CHAPTER VIII

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THE REFORMATION IN PARIS.

D’Étaples, the Pioneer of the Reformation--Nicolas Cop and Calvin--Progress of the Reformation--Persecutions--Catharine de Médicis--St. Bartholomew’s--The Edict of Nantes.....36

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THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS AND THE COLLEGE OF FRANCE.

The French Educational System--Lycées and Collèges--The University of Paris--The College of France.....44

## CHAPTER X .

THE SORBONNE.

Robert de Sorbonne--The Sorbonne, its Origin and History--Richelieu--The Revolution--The New Sorbonne--Mercier’s Views.....49

## CHAPTER XI .

THE INSTITUTE.

The Institute--Its Unique Character--The Objects of its Projectors--Its Constitution.....53

## CHAPTER XII .

THE ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE.

The Académie Française--Its Foundation by Richelieu--Its Constitution--The “Forty-first Chair”.....55

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