Library of Congress call numbers group items by subject, but there is no single call number range for all materials on the history of France. The following letters represent some of the major subject and sub categories:
DC 1-947 History of France
110-424 Modern, 1515
111-120 1515-1589. 16th century
118 Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572
120.8-130 1589-1715. Henri IV, Louis XIII, Louis XIV
131-138 1715-1789. 18th century. Louis XV, Louis XVI
139-249 Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1789-1815
251-354.9 19th century
256-260 Restoration, 1815-1830
261-269 July Revolution of 1830. July Monarchy, 1830-1848
270-274.5 February Revolution and Second Republic
275-280.5. Second Empire, 1852-1870
281-326.5 Franco-German or Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
330-354.9 Later 19th century
361-424 20th century
397 1940-1946
398-409 Fourth Republic, 1947-1958
411-424 Fifth Republic, 1958-
