Microsoft PowerPoint - CLASSIC FRENCH CUISINE GENERAL KNOWLE

French History

• Land of the Franks, Frankland from Latin Francia • Gaul; ancient France, 1st century, captured by Caesar; Roman culture enters 2-3 C • 800 to 900 AD; Easter Francia, Middle Francia • Western Francia becomes stronger, the beginning of modern France and the King • Golden Age; Louis XIV is King • Monarchy rule ends with Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, French Revolution 1789 • France has been continuously settled since Paleolithic era. • Celts, later called Gauls, migrated from Rhine Valley into modern France, 600 B.C