Pyrenees, the, settled to be the frontier between Rambouillet, Marquise de, her blue saloon, iii France and Spain, i. 247
Pyrenees, treaty of the, iii. 642
UADRUPLE Alliance of 1717, formed, iv.
Q151. Signed by the Emperor, 155. Signed
by Spain, 182. Again formed, v. 489, 500 Quarantaine le Roi, the ordinance of St. Louis so called, i. 225, 249
Quasdanowitsch, General, defeated by Buona- parte, v. 22
Quatre-Bras, battle of, v. 252 Quebec, capture of, iv. 274
Quenisset, attempts to assassinate the Orleans Princes, v. 550
Quentin, St., charter of the Countess of Ver- mandois granted to, i. 122. Meeting of the French and English armies at, without fight- ing, 404. Recovered by France, ii. 264. Seized by the Royalists, 298. March of Edward IV. to, 313. His reception there, 313. The town given by Louis XI. to the Duke of Burgundy, 316. Surrenders to Louis XI., 329. Besieged by Philibert Em- manuel and the Imperialists, 624. Defeat of the French at, 625, 626. The town taken by assault, 626. Recovered by treaty, 635 Quercy, insurrection of the, against the mode of raising taxes, iii. 459 Querouailles, Mademoiselle de (afterwards Duchess of Portsmouth), accompanies the Duchess of Orleans to England, iii. 674 Question, Eastern, its history, v. 489, et seq Quetineau, defeated by La Rochejacquelein, iv.
Quiberon, landing of emigré force at, iv. 674 Quietists, rise of the sect of, iv. 68 Quievrain, dispersion of a Huguenot force at, iii. 130
Quimperlé, taken by Louis of Spain, i. 415. Who is completely defeated by Sir W. Manny at, 415. Surrenders to De Clisson, who murders all the prisoners he takes there, 534. Olivier de Clisson besieged by the Earl of Cambridge in, 536. Capture of, saved by the truce of Bruges, 536
Quinet, release of, by the insurgents, iv. 680 Quintin, procureur of the Paris University, his oration at the meeting of the Estates, iii. 35 Quistello, engagement at, iv. 204
RAAB, battle of, 7. 165
Radbod, the Frison, his struggle with Pepin of Heristal, i. 13. His conversation with St. Willibrod, 17
Radstadt, peace of, iv. 119
Raffé, Colonel, killed in the Fieschi plot, v.
Railway, the first, in France, v. 523
Rambouillet purchased by Louis XVI., iv. 36′′ Granted to the Duc de Nemours, v. 509, 520, 524
Ramel, sent to the Temple, v. 36. Murdered at Toulouse, 265 Ramillies, battle of, iv. 95
Ramus, Peter, abetted and supported by Henry II., iii. 6. Murdered, 145 Randon, Chateauneuf de, besieged by Du Gues- clin, i. 550
Ranville, Guernon de, succeeds La Bourdon- naye, v. 382
Raoul, or Rodolph, Duke of Burgundy, marries Emma, sister of Duke Hugh, i. 54. Elected King of France, 54. Reasons for preferring him to Hugh, 55. His quarrel with Heribert of Vermandois, 55. His death, 56 Raoul, Duke of Lorraine, killed at Crecy, i.425 Rapinat, sent to Switzerland as police ministe v. 45
Rapp, General, his bravery at Austerlitz, v. 124 § Raspail, M., leader of Socialist insurrection, v. 621. Imprisoned in Vincennes, 622 Rastadt, peace negotiations at, v. 57. Murder of French deputies at, 58 Ratisbon, diet of, iii. 493, 494. Terms de manded by the diet, 495. Treaty concluded at, 495. Truce of, iv. 26 Raucourt, Mademoiselle de, refused rights of sepulture, v. 240
Raucoux, battle of, iv. 234 Ravaillac, his design, iii. 378.
Henry IV., 379, 380 Ravenna, the exarchate of, given by Pepin t Bref to the Pope, i. 21. Entrusted by t Pope to the Lombards, 21. The donation! the exarchate confirmed to the Pope b Charlemagne, 25. But the judicial author? and the fiscal rights of a temporal sovereig retained by him, 26. Seized by the Ves tians, 499
Ravenna, battle of, ii. 435 Ravenstein, his attack of the Turks in Metel
Ravez, assures the King of a Royalist majority, v. 380, 384
Raymond of St. Gilles, Count of Provence £% Toulouse, joins the First Crusade, i. 14 Efficiency of his army of Provençals, 1 His conduct at the siege of Antioch, le His invention of the legend of the is point which pierced the Saviour's side, l At the capture of Jerusalem, 111 Raymond VI., Count of Toulouse, refuses undertake to exterminate the Albigensia i. 175. Against whom a papal crusade proclaimed, 176 Raymond refused aid? his relative Philip Augustus, 176. His e deavours to make peace with Rome, I
Excommunicated, 180. At war with the papal party, 181. Repulses De Montfort before Toulouse, 181. Supported by Peter II., of Aragon, 183. All of them defeated at the battle of Muret, 183. Deprived of his possessions by a council, 183. A portion of them given to his son, 184. With his son raises the standard of war, 185. Drives out De Montfort, and regains his capital of Tou- louse, 185. Blockaded by De Montfort, 185. Who is killed, and the siege raised, 186. Be- sieged by Prince Louis (afterwards Louis VIII.), 186. Raymond's death, 186. His body refused burial by Pope Innocent IV.,
Raymond VII., Count of Toulouse, obtains a part of his deposed father's posses- sions, i. 184. Raises the standard of war with his father, 185. Who gains Toulouse, 186. Death of his father, 186. Besieged in Toulouse by Prince Louis (afterwards Louis VIII.), who fails to make any impression on its walls, 186. Compels Amaury de Mont- fort to abandon his claims, i. 197. Offers to submit to all just claims of Rome, 197. Ex- communicated by Honorius III., 199. Cam- paign of military prelates against him, 210, 211. His submission, 211. Appears in arms against Raymond Berenger of Pro- vence, 220. Determines to shake off his yoke, 224. Project of Raymond of Provence to marry his daughter to the Count of Tou- louse, 229. Fails to carry out the arrange- ment, 230. Promises St. Louis to accompany him to the Holy Land, 232. Fails to ob- tain burial for his father from Innocent IV., 233. Does not fulfil his vow to go to the Holy Land, 243. Witnesses the burning of his subjects for heresy, 243. His death, 243 Raymond Berenger, Count of Provence, gives his daughter Margaret in marriage to Louis IX., i. 216. Eleanor to Henry III. of Eng- land, 216. And Sancie to his brother Richard of Cornwall, 220. His project of marrying his daughter Beatrice to Raymond of Tou- louse, 229. His death, leaving Beatrice heiress of Provence, 230
Raymond Roger, Viscount of Beziers, advises the Count of Toulouse to defence against the papal crusaders, i. 177. His cities of Beziers and Carcassonne taken and the peo- ple murdered, 178. Overcome by treachery, 179. His imprisonment and death, 180 Layneval, M. dê, minister of foreign affairs, v.
Reason, Goddess of, her worship substituted for the national religion, iv. 635 Récamier, Madame, vies with Madame Stael in her parties, iv. 667
Recurs, M., home minister, v. 618 Reding, colonel of the Swiss Guards, killed by the mob, iv. 526
Red Republicans, display the Red Flag and Bonnet rouge on the Place de Bastille, v. 469. Their insurrection in July, 470, et seq. For a continued history of their proceedings, see Assembly; Convention; Directory; Napo- leon I. and III.; Louis XVIII.; Charles X.; Louis Philippe; Government, Provisional. Reform, proposition for electoral, v. 518. Call for, as a remedy for national distress, 579 Réforme party stir up the insurrection, v. 589 Reformation, commencement of the, ii. 511. Reuchlin and Erasmus, 512. Luther, 513. Condition of France in reference to the move- ment, 514. Formation of a tribunal in Paris for the trial and despatch of Lutherans, 516. Several put to death, 516, 518. Indignation of Francis I. in consequence, 518. Failure or success of the Reformation not due to princes, 570. Its progress in France in the middle of the sixteenth century, 636. Oppo- sition of Henry II., 639. Difference of the Protestant movement in France and Eng- land, as well as in the north and south of France, iii. 3
Regency of Louis, Duke of Anjou, ii. 5. Com- petitors for the regency after the death of Louis XIV., iv. 137
Regent, San, conspires against First Consul, v.
Reggio taken by Pope Julius II., ii. 437. Re- stored to the Duke of Ferrara, 456. At- tacked by Lescun, 472
Regnault, General, killed in the Workmen's insurrection, v. 629
Regnier, or Ragenerius, Count of Hainault, his opposition to the King, i. 62
Regnier, Count of Mons, dispossessed and exiled by Archbishop Bruno, i. 63. His son re- stored to Mons, 63
Regnier, defeat of, at Maida, v. 135 Religion, present and former views of, ii. 67, note. Decline of pure religious fanaticism in the reign of Henry III., iii. 190. Reli- gious controversy at the commencement of the seventeenth century, 394. Condition of re- ligion at the close of the seventeenth century, iv. 66-69. And in the time of Louis XIV., 209. Measures of the Convention against Religion and Religious Worship, 634 Religious controversies, character of, i. 99 Remi, St., Archbishop of Rheims, congratulates Clovis on his victory over the Romans, i. 4. Claims the vase of Soissons, 4. Converts and baptizes Clovis, 4, 5
Remi, Pierre, tortured and hanged by Philip VI., i. 390
Rémusat, M., home minister, v. 525 Renaissance, school and era of the, ii. 509 Renaud, Count of Boulogne, destroys Philip Augustus's fleet at Dam, i. 188. Defeated and made prisoner at Bovines, 190. Impri- soned in the dungeons of the Louvre, 191 Renaudie, De la, iii. 18. Summons the Pro- testants to Nantes, 18. Plans the conspiracy of Amboise, 19. Slain, 20, 21 René I., d'Anjou (King of Sicily and Jerusalem), Lorraine and Bar bequeathed to, ii. 185. Defeated at Brenneville by the rival claimant, the Count of Vaudremont, 186. His daughter Margaret married to Henry VI. of England, 215. Anjou and Maine ceded to him in con- sequence, 215. Sum paid to him by Metz, 221. Urges the King of France to turn his arms against the Duke of Burgundy, 222. His death, and his territories confiscated, 342 René II., Duke of Lorraine, arrested by Duke Charles of Burgundy, ii. 305. Terms of his freedom, 306. Turns against the Duke of Burgundy during the siege of Neutz, 316. Burgundy's vengeance, 316, 317. Joins the Swiss at Morat, where the Duke of Burgundy is defeated, 322. Enters his duchy of Lor- raine, and occupies Nancy, 323. Leaves it for Switzerland, whence he returns with an army of Swiss, 323, 324. And defeats Duke Charles, who is killed, 324. His territory of Provence taken from him by Louis XI., 342. Raised up by Anne of Beaujeu as a rival to the Duke of Orleans, 363. Obtains the duchy of Bar, and admitted to the royal council, 363. Joins the league for restoring the au- thority of the Estates, 366
René, Count of Nassau, sent by Charles V. to Francis I., ii. 532. His proposals, 533 Renée, daughter of Louis XII., betrothed to Charles (afterwards Emperor Charles V.), ii. 451. Proposal to marry her to the son of the Marquis of Brandenburg, 464. Married to the Duke of Ferrara, 517. Invites Calvin to Ferrara, 535, note
Rennes, taken by John of Montfort, i. 412. Besieged by Charles of Blois, and capitulates, 413. Opens its gates to the French, 532. Endeavours of Charles V. to induce it to submit to him, 547
Rente, or loans, forced issue of, iii. 567 Réole, taken by the English, i. 420 Republic, the First, its history, iv. 466, et seq. Republic, the Second, its history, v. 601, et seq. Republican Parties (Red and Moderate) oppose Louis Philippe and his government, v. 579, 580. Disagreements between the leaders, 580. Yet all agree in denouncing the King, 580. Their banquets prohibited, 583. Expected émeute of, and De Morny's endeavours to pre-
serve peace, 584. None of the leaders counsel an émeute, 585. Commencement of the Revo- lution of February, 1848, 586. Progress of the insurrection, 587, et seq. Reject the re- gency, and create a provisional government, 595, 596. Form a second republic, 597, et seq. Views and aims of the Socialists and Terrorists, 608, et seq. Opposed by Lamar- tine, 610. Seek to expel the Moderates, 613. Fail in their efforts to coerce the Government, 615. The New Assembly, its constitution. government, &c., 317, et seq. Propose to re- volutionise other nations, 619. Contest of parties, 620. New Assembly dissolved, but re-established by the Garde Mobile, 620-622. Insurrection of the Ateliers, 625-630. In- crease of the Socialists, and their influence, 631. Another insurrection of, put down by Louis Napoleon, 662, et seq. Breaking of these parties, see Red Republicans; Mou- tain; Convention; Directory; Gironde; Na- poleon III.
Republicans, Red, see Republican parties Republicanism, Moderate, extinguished by Louis Napoleon, v. 638
Resnel, Marquis of, murdered, iii. 142 Retz, De, follower of Catherine de Medicis, ad- vises the King as to the Huguenots, iii. 138 Retz, Cardinal de, becomes confessor to Lous XIII., iii. 433. His character and abilities, 587. Compared with Richelieu and Mazarin, 587. Threatened by the Queen, 588. His popularity, 588. The chief mover in th revolt in Paris in 1649, 592. His opinions re specting constitutional government, 593, 59 His rivalry of Mazarin, 603. His influe over the Duke of Orleans, whom he drive into opposition against Mazarin, 603, 64 Offered by the Queen-regent the place prime minister, 609. Proposes to slay Cende 609. Scene between him and the Prince in the Palace of Justice, 610. Attempt of I Rochefoucauld to murder him, 611. Obtain a cardinal's hat, 618. Escapes from assassi ation numbers of times, 618. Dreaded as a rival by Mazarin, 632. Arrested, 632, 534 His memoirs, 633. Resigns the archbishop of Paris, and escapes to Rome, 633. Es subsequent life, 633
Reuchlin, his learning and works, ii. 512. Ex- pelled from Cologne, 512. His Oct
Speculi' condemned by the University, 5:3 Reunion, Edict of, iii. 205 Reutlingen, treatment of, by Ulrich of Wa tumberg, ii. 465
Reveillère, La, one of the five directors, v. His character, 5, 6. Opposes Buonaparte his Roman policy, 34. Establishes sect Theo-Philanthropists, 35. Is estranged in Carnot, 35
Reveillon, plunder of his factory, iv. 412
Revenue, fines as a source of, in the twelfth century, i. 121. Revenue becomes the great source of government power, ii. 215. Mode of raising the revenue in the time of St. Louis, 260. Contrasted with that of the Kings of England, 260. The revenue of France at the accession of Francis I., 495. The account of revenue and expenditure in 1484, 360. In the time of Francis I., 572. Of Charles V. at the same period, 572, note. Arrears and exorbitance of public expendi- ture at the commencement of the reign of Charles IX., iii. 36. Formation of the Council of Reason, 328. Condition of the finances at the early part of the seventeenth century, 404. Richelieu's fiscal system, 448, 449. Condition of the finances in 1626, 468. Richelieu's mode of dealing with finance, 470. State of the finances on the death of Louis XIII., 562. Their condition in 1654, 635. Burdens upon the revenue in the time of Louis XIV., 656. The revenue and ex- penditure of 1672 and 1679, iv. 52, 53. And in 1696, 57. Revenue and expenditure at the commencement of the eighteenth century, 85. Revenue and expenditure at the con- clusion of the war of the Succession, 121. State of the revenue and expenditure at, in 1713-1719, 156, 157. Amount of the public debt at this time, 158, note. The revenue and expenditure in 1748, 249. State of the finances in 1769, 320. The French mode of drawing up financial accounts, 361 Revenues of Charlemagne, i. 26 Revolution of 1789, connection between it and the laws of 1685, iv. 21. The forerunners and promoters of the, 292, 293, 329. How far its course is attributable to fate, 333. Bread riots in the capital, 346. Effects of the assistance given by France to the Ameri- cans in promoting the Revolution, 355. As- sembly of the Notables, the first actual step towards the Revolution, 381-383. The States General demanded by the Parliament, 390. Which is exiled to Troyes, 391. But recalled, 392. The royal sitting of Parlia- ment, 395. Disturbances of the capital, 396, 397. Revolutionary measures of the people of Dauphiné, 401. Crowding of pro- vincial vagabonds into the capital, 403. The Abbé Sièyes' question, 407. A social revo- Jution that most aimed at in 1789, 409. The first act of revolution, 412. Resistance of the people to the troops, which are withdrawn, 424. Formation of the National Guard, 424. State of the provinces, 430. The royal power annihilated, 445. Legislative acts of the constituent assembly, 450. The flight to Varennes, 458. The executive power declared by the National Assembly to be in their own hands, 459. The Feuillants and Jacobins,
461. Dissolution of the National Assembly, 465
Revolution of Paris, time of Charles X., v. 393, et seq.
Revolution of the 22nd of February, 1848, its history and progress, v. 578, et seq. Revolutionary tribunal, establishment of the, iv. 566, 567. Reorganised, 649. See As- sembly; Convention; Girondists; Mountain Révue retrospective, publication of the, v. 615 Rewbell, one of the five directors, v. 5. His character, 6
Rhé, island of, devastated by the English, i. 308. Forts against the Rochellois erected in the, 471. Expedition of the Duke of Buckingham to the, 474
Rhethel, defeat of Turenne at, iii. 603 Rheims, cathedral of, ravaged by the Normans, i. 50. Enmity of the Carlovingian princes to Adalbero, archbishop of, 67. Power and wealth of the church of, 77. Betrayed by its archbishop, 78. Denunciations of the Papacy uttered at the council of, 79, 81. Claim of Rheims to crown the French mo- narchs, 92. The church of Rheims defended by Louis the Fat against the Count of Rousi, 114. Coronation of St. Louis at, 206. Council at, summoned by Calixtus II., 124. Treaty of Wartzburg concluded at, 124. The Emperor Henry V. excommuni- cated at, 125. Rendezvous of the national army of Louis the Fat at, 126. Commer- cial rights assumed by the citizens approved of by Louis VII., 132. Coronation of Philip Augustus at, 148. His answer to the clergy of, 154. Coronation of John II. at, 447. Coronation of Charles VI. at, ii. 7, 8. Tri- umphant march of Charles VII. and Jean d'Arc to, 169, 170. Where he is crowned, 170. Coronation of Louis XI. in, 252. Rebellion in the town against the taxes, 256. Punish- ment of the insurgents, 256
Rheinfelt, battle of, iii. 515 Rhine, Richelieu's views as to the extension of the boundaries of France to the, iii. 505, 511. The left bank of the, claimed and occupied by Louis XIV., iv. 33. All French conquests on the left bank given up by the French, 62 Rhine, League of the, formed, iii. 640 Rhine, Confederation of the, v. 126 Rhodes conquered and occupied by the Knights Hospitallers, i. 350, 351
Rhue, St., the nouvel apôtre, his atrocities in the Vivarais, iv. 16. Defeated at the battle of Agrim, iv. 41
Riberpré killed by Maréchal d'Ancre, iii. 411 Rich, War to the,' iv. 159
Richard I. of England, when prince, does ho- mage to Louis VII: for Aquitaine, i. 146. His government of Aquitaine, 155. Becomes heir-apparent, 155. Besieged by Philip Au-
gustus in Chateauroux, 155. Assumes the Cross, 156. Makes an onslaught upon Toulouse, 156. Makes war on his father, 156. Causes of the war, 156. Takes Le Mans, 157. Besieges his father in Tours, 157. Terms imposed upon his father, 157. Richard's departure for the Holy Land, 158. Takes Messina by storm, 158, 159. Mar- ries Berengaria of Navarre, 159. His ar- rangement with Philip Augustus, 159. Cap- tures Acre from Saladin, 159. Whom he de- feats at Jaffa, 160. Imprisoned by the Duke of Austria and the Emperor of Germany, 160. Ransomed by Queen Eleanor, 160. Takes vengeance on Philip and his brother John, 160. Events of the war between the two monarchs, 161. Captures the military Bishop of Beauvais, 161. Creates Otho of Saxony Duke of Aquitaine and Poitou, 162. Embraces Otho's pretensions to the Empire, 162. Richard's death, 162
Richard III., King of England, got rid of as an enemy of France, ii. 363. Defeated by the Earl of Richmond, 364
Richard, Duke of Normandy, the guardianship of, claimed by King Louis d'Outremer, i. 58. Carried off by Osmond, 58. Given up to the Normans, 59. Marries a sister of Hugh Capet, 61
Richard II., Duke of Normandy, his power and action, i. 87
Richard III., Duke of Normandy, his ascend- ancy in France, i. 87
Richard, Duke of Cornwall, goes to the Holy Land, i. 219. Ransoms Amaury de Mont- fort, 219. Marries Sancie of Provence, 220. Accompanies Henry III. to France, 223. Obtains a truce from Louis IX., 223. De- mands the restoration of Normandy from St. Louis, 232. Elected Emperor of Ger- many, 246. Accompanies his nephew, Prince Edward, to France, 257. His son Henry killed at Viterbo, 278
Richelieu, Plessis de, grandfather of the Car- dinal, iii. 27. Commands the royal guard of Francis II., 27. His character, 28 Richelieu, Armand Duplessis de, Bishop of Luçon (afterwards Cardinal), his speech in the Estates on behalf of the clergy, iii. 405. Account of him, 405, 406. His address, 406. Becomes secrétaire des commandemens and almoner to Queen Anne of Austria, 409. Sent on a mission to the Prince of Condé, 410. Appointed secretary of state, 413. Accom- panies the Queen to Blois, 416. Establishes the Conseil d'en haut, 419. Exiled to Avig- non, 421. Returns to the Queen at Angou- lême, 423. Brings about an accord between her and the court, 423. Advises a discon- tinuance of the war with the Huguenots, 433. Introduced to the council by La Vieu-
ville, 442. Commencement of his power, 443. Its nature at first, 443, 444. His despotic and secular tendencies, 445. His friend, I Tremblay (afterwards Père Joseph), 446. Supports a matrimonial alliance between France and England, 447. Arranges a treaty between France and England for aiding the Dutch, 447. His active measures, 448. Causes the imprisonment of La Vieuville, 448. And becomes sole minister, 448. Hi fiscal system, 448, 449. His foreign policy, 449. Sends an army to the Valteline, 450, 451. Conclusion of the treaty with Eng- land, 451. Richelieu's tortuous policy, 452. Backs out of his engagement with Mansfelt, 452. Consequences of his breach of pro- mise, 453. Lays the blame of the failure of the Italian expedition to the Huguenots 454. Sends private promises to the Huge nots, 462. The Valteline given up in spe of him, 463. Conspiracy to assassinate him. 465. Adopts the King's public policy, 467 His scheme of naval supremacy, 468. His mode of dealing with finance, 470. His pr 辈 hibition of duelling, 471. His dyke at La Rochelle, 476. Sends an envoy to Gustave Adolphus, 476. His determination to tak La Rochelle, 477, 478. Which surrenders to him, 479. Marches with the King in Italy, 480, 481. Turn their arms agains the Huguenots, 481. Arranges a treaty peace with the Huguenots, 483. The only system of government he could imagin 485. The Queen-mother's open hostility! him, 487. His aims, 487. And intenta of humbling the house of Austria, 487, 45% Cardinal Berulle pitted against him, 45 Subsidises Gustavus Adolphus, 489. clared prime minister and lieutenant-g ral, 490. Marches into Italy, 490. T laid for him, 491. Takes Pignerol, 4: His stormy interview with Mazarin, 41 Who brings about peace, 492. Endeavou of the Queen-mother to ruin Richelieu in th King's estimation, 497. Scene in the Queen apartments, 499. Richelieu dismissed by the King, 499. Who restores him to power same day, 500. Induces the King to get "- of the Queen-mother and his brother. th Duke of Orleans, 501. Richelieu's decis ration respecting the affair, 502. Cruce both the noblesse and the Estates of provinces, 502, 503. His subsidies to G tavus Adolphus and the Duke of Bavar. 505, note. Advances eastward towards Rhine, 505. And invades Lorraine, & His views as to carrying the boundary France to the Rhine, 506. Revolt of provinces of the south, 506. Richelieu p cures the condemnation and execution Maréchal Marillac, 507. His reasons
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