The Cambridge Modern History

1904

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CHAPTER I	1

Locke and his influence	7

Practical proposals of reform Criminal procedure	13

The constitution of England and the separation of powers	19

War declared State of France and of Paris Potion Mayor of Paris 225	22

The Corn Laws Turgot Necker	25

The lawgiver The ideal State	31

CHAPTER III	66

CHAPTER XV	447

PAGE	449

Enlistment and treatment of the seamen	453

Hotham in the Mediterranean	459

War in the North State of the French navy	465

Cornwallis and Villaret	471

Mutiny at Spithead	477

Minor mutinies and discontent	482

Collection of revenue Farming of taxes	71

The defects of French finance	77

Turgot as ControllerGeneral	83

Necker Finance Minister	89

Joly de Fleury Projects of the Parlements	95

Loan from the Caisse dEscompte The Notables summoned Composi	101

Frederick William and Holland The Parlement returns to Paris	107

The clergy and taxation The meeting of Vizille	113

CHAPTER V	119

The franchise in the several Estates	125

Contents	126

The several Estates in Paris	131

The political reforms demanded	137

Feudal and manorial rights The militia	143

CHAPTER VI	145

Aims of Mirabeau His Journals	151

The Assembly holds to its resolutions	157

Necker ordered to leave the kingdom Riots	163

Position of the Assembly	169

Position of Mirabeau	175

CHAPTER VIII	211

San Domingo Avignon	217

The Feuillants replaced by Brissotins	223

The Brissotins dismissed Dumouriez in power	227

Flight of Lafayette Maximilien Robespierre	239

CHAPTER IX	245

The Garde Departementale The Camp	251

The decrees of November 19 and December 15	257

The formation of a Central Committee	263

The first Committee of Public Safety	269

CHAPTER X	276

Sir James Harris recommendation The Furstenbund	282

Alliance of England Holland and Prussia	288

The Russian Armament	294

The decree of November 19	300

The outbreak of war	306

Aggressive schemes of Joseph II	312

Josephs measures The Church Edicts on Government	318

The Triple Alliance of 1788	324

Prussia Danzig and Thorn Hertzbergs schemes	330

Peace between Sweden and Russia	336

CHAPTER XIII	372

Reconstruction of parties Extremists Thermidorians Moderates	378

The Girondins recalled Jacobin agitation	384

The White Terror	387

The Constitution of the Year III	393

The question of Alsace 308	400

Ministers of War Condition of the army	407

The Army of the Rhine Custine	413

Invasion of Holland Austrian movements	420

Carnot and Prieur of the C6te dOr 120	427

Supply Strategy Tactics	433

The elections to the Corps Legislatif	488

Bribery The Corps Legislatif	494

Legislation against the clergy	500

The elections of the Year V Barthdlemy elected as Director in place	506

The deportations Removal of magistrates	512

CHAPTER XVII	521

CHAPTER XVIII	553

Great Britain Pitts desire for peace	559

The Austrian and the Sardinian plans	565

The plunder of the Milanese	571

Comparison of Maillebois campaign	577

Preliminaries of Leoben Motives	583

The Cisalpine Republic	589

Bonaparte and the East	595

Advance towards Cairo	601

Decadis and Republican festivals	614

Accession of Sieyes to the Directory	620

Nelson appears and instantly attacks	626

Their treatment Nelsons action	632

Meeting of French troops in Rome	638

Resistance of Switzerland	640

Alliance of Russia and Turkey	646

Ferdinand occupies Rome is defeated and takes to flight	652

Nelson and the Neapolitan rebels	658

Causes of the failure	664

The Law of Hostages	670

Proposal to transfer the Councils to SaintCloud	676

The Councils at SaintCloud	682

CHAPTER XXIII	689

Report of the Finance Committee	695

Blunders of the Constituent Assembly	701

National receipts Contributions of conquered countries	707

The Law of Land Tenure	713

La directe Its history	719

Copyright Patents	725

Succession among roturiers The clergy	731

Age for marriage Divorce	737

Secret criminal procedure	743

The jury system Penalties	749

England and the French Revolution	755

The trials for High Treason in England	761

General Bibliography 7913	791

The Government of France 799800	799

National Convention the Terror Thermi	805

The General War 81820	818

The Directory 8279	828

the Egyptian Expedition 8346	834

Brumaire 8401	840

Chronological Table of Leading Events 8518	851

Index 85975	859

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Common terms and phrases

administration alliance army Austria authority bailliages Bailly became Bishop body Brienne Brissotins cahiers Calonne Church citizens civil clergy Club Committee Commune Comte Constitution of 1791 Convention Council Court Crown Danton debate declared decree demanded deputies desired disorder districts Dumouriez elections electors England English executive favour feudal Feuillants finances force France freedom French Gironde Girondins influence insurrection Jacobin Club Jacobins justice King King's labour Lafayette Legislative legislature lettres de cachet livres Louis Louis XVI majority Malouet manorial Marquis de Mirabeau Ministers Ministry Mirabeau monarchy Montesquieu Mounier municipal National Assembly National Guard Necker nobles officers organisation Paris parish Parlement party peasants persons Physiocrats political popular principles privileges proposed Provinces Prussia reforms representatives resistance revenue Revolution Robespierre Rousseau royal Sieyes sovereign suppression taxes Third Estate three Estates took towns treaty troops Turgot Versailles veto vote wished

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Published	1904

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