Study On No Reigning Queens In The History Of France

The last Capetians established the custom of excluding women from the throne. Before the crisis of the throne, there were always sons to ascend the throne, and no written laws to excluding women from the throne. Women couldn't succeed the throne were connect with the serious situation of the age from last Capetians and early Valois. Edward III laid the claim to the France throne through his mother, after the Hundred Years War had broken out, people found the Salic Law made it became an useful law weapon to defeat England, So the Salic Law established the distinctive status in the royal succession law. In the late medieval ages, the possibility of women to succeed the throne was end. It's a special phenomenon that only male kings in the whole history of France.The thesis starts with the features of the development of the France history , to make clear the decisive factor of preventing female to the throne, and how it affect the later history of France.The thesis includes preface, body and conclusion. The preface is the literature review. The body is composed three parts: Part 1 is about why female couldn't ascend the throne in the early medieval France .Part 2 is aim to discuss the imperfect royal succession law made the chance for female to the throne, but also there have disadvantage for women, especially the idea of pay more attention with male line and the established cadet branch of the Capetian line. Part 3 is taking about with the economy and political reasons of the Hunderd Years War, how French and England put their cases in law, finally the Valois defended the nation with the Salic Law , made the prevention female to succeed the France throne to the end. The conclusion furthered the affect of excluding women from the throne in the later French history.