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Chapter 5 Division, Invasion, and Reorganization, c. 800–1000
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125
0
COUNTY
OF
FLANDERS
125 kilometers
0
Reims
DUCHY OF NORMANDY
Paris
ILE DE
FRANCE
DUCHY OF BRITTANY
COUNTY OF
MAINE
COUNTY
OF
BLOIS
COUNTY OF
ANJOU
COUNTY
Tours
OF
COUNTY
OF
CHAMPAGNE
COUNTY
OF
GATINAIS
COUNTY OF
NEVERS
TOURAINE
DUCHY
OF
BURGUNDY
BOURBON
DUCHY OF AQUITANE
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
DUCHY OF
GASCONY
Royal domain
Episcopal territories
(under royal influence)
LANGUEDOC
COUNTY OF
TOULOUSE
COUNTY OF
BARCELONA
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
Map 5.4 France, c. 1000
In 1000, the Capetians claimed authority over all of this territory,
but most counts and dukes ruled with little thought about their royal overlords in the Ile de
France. The territory directly controlled by the Capetians (that is, their “royal domain”) was small
and remote. For the Counts of Toulouse and many other great lords, it was easy to ignore
Capetian claims.
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