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Little is known of the early dwellers in the Alps, save from the scanty accounts preserved by Roman and Greek historians and geographers. A few details have come down to us of the conquest of many of the Alpine tribes by Augustus.The successive emigration and occupation of the Alpine region by various Teutonic tribes from the 5th to the 6th centuries are, too, known only in outline, because to them, as to the Frankish kings and emperors, the Alps offered a route from one place to another rather than a permanent residence.
It is not until the final breakup of the Carolingian Empire in the 10th and 11th centuries that it becomes possible to trace out the local history of different parts of the Alps.
1 The Western Alps
In the case of the Western Alps (minus the bit from the chain of Mont Blanc to the Simplon , which followed the fortunes of the Valais), a prolonged struggle for control took place between the feudal lords of SavoyThis article is about the historical region of Savoy. For other uses, see Savoy (disambiguation Savoy (Italian Savoia, French Savoie is a region of western Europe that emerged, along with the free communes of Switzerland, from the collapse of the Frankish, the Dauphine and ProvenceProvence is a former province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to France's border with Italy. It is now part of the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur. The traditional region of Provenc. In 1349Events October 20 Pope Clement VI publishes a papal bull that condemns the Flagellants The bubonic plague is spread to Norway when an English ship with everyone dead on board floats to Bergen Births Duke Albert III of Austria, on September 9 Deaths Willia the DauphinéDauphin is a former province in southeastern France, roughly corresponding to the present departements of the Isere, Drome, and Hautes-Alpes. Origin of the name Guy VIII, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and had been nicknamed le Dauphin fell to FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents., while in 1388Events Beginning of prosecution of Lollards in England The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland Births Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury. Deaths 1388. the county of NiceThis article is about the city. For other Nice articles, see Nice (disambiguation). Nice ( SAMPA and IPA pronunciation: [ni:s] as in "niece"; Italian Nizza Provencal Nica or Nissa is a city in Southern France located on the Mediterranean coast, between Ca passed from Provence to the house of Savoy, which also then held Piedmont as well as other lands on the Italian side of the Alps. The struggle henceforth was limited to France and the house of Savoy, but little by little France succeeded in pushing back the house of Savoy across the Alps, forcing it to become a purely Italian power.
One turning-point in the rivalry was the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), by which France ceded to Savoy the Alpine districts of Exilles , Bardonneche ( Bardonecchia ), Oulx , U.enestrelles, and Châtean Dauphin, while Savoy handed over to France the valley of Barcelonnette, situated on the western slope of the Alps and forming part of the county of Nice. The final act in this long-continued struggle took place in 1860, when France obtained by cession the rest of the county of Nice and also Savoy, thus remaining sole ruler on the western slope of the Alps.
