pt. 1. Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The layering of people, religions, and dynasties (up to 1140): Saint-Germain-des-Prés ; Early Gothic art (1140-1220): Notre Dame Cathedral ; Rayonnant Gothic art (1220-1330): Palais de la Cité ; The first Valois Kings (1330-1450).
pt. 2. Modern times. The Renaissance (1450-1540): Hôtel de Ville ; Atticism and Mannerism (1540-1600): The Louvre ; The first Bourbons (1600-1660) ; The first thirty years of the personal reign of Louis XIV (1660-1690) ; The late Louis XIV style and the Rococo (1690-1760): The Pantheon ; Antiquity and the Revolution (1760-1800): The Palais Royal.
pt. 3. The contemporary era. The last kings (1800-1870) ; The Belle Epoque (1870-1918) ; The turbulent years (1914-1940).
Epilogue: Late modernity.
