Elizabeth Farnese, 142, 150.
Empire, 83, 106, 110, Chap. IV. _passim_;
election to, 127;
neutrality of, 143 n. 266.
"Encyclopédie," 163, 164, 165.
England, Dubois in, 32, 33;
influence in Portugal, 79;
Voltaire in, 87, 182;
d'Argenson's views on, 96, 98, 99, 167, n. 261;
Frederick's overtures to (1745), 113, 126, 127;
influence on France, 160, 161. Appendix C (A), Appendix D (E).
"Entresol" ("Club de l'"), 54-61, nn. 154, 366, 399.
"Esprit des Lois," 164, 165.
"Essai de l'Exercice du Tribunal Européen par la France seule,"
95-96.
Fénélon, 89.
Finance, 19, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 42, 157, 158, 167, 177, 187, 189,
190, 192, 193, 195, 200, nn. 417, 404.
Flanders, 104, 106, 117.
Flassan Memoir, 116-18, n. 312, Appendix A.
Fleury (Cardinal), 59, 60, 65, 74, 75;
d'Argenson and, 77-86, 152.
Fontenelle, 16, 17, 54, nn. 79, 419.
Fontenoy, 125.
France, under Fleury, 85, 86;
foreign policy, 97-99;
situation on death of Emperor, 107-10;
Austrian overtures to, 130, 131, 135;
from 1746 to 1756, 155-167;
plans for the government of, 173-210.
Francis I. (Emperor), 127.
Frankfort (Treaty of), 102.
Frederick the Great, 90, 91, 92, 101, 102, 103, 105, 109, 112-15,
119-20, 123-25, 126, 127, 130-36, 151, 152, nn. 281, 306,
376. Appendix C (E).
Friedbourg, 125, 152.
G---- (Mme. de), 44.
George II. (of England), 113, 126.
Germany, 98, 104, 107, 117.
Glatz, 133.
Grimaldi (Cardinal), 11.
Hanover, 126;
Convention of, 109, 127, 129, 130, 134, 135, 151.
"Histoire du Droit Public Ecclésiastique," 58, n. 399.
Holland, 30, 37, 57, 99, 100, 182.
Italy, 75, 99, 138-43.
Jansenists, 27, 31, 63, 163.
Jesuits, 25, 27, 31, 62, 163, 164, 165, 171, n. 79.
Journal (D'Argenson's), 37, 39, 50, 78, 83, 96, 155, 166, 167-70,
222;
references to, 223-25.
La Bruyère, 50.
Lambert (Mme. de), 40.
Law (John), 33, 34.
"Lettres de cachet," 15, 65, 164, 196-97.
"Lettres Persanes," 30, 55.
"Lits de Justice," 18, 19, 33, 65.
Lorraine, 73, 133, 152.
Louis XIV., 18, 26, 27, 28.
Louis XV., 43, 67, 83, 92;
at variance with d'Argenson, 103-7, 107-8, 120, 142, 144,
208, 210, n. 435. Appendix C D.
Luxembourg ("Academy" of the), 55.
Luynes (Duc de), 148.
Machault, 29.
Machault (Controller-General), 157.
Madeleine de Traisnel (Tresnel), 16, 19, n. 44.
Maillebois (Marshal de), 117, 119, 140, 141, 142.
Maillebois (Count de), 141.
Maintenon (Mme. de), 30.
Marais, 20, 31.
Maria Leczinska (Queen), 51.
Maria Theresa, 107, 108-9, 113, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 130,
131, 132, 134, 135, 151, 153.
Marine (The French), 85, 99.
Martin (M. "Histoire de France"), 177, 178, 179, n. 418.
Maurepas, 79, 85, 120, 132, 142, 144.
Mazarin (Cardinal), 11, 12, n. 4.
Méliand, 43, 47, 71.
Methuen Treaty, 79.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nov., 1744-Jan., 1745, 102-7;
Jan.-Dec., 1745, 107-37;
1746, 138-47; 147-53.
Mississippi Company, 31.
Molinists, 39, 76.
Montesquieu, 30, 161, 164.
Montgardin, 140.
Moussinot (Abbé), 90, n. 255.
Noailles (Marshal de), 93, 102, 120, 132, 142, 144, 146.
Orléans (Philippe d', Regent), 18, 19, 30, 31, 32, 34, 44, 45.
Orléans household, 45, 93, nn. 131, 217.
Parabère (Mme. de), 45.
Paris, 15, 34.
Parlement de Paris, 18, 28, 31, 32, 33, 63-5, 66, 157-60, n. 418.
Perrault, 54.
Philip V. (of Spain), 141, 142.
"Philosophes," 159-66.
Pico della Mirandola, 36.
Place Vendôme, 55, 61.
"Plans" (for the Government of France), 176-82, nn. 417 [1737 (1764)];
183-206 [1755 (1784)]; n. 418. Appendix B.
Plélo (Count de), 58, 59.
Poland, 98, 111, 145, (_see_ Augustus III.).
Pompadour (Mme. de), 132, 146, 147, 165, 209, nn. 371, 374.
Pontoise, 32.
Port Royal, 15.
Portugal (Embassy to), 73, 77, 79, 90, 91.
Prades (Abbé de), 164, n. 397.
Press (D'Argenson director of), 28, 30, 31.
Prie (Mme. de), 44, 45, 47.
Prussia, 150, 151, n. 376 (_see_ Frederick).
Pucelle (Abbé), 63.
Quincampoix (Rue), 18, 33.
Regency, 18, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 55, 59.
"Régie," 19.
Réveillon, 34, 35, 37, 61.
Richelieu (Cardinal), n. 4, 132, 152.
Robinson (Sir Thomas), 127.
Rousseau, 162, 163, 172, 182, 209, 210.
Ste. Beuve, 78, 167, 172, n. 1.
St. Louis, 11.
St. Pierre, 40, 41, 56, 58, 69, 89, 96, n. 419.
St. Simon, 17, 18, 19, 34, 169, n. 61.
Sardinia (Kingdom of), 138-43.
Saxe (Maurice de, Marshal), 117, 143, 145-47, n. 373.
Saxony, 98, 103, (_see_ Augustus III.).
Scherer (M. Edmond), 172, n. 1.
Segrez, 170, 171.
Sezanne, 50.
"Siècle de Louis XIV." (Voltaire), 89.
Silesia, 114, 117, 127, 132, 133, 134, 135, n. 314.
Sorbonne, 82, 164, 165, n. 399.
Spain, 75, 98, 99, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 147, 149.
Stanislas Leczinski, 73.
States-General, 159.
Sidney (Philip), 90.
"System" (The), 18, 31, 32, 33, 34, 55, n. 98.
Taille, 41, 62, 177.
"Télémaque," 89.
Tencin, 209.
Thomas à Kempis, 11.
"Tiers-Parti," 98.
"Tom Jones," 170.
Touraine, 11, 13, 16, 170, n. 131.
Turgot, 24, 203, 204.
Turin (Negotiation of), 138-43, 149, 150.
"Unigenitus" ("Constitution"), 30, 31, 62, 157.
Valenciennes, 34, 35, 45.
Valori (Marquis de), 100, 111, 113, 115, n. 299.
Van Hoey, 100, 101.
Vauban, 55.
Vaulgrenant, 133, 134.
Vendôme (Grand Prior), 27, 87.
Veni (Mme. du), 16, 20.
Venice, 12, n. 8.
Versailles, 209;
Treaty of (1756), 153, 167.
Vincennes, 162.
Vingtième, 157, 158.
Voltaire, 15, 22, 27, 73;
correspondence with, 87-92; 100, 162, 164, 179-180, 182, 183, 209,
nn. 242, 249, 255, 367, 420.
Walpole (Horace, ambassador), 57.
Warsaw (Treaty of), 110, 125.
Yvon (Abbé), 164.
Zevort (M. Edgar), 94-6, 136, 137, n. 312. Appendix A.
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