INDEX
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W.
A Abbey Lands, their extent, 34 Abbeys, their need of reform, 56 Abbo, his story of the siege of Paris, 38-43 Abbots, their varied powers, 34 Abelard, comes to Paris, 87; his school at St. Denis, 88; death of, 89 Abelard and Heloise, their house, 282 Académie Française, origin of, 200 Adam du Petit Pont, 90 Aignan’s, St., remains of, 283 Amboise, Cardinal d’, employs Solario, 149 Amphitheatre, Roman, 288 Anagni, humiliation of Boniface VIII. at, 107 Angelico, Fra, painting by, at Louvre, 306 Angelo’s, Michael, slaves, 305 Année terrible, the, 261 Anselm, St., his moral force, 54 Antheric, Bishop, his courage, 42 Antoinette, Marie, her courage, 249; her sinister influence, 253, 254 Arches, triumphal, 224, 277, 278 Aristotle, his works at Paris, 99 Armagnac and Burgundian factions, their origin, 127 Armagnacs, massacre of, 129 Assembly, National, the, its patriotism, 248, 256 Attila, 13, 15 Austrasia, kingdom of, 21 Austria, Anne of, her regency, 202 Averroists at Paris, 100
B Ballet, importance of the, 330 Bal Mabille, site of, 319 Baptistry, the, 281 Barbarian invasions, 12 Barrère, 270 Barry, Mme. du, 232, 248, 302 Bartholomew, St., massacre of, 168-172 Basine and Childeric, story of, 19 Basoche, Corporation of, 327; players of, 327 Bastille, foundation of, 123; banquet at, 158; captured by the Parlement, 204; story of, 250-252 Bazoches, Guy of, his impression of Paris, 66 Bedford, Duke of, Regent at Paris, 130 Bernard, St., his commanding genius, 55; denounces Abelard, 89; draws up Rule of Knights-Templars, 108 Bernini, his design for the Louvre, 221 Billettes, monastery of, 299 Bishops and abbots, their administrative powers, 23, 24, 46 Boniface VIII., his contest with Philip the Fair, 106, 107; his grandeur of soul, 107, 109 Booksellers at Paris, 190 Bordone, Paris, 152 Botticelli, frescoes at Louvre, 307 Boucher, 313 Boulevards, the, 320 Bourbon, Hôtel de, 186, 192; plays at, 323 Bourg-la-Reine, 60; English at, 119 Bourgogne, Hôtel de, comedians of, 322 Bouvines, victory of, its consequences, 62 Bridges, approaches to, fortified, 36 British sentries at Louvre, 304 Brosse, Pierre de la, his death, 103 Broussel, arrested and set free, 203, 204 Brunehaut, her career and death, 21, 23, 24 Brunswick, Duke of, his proclamation, 257 Bullant, Jean, builds Tuileries, 186 Burgundians, the, 12 Burgundy, Dukes of, 125 Burke, his political nescience, 262 Bury, Richard de, at Paris, 101 Bussy, the island of, 6
C Cafés at Paris, their introduction and growth, 331-333; their importance in revolutionary times, 334-336 Calvin, 94; at Collége de France, 156 Campan, Mme., her memoirs, 233, 245 Capet, Hugh, his coronation, 45; founds Capetian dynasty, 45 Capets, growth of Paris under, 47 Carlyle, his history of the Revolution, 246, 247 Carmelites, their establishment at Paris, 72 Carnarvalet, Hôtel de, 297 Carnot, 261 Carrousel, the, 211; arch of, 277 Carthusians, their establishment at Paris, 72 Caryatides, Salle des, 164 Castiglione, Rue de, 316 Castile, Blanche of, 67 Catacombs, the, 302 Catholic hierarchy re-established in Paris, 273 Cellini, Benvenuto, at Paris and Fontainebleau, 152-154 Cerceau, Baptiste du, continues Lescot’s Louvre, 186 Champaigne, Phil. de, 312 Champeaux, William of, 87 Champs Elysées, 319 Chardin, 314 Charlemagne at Paris, 33; the Northmen, 35; his patronage of learning, 35 Charles of Burgundy, his defeat by Swiss, 142 Charles I., effect of his trial on the revolutionists, 257-259 Charles V., builds the Hôtel St. Paul, 121; his library, 121; his love of gardens, 121; his wise statesmanship, 121; wall of, 122 Charles VI., his minority, 123; his madness, 124; saved from fire, 125; his death and burial, 130 Charles VII., his acclamation as king at Melun, 131; his death, 138 Charles VIII., his Italian campaign, 148 Charles IX., 166, 167; his vacillation, 169; doubtful story of his firing on Huguenots, 173; his death, 174 Charonton, attribution of paintings to, 309 Chateauroux, Mme. de, her appeal to Louis XV., 230 Châtelet, the Grand, 147, 300 Châtelet, the Petit, 146, 300 Chavannes, Puvis de, 246, 288 Chénier, M. J., the revolutionary dramatist, 270 Chess players at Paris, 331-333 Chilperic, marriage with Galowinthe, 21; his murder, 22; his reformed alphabet, 25 Chramm, his defeat and death, 20 Christian hierarchy, its efforts to purify the Church, 54 Church, the, its civilising genius, 24; its growing civil power, 34 Church building, expansion of, 47 Cinq-Mars, his execution, 195 Cité, the island of, 2; two islets joined to, 187; its associations, 281 Clement, Jacques, assassinates Henry III., 177 Clement V., Pope, and the Templars, 110 Clergy, attempted taxation of, 231; non-jurors, their expulsion, 272 Clisson, Hôtel de, 297 Clock tower, the, 283 Clodomir, murder of his sons by Childebert and Clothaire, 19, 20 Clothaire, his escape from assassination, 20; his death, 21 Cloud, St., foundation of monastery of, 20 Clouet, François, 310 Clouet, Jean, 310 Clouet de Navarre, 310 Clovis, 13, 15; conversion of, 17; baptism of, 18; his cruelty, 18; makes Paris his capital, 19; tower of, 288 Cluny, college of, 94 Cluny, Hôtel de, 151, 287, 322 Code civil, the, 264, 269 Colbert, his administrative genius, 209 Colbert, Hôtel, 316 Coligny, Admiral, his attempted assassination, 168; his murder, 170; site of his house, 303 Colleges, decadence of, 101 Collége de France, foundation of, 155 Colombe, Michel, 305 Comèdie Française, the old, 324; its origin, 324; political factions at, 325; literary factions at, 326 Commune, the, 293 Conciergerie, the, 106, 283 Concini, 192; his death, 193 Concorde, place de la, 317, 318 Condé the Great, his insolence, 205, 206 Condé, Prince of, his plot to destroy the Guises, 165; his death, 166 Condorcet, 269 Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, 52, 299 Contrat Social, the, its influence, 268 Convention, the, abolishes slavery, 264; its constructive measures, 263, 264 Cordeliers, refectory of, 288 Corot, 315 Coryat, his impressions of Paris, 189 Cosme, St., 290 Cosme, St., curé of, his revolutionary zeal, 180, 181 Crown, the, its absolutism, 206 Cruce slays 400 Huguenots, 172
D Dagobert the Great, 27, 28, 29 Damiens, his attack on Louis XV., 232; his horrible torture, 232 Danes, invasions of, 35 Danseuses, their introduction into opera, 331 Dante, his use of artista, 86; at Paris, 100 Danton, 261; his trial, 241 D’Artagnan, his dwelling, 303 Daubigny, 315 Dauphin, origin of title, 117, note David, his genius, 314 Delacroix, paintings of, at St. Sulpice, 291; and Louvre, 314 Delaroche, 314 Denis, St., abbey of, 28 Denis, St., church of, 15; building of new church of, 79 Denis, St., de la Chartre, 31 Denis, St., du Pas, 281 Denis, St., story of, 7; body of exposed, 51 Denis, St., Rue, 293 Deputies, Chamber of, 318 Desmoulins, Camille, his revolutionary oration, 249 Diaz, 315 Diderot at Café de la Régence, 331 Dimier, his views on French School of Paintings, 307 Dionysius and his companions, their mission to Paris, 5 Discipline, collegiate, 93, 94 Dix-huit, College of, 92 Dolet, Etienne, his statue, 286 Domenico da Cortona, 148; designs Hôtel de Ville, 151 Dominicans, their establishment at Paris, 73 Dragon, Cour du, 291 Dubois, Abbé, his wealth and depravity, 227 Duke of Orleans, his murder, 126
E Ebles, Abbot, his courage, 38, 41 Ecclesiastical architecture, development of, 47 Ecole des Beaux Arts, 291 Edict of Nantes, 182; revocation of, 214; approved by eminent Churchmen, 215; effect in Europe, 215 Education, state of, before Revolution, 264 Egalité, Philip, 199; his vote, 259 Eloy, St., abbey of, 31, 56, 57 Eloy, St., bishop and goldsmith, 28 Elysée, the, 319 Émigrés, the, 254, 256 Empire, the Second, streets of, 278 Encyclopedists, their aims, 267 English, the, at Paris, 120, 135, 136; evacuate Paris, 137; expelled from Calais, 162 Estampes, Madame d’, 153, 154 Estiennes, the, 143, 144 Estrées, Gabrielle d’, 181 Etienne du Mont, St., 17, 151, 288 Etoile, arch of, 277, 278 Eudes, Count, 38, 41, 42 Eugene III., Pope, at Paris, 57 Eustache, St., church of, 151, 303 Evelyn, witnesses torture of accused prisoners, 262
F Ferronnerie, Rue de la, 185 Feudalism, origin of, 44 Flamboyant, not a debasement of Gothic, 145, note Flandrin, frescoes by, at St. Germain des Prés, 291 Fleury, Cardinal, his honest administration, 229 Flore, Pavilion de, 186 Fontainebleau, school of, 152 Fontaine des Innocents, 164 Fouarre, Rue du, 100 Fouquet, 310 Foy, Café, 249 Fragonnard, 313 France, her greatness under Richelieu, 195 Francis I., his entry into Paris, 150; the Renaissance, 150; his magnificent hospitality, 157; life at Paris under, 157; his access of piety, 158, 159; his death, 160 Francis II. at Amboise, 165 Francis, St., his love of the French tongue, 99 Franciscans, their establishment at Paris, 73 Franklin, Benjamin, at Versailles, 254 Franks, the, 13 Fredegonde, her cruelty and death, 21-23 French language, its universality, 99 French people, their desire for peace, 274 Fromont, Nicholas, 309 Fronde, the, 204 Fronde, the second, 205; defeat of, 206 Fulbert, Canon, his house, 282 Fulrad, Abbot, completes Church of St. Denis, 33
G Galilée, the island of, 6 Genevieve, St., her story, 14, 15; monastery of, 17; shrine of, 17; abbey of, 30; Templars at, 111 Geneviève, Ste., la Petite, 60 Gericault, his Raft of the Medusa, 314 Germain, St., of Auxerre, 14, 27 Germain, St., l’Auxerrois, 31, 303 Germain, St., of Autun, 24, 25 Germain, St., des Prés, 23; captured by Henry IV., 178; church of, 291 Germain, St., Faubourg, 293 Gervais, St., church of, 31, 295 Gibbon at Paris, 242 Giocondo, Fra, rebuilds Petit Pont and Pont Notre Dame, 148 Girondins, their condemnation, 241 Goethe, his speech at Valmy, 246; his description of the revolutionary army, 262 Goldoni assisted by the Convention, 264 Gothic art of the thirteenth century, 84 Goths, the, 12, 13 Goujon, Jean, his work at the Louvre, 164, 306; decorates the Fontaine des Innocents, 164; reliefs by, at the Carnavalet, 297 Gozlin, his patriotism and courage, 37, 38, 40, 41 Grande Galerie, the, 186, 191 Gregory, St., of Tours, 13, 22 Greuze, 314 Grève, Place de, 293 Guénégaud, Théâtre, 324 Guise, Duke Francis of, shot by a Huguenot, 165 Guise, Duke Henry of, his popularity at Paris, 176; his assassination, 177 Guises, rise of the, 161
H Halles, les, 59, 148, 302 Halle aux Vins, 60, note Hawkers, 259, 270 Heine and the Venus de Milo, 305 Héloïse and Abelard, loves of, 88; their grave at Paris, 89 Henry I., son of Robert the Pious, his accession, 51 Henry II., his death, 162 Henry III., his coronation, 175; his assassination, 177 Henry IV., his conversion, 181; his patriotism, 181, 184; his divorce, 182; his assassination, 185; his architectural achievements, 187; his statue, 197 Henry V. of England, 128; death and burial of, 130 Henry V. and Charles VI., entry into Paris, 131 Heretics, first execution of, 49 Hervé and his eleven companions, their heroism, 40, 41 Hierarchy, the, its unpopularity, 272 Holbein, 307 Homme Armé, Rue de l’, 135, 297 Horloge, Pavilion de l’, 198 Host, miracle of sacred, 299 Hôtel Dieu, foundation of, 31; rules of, 76; site of, 281 Hôtel St Paul, 121 Hôtel des Tournelles, 140, 146 Hôtel de Ville, 279, 293, 295 Hugh (Eudes), Count, his heroism, 38, 41, 42 Hugo, Victor, his exile and return, 274; his house, 297 Huguenots, hostility of Parisians to, 167
I Infanta, Garden of, 229; betrothed to Louis XV., 229 Ingres, 314 Innocent II., Pope, at Paris, 59 Innocents, Cemetery of, 148 Innocents, Square des, 301 Institut, the, 207 Invalides, Hôpital des, 223 Irish College, 286 Italian College, 286 Ivry, battle of, 179
J Jacobins, 197; their aims, 267; their supreme service to France, 268 Jacquerie, the, 118 Jacques de la Boucherie, St., 60, 300 Jacques, St., Rue, 5, 284 Jansenists and Jesuits, 218, 230 Jardin des Plantes, 200 Jean, St., Feu de, 295 Jean sans Peur, 125; tower of, 127; his assassination, 130; inscription, 297 Jeanne d’Arc, saviour of France, 131, 132; wounded at siege of Paris, 132; her capture, trial and execution, 132, 133; her rehabilitation at Notre Dame, 134 Jefferson and Marie Antoinette, 253 Jesuits, their suppression, 232 Jews at Paris, their treatment, 34, 49, 59 John the Good, 104, 117; at Paris, 119 Jongleurs, their charity, 321 Judicial penalties at Paris, 159 Juifs, les, the Island of, 6 Julian, the Emperor, his love of Paris, 10 Julian, St., of the minstrels, 321 Julien le Pauvre, St., 27; rebuilding of, 81; church of, 284 Jupiter, altar to, 9, 287; temple of, 7
K Knights-Templars, their foundation, 108; their heroism, 109; their arrest and torture, 110, 111; their destruction, 112, 116; site of their fortress, 299
L Lafayette, his loyalty, 256 Landry, St., fair of, 98; gifts by scholars, 98; port of, 282, 283 Latini Brunetto, 99 Laurens, J. P., paintings at Luxembourg and Panthéon, 48, note, 240 Law, John, his financial scheme, 227, 228 League, the, 175; its ecclesiastical army, 179 Leaguers, their triumph, 176; their violence, 181 Lebrun, 312 Leczynski, Marie, her marriage to Louis XV., 229; her death, 233 Legros, 290 Lemercier continues the Louvre, 198; designs Palais Cardinal, 199 Lemoine, Cardinal, college of, 93 Lescot, Pierre, designs new Louvre, 157; designs Fontaine des Innocents, 164 Lesueur, 311 Levau, his suspension, 221 Lorrain, Claude, 312 Lorraine, Cardinal of, 177 Louis VI. chastises rebellious vassals, 54; pioneer of the monarchy, 58 Louis VII., 60; birth of an heir, 61 Louis VIII. invades England, 62 Louis XI., his shabby dress, 138; his policy, 139; at Paris, 139, 140; meets Edward IV. of England, 140; institutes the Angelus, 140; his death, 142 Louis XII. invites Leonardo da Vinci to France, 149; his wise rule, 149, 150 Louis XIII., his accession, 192; his coup d’état, 193 Louis XIV., his accession, 209; his small attainments, 211; his hatred of Paris, 212; court of, 210, 211, 219; secret marriage with Mme. Scarron, 213; death of his heirs, 219; his death, 220; state of France and Paris at end of his reign, 226; his vandalism, 236 Louis XV., his majority, 228; his sickness and recovery, 231; his vicious life, 231; his disastrous reign, 233, 234; his death, 233 Louis XVI., his accession, 243; state of Paris under, 243; his vacillation, 253; intrigues with foreign courts, 254; his trial and sentence, 259, 260; execution of, 261 Louis Philippe, 273 Louis, St., his early youth, 67; his love of justice, 67, 77; redeems the crown of thorns, 68; his views on the treatment of Jews and infidels, 69; builds the Sainte Chapelle, 69; his hatred of blasphemy, 71; his death, 77 Louviers, the island of, 6 Louvois and Vauban, inventors of bayonet, 210 Louvre, building of, 62; its position, 65; demolition of keep, 156; west wing completed, 164; continued by Lemercier, 198; continued by Levau, 220; Perrault, base of, 222; neglect of, by Louis XIV., 223; and by Louis XV., 234; repair of, 235; during the Revolution, 275; under Napoleon I., 276; under Napoleon III., 276; paintings in, 304; sculpture in, 305, 306 Loyola, Ignatius, founds Society of Jesus at Paris, 156 Luini, 307 Lulli, his musical genius, 329 Lulli, Hôtel, 316 Lutetia, its origin, 3 Lutetius, hill of, 4 Lutherans, their violence and iconomachy, 158; persecution of, 159, 160 Luxembourg, palace and gardens of, 197, 290; museum of, 290 Luxor, Column of, 278 Luynes, his rise and fall, 193, 194
M Madeleine, the, 277 Maillotins, the, 123 Maintenon, Mme. de, her ascendency over Louis XIV., 213, 214, 216, 217; the Protestants and, 214 Malouel, 309 Manége, Salle du, 259 Mansard, François, extends Palais Royal, 199 Marais, the, 7, 65, 295 Marat, his body at the Cordeliers, 288; site of his house, 289 Marcel, Etienne, buys the Maison aux Piliers, 117; his power at Paris, 118; accused of treachery, 119; his statue, 117; his death, 118, 119 Marcel, Etienne, Rue, 127 Marlborough, Duke of, his victories, 216 Marly, hermitage of, 213 Marmoutier, monastery of, 9 Mars, Champ de, 252 Martel, Charles, birth of, 29 Martin, St., des Champs, rebuilding of, 52 Martin, St., story of, 8 Martin, St., Rue, 293 Mary Stuart, at Amboise, 165 Massacres of September, 258 Maur, St., des Fossés, 34 May Tree, planting of, in Cour du Mai, 328 Mayenne, Hôtel de, 295 Mazarin, Cardinal, his cautious policy, 202; his unpopularity, 205; his triumph, 206; his death, 207 Mazzini, his teaching, 268 Medici, Catherine de’, her rise to importance, 165; her plot against the Huguenots, 168, 169; her death and unpopularity, 178; remains of her hôtel, 302 Medici, Marie de’, marriage with Henry IV., 182; her coronation, 184; her disgrace and death, 195 Médicine, Ecole de, 288 Merri, St., church of, 151 Meuniers, Pont des, collapse of, 188 Michel le Comte, Rue, plays in, 322 Mignard, 312 Millet, 313, 315 Miracles, Cour des, 302 Molay, Jacques de, 109-111 Molé, President, his courage, 204 Molière, imprisoned for debt, 323; opens l’Illustre Théâtre, 323; his success at court, 323 Monasteries, their increase, 24; suppression of, at Paris, 272 Monastic settlements, 34 Monks and nuns, their declining morals, 55, 56 Monks, their science and learning, 24 Montaigne, College of, 94 Montfaucon, 103; its “fair gallows,” 189 Montgomery, Duke of, kills Henry II., 162 Montmartre, 7; nunnery of, 60 Montmorency, his execution, 195 Morris, Governor, his estimate of Louis XVI., 253 Moulins, Maître de, 309, 310
N Nain, Le, the brothers, 311 Napoleon I., his policy, 265; his raids on Italy, 266; crowns himself at Notre Dame, 266; his genius, 267; secret of his power, 268; his plans for the Louvre, 276; his new streets, 277; his tomb, 293 Napoleon III., his coup d’état, 274 Nautæ, guild of the, 9 Navarre, college of, 93 Navarre, Henry of, affianced to Princess Marguerite, 167; his marriage festivities, 167 Navarre, Jeanne de, 166; her death at Court, 167 Necker, Mme., her salon, 269 Nemours, Duke of, executed at Paris, 141 Neustria, kingdom of, 21 Nicholas, St., chapel of, 31, 33; scholars of, 92 Nobles, the, their rapacity, 192 Noces Vermeilles, the, 168 Nogaret, Guillaume de, 107 Normans, the, settle in France, 43 Notre Dame, church of, 9, 26, 281; rebuilding of, 81; English envoys at, 157; clerical iconoclasts of, 236; worship of Nature at, 272 Notre Dame, the island of, 6
O Odéon, Théâtre de l’, 325 Œil de Bœuf, the, 248 Oiseaux, Pont aux, consumed by fire, 189 Opera, French, rise of, 329 Opera house, the, 279, 330 Opera, Italian, introduced to Paris, 329 Orders, the reformed, 55 Oriflamme, the, its first use as royal standard, 58; its disappearance, 128 Orleans, Philip of, his regency, 227 Orme, Philibert de l’, 186
P Paine, Thomas, his votes for mercy, 259, 260 Paix, Rue de la, 316 Palais Cardinal, Théâtre du, its site, 325 Palais of the Cité rebuilt, 104; surrendered to Parlement, 121 Palais de Justice injured by fire, 240; booksellers at, 240, 241; Revolutionary tribunal at, 241 Palais Royal, 199, 200, 315; revolutionists at, 249; theatre of, 324 Palissy, Bernard, his grotto, 186 Panthéon, its vicissitudes, 238-240 Paraclete, the, 89 Paris, its geographical situation, 1, 2; its capture by the Romans, 4; the White City, 4; arms of, 9; Julian proclaimed emperor at, 10; siege of, by Childeric, 15; the market of the peoples, 34; siege of, by Normans, 37; a city of refuge, 46; under interdict, 57; growth of, under Louis VI., 59; under English rule, 135; in the fifteenth century, 145; crafts of, 146, 147; siege of, by Henry III. and Henry of Navarre, 177; siege of, by Henry IV., 179; under Richelieu, 196, 197; made an archbishopric, 202; Turenne and Condé fight for, 206; misery at, 217; under Louis XIV., 220; Louis XVI. and court returns to, 249; an armourer’s shop, 261; life at, during the Revolution, 269; school of, at Louvre, 309 Parisian women at Versailles, 249 Parisians, their chastisement by Charles VI., 123, 124; their fidelity to the revolutionary ideals, 273 Parisii, the, 3 Parlement, the, 104, 106; councillors of, hanged by the sections, 180; councillors arrested, 203; its public spirit, 203; its humiliation by Louis XIV., 206; suppression of, 233 Pascal, his statue, 300 Passion, confraternity of, 321 Passion plays, their success, 322 Paul III., Pope, his humane protest against persecution of Lutherans, 160 Pavia, defeat of, 154 Pepin of Heristal, 29; of Landen, 29; the Short, becomes king of France, 30 Père la Chaise, 206 Peronne, peace of, 141 Perrault, Claude, his design for the Louvre accepted, 221; his east façade, 222, 276 Perréal, 310 Petite Galerie, the, 173, 187 Petit Pont, the, 6; Place du, 284 Philip Augustus, his birth and accession, 61; his conquests, 62; pavement of, 63; wall of, 63-65; his wisdom, 65 Philip I., his depravity and adultery, 52, 53; his excommunication and death, 53, 54 Philip III., 103 Philip VI., 117 Philip le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, sides with the English, 130 Philip the Fair, 104; conflict with Boniface VIII., 106-108; destroys Templars, 110-115; his death, 115 Picpus, village of, 189 Pierre aux Bœufs, St., 60, 281 Pierre, St., des Fossés, 34 Pilon, Germain, 305 Place Royale, 187, 296, 297 Playing cards, revolutionary, 271 Poitiers, Diane de, 144, 162 Pol, St., Count of, executed at Paris, 141 Pompadour, Mme. de, her power, 231, 232 Pont au Change rebuilt, 189 Pont Marie, 201 Pont Neuf, 197, 284 Pont Notre Dame, 7 Pont Royal, 224 Portes Cochères, corps of, 204 Port Royal, destruction of, 218 Poussin, 311 Prés aux Clercs, the, 97 Primaticcio, 152, 153, 311 Primitifs, at Louvre, 308 Printing, introduction of, at Paris, 143; at the Louvre, 200 Provost of Merchants, 9; last of, 293 Provost of Paris, his hotel, 295 Public good, league of, 139
Q Quatre Nations, the, 95 Quinze-vingts, establishment of, at Paris, 74
R Radegonde, St., her piety, 25; nuns of, at Cambridge, 25 Raphael, 306 Ravaillac, assassin of Henry IV., his cruel torture, 185 Rectors, their power, 95, 98 Reformation, the, 164 Rembrandt, 307 Rémi, St., 13 Republic, the second, 274 Republic, the third, its patriotism, 274; architecture of, 278 Restoration, the, architecture of, 277 Retz, Cardinal de, 203; joins the insurrection, 204, 205 Revolutionary, Committee of the League, 180 Revolution, the, its triumph, 262; its results, 275; Place de la, 317 Revolutionists, their attitude towards England, 265 Richelieu, his rise to fame, 193, 194; his firmness, 194; his death, 195; second founder of Sorbonne, 200; his tomb at the Sorbonne, 200 Rigaud, 313 Robert the Pious, his excommunication, 48; his charity, 48; repudiates his queen, 47, 48; marries Constance of Aquitaine, 48 Robert the Strong, 37 Robespierre and the Terror, 246, 247; his feast of the Etre Suprème, 273; at chess, 333 Rochelle, la, capture of, 194 Roland, 270 Roland, Mme., 283 Rollo, 37, 43 Roman amphitheatre, the, 5 Roman aqueduct, the, 5 Roman Empire, exhaustion of, 12 Rosso, 152, 311 Rousseau, his impressions of Paris, 226; his journey from Paris to Lyons, 244 Rousseau, Théodore, 315 Royalty, abolition of, 258 Royale, place, 187, 296, 297 Rubens, 307 Ryswick, peace of, 215
S Sacre Cœur, church of, 240, 279 Sainte Chapelle, the, 69, 82, 83 Samaritaine, la, 198 Sarto, Andrea del, 152 Saxe, Marshall, his victories, 231 Scholars, their lack of discipline, 90; their festive meetings, 91; their depravity, 92; poor, at Paris, 92; defence of, by king, 97 Schoolman, the, 100 Sculpture, Greek, at Louvre, 305; mediæval and renaissance, at Louvre, 305 Sections, the, 176, 180; their defeat, 180 Sens, Archbishop of, and Templars, 112; his palace, 295 Serfdom, 49 Serfs, their condition, 49, 50 Séverin, St., church of, 284, 286 Sévigné, Mme. de, 297 Siegbert, marriage with Brunehaut, 21 Siéyès, Abbé, 269 Siger, at Paris, 100 Signs, old, at Paris, 303 Simon, St., Duke of, his memoirs, 210 Soissons, the vase of, 13 Sorbon, Robert of, founds the Sorbonne, 92 Sorbonne, introduction of painting at, 143; Greek lectureship at, 145; the new, 288 Soubise, Hôtel de, 297 Soufflot builds Panthéon, 238; mutilates west front of Notre Dame, 238 Staël, Mme. de, 270 States-General, establishment of, 104; convoked by Dauphin, 117; meet at the Louvre, 180; at the Hôtel de Bourbon, 192; at Versailles, 247 Stephen, St., church of, 31 Stephen III., Pope, at Paris, 30 Street names, revolutionary, 271 Streets, old, at Paris, 286, 299 Suger, Abbot, 58; builds new St. Denis, 79 Sully, Duke of, 182, 184; his enforced retirement, 192; Hôtel de, 295 Sully, Maurice de, builds cathedral of Notre Dame, 81 Sulpice, St., church of, 241, 242, 291 Surgery, school of, 290 Swiss Guards, their devotion and courage, 257
T Talleyrand, Bishop, 270 Talma, Julie, 270 Talma, 326 Tax farmers, their brutality, 245 Tennis-court oath, 248 Terror, the white, 247, note Terror, the, at Paris, 262 Theatre, the early, 323 Thermæ, the, 9, 10 Tiberius Cæsar, discovery of altar to, 9 Tiers Etat, at Notre Dame, 106; its humiliation, 192 Titian, 306 Trône, place du, 189 Troyes, treaty of, 130 Troyon, 315 Truce of God, 98 Tuileries, the, 186; secret flight of royal family from, 255; attack on, 257; palace and gardens of, 315, 316 Turenne, his defeat at Paris, 205, 206
U University, first use of term, 95 Ursins, Mme. des, her power in Spain, 216 Utrecht, peace of, 219
V Vaches, isle des, 6 Val de Grâce, church of, 223 Vallière, Mme. de la, 212 Van Dyck, 307 Vasari, his appreciation of Fra Angelico, 306 Vauban, his military science, 210; his estimate of the national resources, 215 Vendôme, Duke of, his depravity, 216 Vendôme, place and column of, 316 Venetian merchants at Paris, 34; their sympathy with Jeanne d’Arc, 133 Venise, Rue de, 299 Vergniaud, 260, 270 Veronese, 306 Versailles, château of, 212; cost of, 213, note; opera house, scene at, 248; the revolution at, 247 Victoires, Notre Dame des, 194, note Victor, St., prior of, stabbed, 57; abbey of, 60 Ville, the, 146, 147 Vinci, da, his Monna Lisa at Louvre, 306 Viollet le Duc, his love of Gothic, 278 Voltaire, his solvent wit, 269, 270 Volterra, Daniele da, his statue of Louis XIII., 187 Vosges, Place des, 187 Vouet, 311
W Wall, the Roman, 6 Watteau, his manner of painting, 313; works by, at Louvre, 313 Whistler, 290
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