The Terror of the Middle Ages more cruel than that of the Revolu Rome makes use indifferently of two opposite principles-R Fanatical acts of violence against Dumoulin, Ramus, Jean Goujon, Freethinkers persecuted by the Church, intrust to the protectio The royal incarnation, Louis XIV. . Royal comedy of the States-General and the Parliament (n Famine in the eighteenth century Fasting of the armies of Louis XIV.; their resignation. CONTENTS. Ancient patronage of the lay and ecclesiastical lord The people are obstinately bent on hoping in the King 1744. Louis XV., surnamed the Well-Beloved 1754. Louis XV. detested, dares no more enter Paris Voltaire, d'Argenson, and Machault are driven from Court The world could only recommence through justice Obstacles; weak state of moral life Montesquieu believes Justice relative Voltaire, the martyr and apostle of Justice Rousseau recommences Right by the idea of Providence That without believing oneself a god no one does anything Everybody wishes for the Revolution, but only as far as such The question about the privileged classes was settled before- To be forgotten in the Bastille The Jesuits directing the Bastille The Bastille the prison of the mind Its regulations become more and more severe The Philanthropists weep, but do nothing CONTENTS. April 1789. The elections of Paris delayed First act of the national sovereignty April 27, 28. The electors troubled by the Réveillon riot April 29 to May 20. The elections are finished The Assembly refuses to separate The King entreats Necker to remain, but does not re- |