France Under Louis XV., Volume 1

James Breck Perkins

Houghton, Mifflin, 1899 - France

Contents

• THE CONDITION OF FRANCE: 1
• Decline in Religious Character: 4
• Adulation of the King: 8
• Expenses of the Government: 14
• Lack of Local Government: 20
• Nobility of the Court: 27
• Exemption from Taxation: 33
• Amount of Land held by them: 40
• Character of the Abbé Count of Clermont: 44
• THE MINISTRY OF THE DUKE OF BOURBON: 48
• Abdication of Philip V 540: 54
• Selection of Marie Leszczynski: 62
• Huguenots treated with more Leniency: 68
• Women confined at Aigues Mortes: 75
• Changes in the Currency: 82
• Character of his Administration: 88
• The Royal Corvée: 94
• CHAPTER IV: 112
• also elected King: 120
• Character of Charles Emmanuel III: 126
• Injurious Effect of Spanish Alliance: 135
• Condition of Spain: 142
• Conquest of Naples by Don Carlos 5: 150
• Cession of Lorraine: 156
• CHAPTER V: 164
• CHAPTER VI: 206
• CHAPTER VII: 267
• Treaties between France and Prussia: 272
• Conditions of Peace 157: 277
• Queen visits Metz: 285
• Death of Mme de Châteauroux: 299
• Career of Maurice de Saxe: 312
• Complaints of Frederick: 325
• CHAPTER VIII: 346
• Honors paid Maurice de Saxe: 353
• Condition of Austria: 359
• Conference at AixlaChapelle: 366
• Suggestions of Kaunitz: 372
• Results of the War: 378
• DUPLEIX: 379
• THE LOSS OF AN EASTERN EMPIRE: 431
• CHAPTER XI: 454
• Châteaux of Mme de Pompadour: 461
• Condition of France after the War: 467
• Improvement in their Condition 46: 481
• Quarrels over the Unigenitus: 496

Bibliographic information

• Title: France Under Louis XV., Volume 1; France Under Louis XV, James Breck Perkins
• Author: James Breck Perkins
• Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin, 1899
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jul 25, 2008