Alsace and Lorraine

From Caesar to Kaiser, 58 B.C.–1871 A.D.

Ruth Putnam

• Publisher: Left of Brain Books
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781396320408
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: French History
• Index: History

Alsace-Lorraine was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-German war, then retroceded to France in 1919 after the First World War. It was again ceded to Germany in 1940 during the Second World War and finally retroceded to France in 1945. Today, Alsace-Lorraine is a 5, 067 square mile territory in France. However, as you'll find out, it did not use to be so. Before the wars and the back-and-forth ownership between France and Germany, Alsace-Lorraine was Alsace and Lorraine, two distinct territories with different customs, resources and characteristics.Most documented histories of Alsace-Lorraine reach back, but not to the very beginning. Ruth Putnam's does. She gives an in-depth history of Alsace and Lorraine all the way back to the time of Caesar, 58BC capturing their identities, politics and customs before they became bounties of war.You are about to learn the true history of Alsace-Lorraine.

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Main Sources Used for the Narrative

EXCELLENT BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR SPECIAL PHASES OF THE HISTORY OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE ARE GIVEN IN THE CAMBRIDGE MODERN HISTORY, AND IN THE WORKS OF LAVISSE, DERICHSWEILER, DELAHACHE, ETC. THERE ARE, MOREOVER, MANY ROMANCES, BESIDES VERY VALUABLE ARTICLES TOUCHING THE SUBJECT IN LATE CONTEMPORARY PERIODICAL LITERATURE. THE LIST IS TOO LONG TO BE GIVEN HERE.

ABOUT, EDMOND, F. V. Alsace, 1871–’72 Paris, 1873.

BARDOT, GEORGES. La question des dix villes impériales d’Alsace. Depuis la paix de Westphalie jusqu’aux arrêts de “réunions” du conseil souverain de Brisack. Paris, 1899.

BRION, M. (Ingénieur-Geographe du Roi.) Coup d’æil générale sur la France. Paris, 1720.

A series of maps showing France under every possible aspect. The map showing the jurisdiction of the Parliaments and Superior Councils has been chosen for its clearness in indicating the extension of the frontier and the policy of centralization.

BRYCE, JAMES—VISCOUNT BRYCE. The Holy Roman Empire. London, 1904.

CÆSAR, JULIUS. De Bella Gallico.

Cambridge Modern History. Vols. iv., v., viii, and xii. New York, 1906.

COLLIN, CHANOINE. “En Lorraine—La protestation et la Germanisation.” Le Correspondant, Paris, Nov. 10, 1914.

COXE, WILLIAM. History of the House of Austria. 5 volumes. London, 1820.

DERICHSWEILER, HERMANN. Geschichte Lothringens. (Der tausendjahrige Kampf um die Westmark.) 2 v. Wiesbaden, 1901.

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LEPAGE, HENRI. “La Lorraine Allemande, sa réunion à la France son annexation à l’Allemagne.” Mémoires de la Société d’Archéologie Lorraine. 3e serie, vol. i., p. 255. Nancy, 1873.

― “Quelques notes sur des peintres Lorrains des XVe, XVIe et XVIIe siècles.” Bulletin de la société d’archéologie Lorraine. Tome iv., 1853. Nancy.

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*REUSS, RODOLPHE. L’Alsace au dix-septième siècle. Tableau geographique, historique, politique et économique. Paris, 1897. 2 vols.

(This is a most complete and scholarly work, entirely free from the over-zealous partisanship of most literature pertaining to Alsace, yet sympathetic as we...

Table of contents

• FOREWORD
• ALSACE AND LORRAINE
• ALSACE
• I. Romans, Gauls, and Others on the Soil of Alsace
• II. The Treaty of Verdun and Other Pacts Affecting Alsace
• III. The Dream of A Middle Kingdom
• IV. The People of Alsace in the Fifteenth Century and After
• V. The Thirty Years’ War and the Peace of Westphalia
• VI. Louis XIV. and Strasburg
• VII. Alsace after Annexation to France
• LORRAINE
• I. Racial Elements
• II. When the Map was in the Making
• III. The Aspirations of Burgundy
• IV. The New Learning
• V. The House of Lorraine in Europe
• VI. The Last Dukes of Lorraine
• VII. The French Revolution
• VIII. The Language
• ELSASS-LOTHRINGEN
• I. After the Cession
• APPENDIX
• II. Main Sources Used for the Narrative