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History:

The term France did not refer uniquely to the territory now identified with the French nation until the end of the middle Ages.

The French state took centuries to build.Of late, France has been enjoying a clear sense of its own identity, but this took a very long time to develop.

The Roman Empire disintegrated in the 5th century A.D. with region being united to the rest of western and central Europe by its growing attachment to the Roman Catholic Church.

Until 1789, the French people lived under some 400 separate codes of civil law. They were described as subjects of a king than as citizens of a nation. In 1789, the monarchy was overthrown in one of the world's greatest revolutions. The revolution opened up a century and a half of political instability as defenders battled opponents of the revolutionary heritage.

Similarly, not until the 19th century did a true national economy form out of several regional ones.

The French language took a standardized form only in the 17th century.
Some historians argue that the majority of French people did not practice Catholic rituals and accept Catholic doctrines in their orthodox form before the 18th century.

As late as the 19th century, a quarter of the population residing in France did not speak standard French. Roman Catholicism, the religion of the vast majority of French people today, was also adopted very late.