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France

polity · 1279 AD–present

France, a polity recorded 1279 AD–present: 18 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1279 AD–1299 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1279 ADReligion: catholic.
1300 AD–1399 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1300 ADReligion: catholic.
1400 AD–1491 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1400 ADReligion: catholic.
1492 AD–1529 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1492 ADReligion: catholic.
1530 AD–1599 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1530 ADReligion: catholic.
1600 AD–1649 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1600 ADReligion: catholic.
1650 AD–1699 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1650 ADReligion: catholic.
1700 AD–1714 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1700 ADReligion: catholic.
1715 AD–1782 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1715 ADReligion: catholic.
1783 AD–1799 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1783 ADReligion: catholic.
1800 AD–1814 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1800 ADReligion: catholic.
1815 AD–1879 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1815 ADReligion: catholic.
1880 AD–1904 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1880 ADReligion: catholic.
1905 AD–1913 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1880 ADReligion: catholic.
1914 AD–1919 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1914 ADReligion: catholic.
1920 AD–1929 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 ADReligion: catholic.
1930 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1930 ADReligion: catholic.
1938 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 ADReligion: catholic.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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