Project Gutenberg 2006-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 324 Hotman, François 1524 1590 Hotoman, Francis Hotman, Francois Franco-Gallia : $b or, an account of the ancient free state of France, and most other parts of Europe, before the loss of their liberties Produced by Stan Goodman, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Franco-Gallia: or, an account of the ancient free state of France" by Francis Hotoman is a historical account written in the late 16th century. This work discusses the governance and liberties of ancient France and other parts of Europe before the widespread loss of those liberties. It elaborates on the political structures and rights of the Gauls and emphasizes the importance of understanding these historical precedents to appreciate contemporary governance. At the start of the text, the author presents an overview of the ancient state of Gaul prior to its transformation into a Roman province. He describes the political organization of Gaul, highlighting the existence of independent commonwealths governed by the nobility rather than a centralized authority. Through references to classical historians like Cæsar and Strabo, Hotoman establishes the context for the governance practices of the time, underscoring the division of power between the people and their leaders. The narrative sets the stage for exploring how these ideas of governance and liberty were foundational to French identity and contemporary political discourse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 54.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en France -- Politics and government Constitutional history -- France DC Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics Category: History - European 381795 2025-06-07T14:49:05.668873 text/html 381097 2006-03-01T16:37:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 543571 2006-03-01T16:37:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 658583 2025-06-07T14:49:16.987863 application/epub+zip 662263 2025-06-07T14:49:09.822895 application/epub+zip 203531 2025-06-07T14:49:07.898898 application/epub+zip 883464 2025-06-07T14:49:21.794829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 813144 2025-06-07T14:49:15.878852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339716 2022-09-08T13:35:21.255936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335008 2025-06-07T14:49:04.085910 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 334786 2006-03-01T16:37:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 126909 2006-03-01T16:37:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 334912 2006-03-01T16:37:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 126801 2006-03-01T16:37:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20867 2025-06-07T14:49:21.950830 application/rdf+xml 13782 2025-06-07T14:49:08.833895 image/jpeg 3445 2025-06-07T14:49:08.527858 image/jpeg 636549 2025-06-07T14:49:05.732917 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia