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CHAPTER XXII

THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV: ASPECTS OF ITS CIVILISATION (1610-1715 A.D.) 632

Foundation of the French Academy, 632. The patronage system, 633. Literary characteristics, 635. Science, 637. Poetry: Boileau, 640. Oratory: Bossuet, 641. The third period, 642. The drama; tragedy, 643. Corneille, 643. Racine, 644. Comedy, 645. Architecture, 647. Sculpture and painting, 648. Music and the opera, 650. Rapid decline of the age of Louis XIV, 651. A French view of the effect of the age, 651.

BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS 653

PART XVI

THE HISTORY OF FRANCE

BASED CHIEFLY UPON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES

A. ALISON, ALEXIS BELLOC, L. P. E. BIGNON, LOUIS BLANC, JULES CAILLET, J. B. R. CAPEFIGUE, THOMAS CARLYLE, FRANÇOIS R. CHÂTEAUBRIAND, ADOLPHE CHÉRUEL, JOHN WILSON CROKER, E. E. CROWE, C. DARESTE DE LA CHAVANNE, BRUGIÈRE DE BARANTE, A. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC, PHILIP DE COMMINES, JURIEN DE LA GRAVIÈRE, LE COMTE DE TOCQUEVILLE, JEHAN DE VAURIN, VICTOR DURUY, GABRIEL HENRI GAILLARD, FRANÇOIS GUIZOT, C. P. M. HAAS, ERNEST HAMEL, LUDWIG HÄUSSER, KARL HILLEBRAND, G. W. KITCHIN, LACRETELLE, A. LAMARTINE, T. LAVALLÉE, P. E. LEVASSEUR, J. MALLET-DUPAN, HENRI MARTIN, JULES MICHELET, F. A. MIGNET, MONSTRELET, C. PELLETAN, VICTOR PIERRE, JULES QUICHERAT, ALFRED RAMBAUD, J. E. ROBINET, DUC DE SAINT-SIMON, J. R. SEELEY, C. SEIGNOBOS, J. C. S. DE SISMONDI, ALBERT SOREL, H. M. STEPHENS, H. VON SYBEL, H. TAINE, M. TERNAUX, A. THIERS, F. AROUET DE VOLTAIRE

TOGETHER WITH AN ESSAY IN FOUR PARTS

THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL EVOLUTION OF FRANCE

ALFRED RAMBAUD

WITH ADDITIONAL CITATIONS FROM

J. AMBERT, MARQUIS D’ARGENSON, A. ARNETH AND M. A. GEFFROY, JULES BARNI, E. BERTIN, PAUL BONDOIS, A. BOUGÉART, M. N. BOUILLET, E. BOUTARIC, H. T. BUCKLE, T. BURETTE. F. CANONGE, HIPPOLYTE CASTILLE, H. CARNOT, SYMPHORIEN CHAMPIER, CHRONIQUE DE ST. DENIS, CONTINUATOR OF GUILLAUME DE NANGIS, OLIVIER D’ORMESSON, C. A. DAUBAN, A. DE BEAUCHAMP, G. AND M. DU BELLAY, MAXIMILIAN DE BÉTHUNE, DUC DE SULLY, ÉMILE DE BONNECHOSE, MARQUIS DE CHAMBRAY, MARQUIS DE FERRIÈRES, PIERRE DE L’ESTOILE, CHARLES MERCIER DE LACOMBE, BERNARD DE LACOMBE, FRANÇOIS DE LANOUE, LA BARONNE DE STAËL, DU FRESNE DE BEAUCOURT, H. FORNERON, C. A. FYFFE, BERNARD GERMAIN, ABBÉ GIRARD, HENRI GIRARD, SAINT-MARC GIRARDIN, HENRY HALLAM, HERMANN HETTNER, VICTOR HUGO, W. H. JERVIS, J. B. F. KOCH, H. LEBER, U. LEGEAY, G. H. LEWES, L. DE LOMÉNIE, O. DE LA MARCHE, SIR THOMAS ERSKINE MAY, MARQUIS OF NORMANBY, E. DE MÉZERAY, COUNT VON MOLTKE, WILHELM MÜLLER, DAVID MÜLLER, W. F. B. NAPIER, J. B. PAQUIER, JULIA PARDOE, A. RASTOUL, P. ROBIQUET, C. ROUSSET, ROSSEEUW ST. HILAIRE, D. SAUVAGE, MAURICE DE SAXE, EDMOND SCHÉRER, F. C. SCHLOSSER, SIR WALTER SCOTT, A. SORBIN, J. L. SOULAVIE, SAINT RENE-TAILLANDIER, EUGÈNE TÉNOT, J. E. TYLER, MAURICE WAHL, JAMES WHITE, E. F. WIMPFFEN, HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, R. T. WILSON

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