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Monique SaintongeFrance in the Middle Ages France in the Middle Ages "Medieval France" redirects here. For the 1994 role-playing game supplement, see Medieval France (White Rose Publishing). During the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of France was a decentralised, feudal monarchy. In Brittany, Normandy, Lorraine, Provence, East Burgundy and Catalonia (the latter now a part of Spain), as well as Aquitaine, the authority of the French king was barely felt. France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 10th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and West Francia (843–987); the expansion of royal control by the House of Capet (987–1328), including their struggles with the virtually independent principalities (duchies and counties,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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