id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5985 History of France - Wikipedia .html text/html 41118 3446 70 At the height of the French Wars of Religion, France became embroiled in another succession crisis, as the last Valois king, Henry III, fought against rival factions the House of Bourbon and the House of Guise. Following Napoleon's defeat in the Napoleonic Wars, France went through several further regime changes, being ruled as a monarchy, then briefly as a Second Republic, and then as a Second Empire, until a more lasting French Third Republic was established in 1870. Main articles: Early Modern France and History of French foreign relations Main articles: France in the long nineteenth century and History of French foreign relations French economic history since its late-18th century Revolution was tied to three major events and trends: the Napoleonic Era, the competition with Britain and its other neighbors in regards to 'industrialization', and the 'total wars' of the late-19th and early 20th centuries. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5985.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5985.txt