France was just one big royal demesne where everyone was united under the will of one man.
Through the power of losing wars and surrender.
>>1358260
The House of Capet (and all the branches) are gods chosen
>>1358260
Because you had one dynasty ruling for 1000 years. It prevented nobles from blackmailing the successors like they did in England, Poland and HRE because all successors had indisputable right to the throne.
The Rhine, the Alps, and the Pyrenees.
>>1358260
>that entity remained during 1500 years
>what is Burgundy
>what is Bretagne
>what is Lorraine
>what is Normandy
>what is Aquitaine
Apart from Southern France, pretty much every part of the country was at some point independent or was ruled by someone else. Even Isle de France was captured by the English during the 100 year war.
>>1358260
>, France was always a multi ethnic states
Nope it isn't, we're one of the more pure poeple in Europe unlike the germans
Stay mad leftist shill
