[ THE ANCIENT REGIME
] [
INTRODUCTION ] [
PREFACE: ] [
PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR: ON POLITICAL IGNORANCE AND WISDOM. ] [ BOOK FIRST. THE
STRUCTURE OF THE ANCIENT SOCIETY. ] [ CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN
OF PRIVILEGES. ]
[ I. Services and
Recompenses of the Clergy. ] [ II. Services and
Recompenses of the Nobles. ] [ III. Services and
Recompenses of the King. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE
PRIVILEGED CLASSES. ]
[ I. Number of the
Privileged Classes. ] [ II. Their
Possessions, Capital, and Revenue. ] [ III. Their
Immunities. ] [ IV. Their Feudal
Rights. ] [
V. They may be justified by local and general services. ]
[ CHAPTER III.
LOCAL SERVICES DUE BY THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES. ]
[ I. Examples in
Germany and England. ] [ II. Resident
Seigniors. ] [ III. Absentee
Seigniors. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. PUBLIC
SERVICES DUE BY THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES. ]
[ I. England
compared to France. ] [ II. The Clergy ] [ III. Influence
of the Nobles.. ] [ IV. Isolation of
the Chiefs ] [ V. The King's
Incompetence and Generosity. ] [ VI. Latent
Disorganization in France. ]
[ BOOK SECOND.
MORALS AND CHARACTERS. ] [ CHAPTER I. MORAL
PRINCIPLES UNDER THE ANCIENT REGIME. ]
[ The Court and a
life of pomp and parade. ] [ I. Versailles. ] [ The Physical
aspect and the moral character of Versailles. ] [ II. The King's
Household. ] [ III. The King's
Associates. ] [ IV. Everyday Life
In Court. ] [ V. Royal
Distractions. ] [ VI. Upper Class
Distractions. ] [ VII. Provincial
Nobility. ]
[ CHAPTER II. DRAWING
ROOM LIFE. ]
[ I. Perfect only
in France ] [ II. Social Life Has
Priority. ] [ III. Universal
Pleasure Seeking. ] [ IV. Enjoyment. ] [ V. Happiness.
] [ VI.
Gaiety. ] [
VII. Theater, Parade And Extravagance. ]
[ CHAPTER III.
DISADVANTAGES OF THIS DRAWING ROOM LIFE. ]
[ I. Its
Barrenness and Artificiality ] [ II. Return To
Nature And Sentiment. ] [ III. Personality
Defects. ]
[ BOOK THIRD. THE
SPIRIT AND THE DOCTRINE. ] [ CHAPTER I. SCIENTIFIC
ACQUISITION. ]
[ I. Scientific
Progress. ] [ II. Science
Detached From Theology. ] [ III. The
Transformation Of History. ] [ IV. The New
Psychology. ] [ V. The Analytical
Method. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE
CLASSIC SPIRIT, THE SECOND ELEMENT. ]
[ I. Through
Colored Glasses. ] [ II. Its Original
Deficiency. ] [ III. The
Mathematical Method. ]
[ CHAPTER III.
COMBINATION OF THE TWO ELEMENTS. ]
[ I. Birth Of A
Doctrine, A Revelation. ] [ II. Ancestral
Tradition And Culture. ] [ III. Reason At War
With Illusion. ] [ IV. Casting Out The
Residue Of Truth And Justice. ] [ V. The Dream Of A
Return To Nature. ] [ VI. The Abolition
Of Society. Rousseau. ] [ VII: The Lost
Children. ]
[ CHAPTER IV.
ORGANIZING THE FUTURE SOCIETY. ]
[ I. Liberty,
Equality And Sovereignty Of The People. ] [ II. Naive
Convictions ] [ III. Our True Human
Nature. ] [
IV. Birth Of Socialist Theory, Its Two Sides. ] [ V. Social Contract,
Summary. ]
[ BOOK FOURTH.
THE PROPAGATION OF THE DOCTRINE. ] [ CHAPTER I.—SUCCESS
OF THIS PHILOSOPHY IN FRANCE. ]
[ I. The
Propagating Organ, Eloquence. ] [ II. Its Method.
] [ III.
Its Popularity. ] [ IV. The Masters.
]
[ CHAPTER II. THE
FRENCH PUBLIC. ]
[ I. The Nobility.
] [ II.
Conditions In France. ] [ III. French
Indolence. ] [ IV. Unbelief. ] [ V. Political
Opposition. ] [ VI. Well-Meaning
Government. ]
[ CHAPTER III. THE
MIDDLE CLASS. ]
[ I. The Past.
] [ II.
CHANGE IN THE CONDITION OF THE BOURGEOIS. ] [ III. Social
Promotion. ] [ IV. Rousseau's
Philosophy Spreads And Takes HOLD. ] [ V. Revolutionary
Passions. ] [ VI. Summary ]
[ BOOK FIFTH. THE
PEOPLE ]
[ CHAPTER I.
HARDSHIPS. ] [ I. Privations. ] [ II. The
Peasants. ] [ III. The
Countryside. ] [ IV. The Peasant
Becomes Landowner. ]
[ CHAPTER II.
TAXATION THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE OF MISERY. ]
[ I. Extortion.
] [ II.
Local Conditions. ] [ III. The Common
Laborer. ] [
IV. Collections And Seizures.—Observe the system actually at
work. ] [
V. Indirect Taxes. ] [ VI. Burdens And
Exemptions. ] [ VII. Municipal
Taxation. ] [ VIII. Complaints In
The Registers. ]
[ CHAPTER III.
INTELLECTUAL STATE OF THE PEOPLE. ]
[ I. Intellectual
incapacity ] [ II. Political
incapacity ] [ III. Destructive
impulses ] [
IV. Insurrectionary leaders and recruits ]
[ CHAPTER IV. THE
ARMED FORCES. ]
[ I. Military
force declines ] [ II. The social
organization is dissolved ] [ III. Direction of
the current ]
[ CHAPTER V. SUMMARY.
]
[ I. Suicide of
the Ancient Regime. ] [ II. Aspirations for
the 'Great Revolution.' ]
[ END OF VOLUME ]
[ THE FRENCH REVOLUTION,
VOLUME 1. ] [ PREFACE ] [ BOOK FIRST.
SPONTANEOUS ANARCHY. ] [ CHAPTER I. THE
BEGINNINGS OF ANARCHY. ]
[ I. Dearth the
first cause. ] [ II. Expectations
the second cause ] [ III. The provinces
during the first six months of 1789 ] [ IV. Intervention of
ruffians and vagabonds. ] [ V. Effect on the
Population of the New Ideas. ] [ VI. The first
jacquerie in Province ]
[ CHAPTER II. PARIS
UP TO THE 14TH OF JULY. ]
[ I. Mob recruits
in the vicinity ] [ II. The Press. ] [ III. The
Réveillon affair. ] [ IV. The
Palais-Royal. ] [ V. Popular mobs
become a political force. ] [ VI. July 13th and
14th 1789. ] [ VII. Murders of
Foulon and Berthier. ] [ VIII. Paris in the
hands of the people. ]
[ CHAPTER III. ]
[ I. Anarchy from
July 14th to October 6th, 1789 ] [ II. The provinces
] [ III.
Public feeling. Famine ] [ IV. Panic. ] [ V. Attacks on
public individuals and public property. ] [ VI. Taxes are no
longer paid. ] [ VII. Attack upon
private individuals and private property. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. PARIS.
]
[ I. Paris. ] [ II. The distress
of the people. ] [ III. The new
popular leaders. ] [ IV. Intervention by
the popular leaders with the Government. ] [ V. The 5th and 6th
of October. ] [ VI. The Government
and the nation in the hands of the revolutionary party. ]
[ BOOK SECOND.
THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, AND THE RESULT OF ITS LABORS. ] [ CHAPTER I.
CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR THE FRAMING OF GOOD LAWS. ]
[ I. These
conditions absent in the Assembly ] [ II. Inadequacy of
its information. ] [ III. The Power Of
Simple, General Ideas. ] [ IV. Refusal to
supply the ministry ]
[ CHAPTER II.
DESTRUCTION. ]
[ I. Two principal
vices of the ancient régime. ] [ II Nature of
societies, and the principle of enduring constitutions. ] [ III. The estates
of a society. ] [ IV. Abuse and
lukewarmness in 1789 in the ecclesiastical bodies. ]
[ CHAPTER III. THE
CONSTRUCTIONS THE CONSTITUTION OF 1791. ]
[ I. Powers of the
Central Government. ] [ II. The Creation Of
Popular Democracy. ] [ III. Municipal
Kingdoms. ] [ IV. On Universal
Suffrage. ] [ V. The Ruling
Minority. ] [ VI. Summary of the
work of the Constituent Assembly. ]
[ BOOK THIRD. THE
APPLICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. ] [ CHAPTER I. ]
[ I. The
Federations. ] [ II. Independence of
the municipalities. ] [ III. Independent
Assemblies. ]
[ CHAPTER II.
SOVEREIGNTY OF UNRESTRAINED PASSIONS. ]
[ I. Old Religious
Grudges ] [
II. Passion Supreme. ] [ III. Egotism of the
tax-payer. ] [ IV. Cupidity of
tenants. ]
[ CHAPTER III.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE RULING PASSION ]
[ I. Attitude of
the nobles. Their moderate resistance. ] [ II. Workings of the
popular imagination with respect to them. ] [ III. Domiciliary
visits. ] [
IV. The nobles obliged to leave the rural districts. ] [ V. Persecutions in
private life. ] [ VI. Conduct of
officers. ] [ VI. Conduct of the
officers. ] [ VII. Emigration and
its causes. ] [ VIII. Attitude of
the non-juring priests. ] [ IX. General state
of opinion. ]
[ THE FRENCH REVOLUTION,
VOLUME 2. ] [ PREFACE: ] [ BOOK FIRST. THE
JACOBINS. ] [ CHAPTER I. THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW POLITICAL ORGAN. ]
[ I. Principle of
the revolutionary party. ] [ II. The Jacobins.
] [ III.
Psychology of the Jacobin. ] [ IV. What the theory
promises. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE
JACOBINS ]
[ I. Formation of
the party. ] [ II. Spontaneous
associations after July 14, 1789. ] [ III. How they view
the liberty of the press. ] [ IV. Their
rallying-points. ] [ V. Small number of
Jacobins. ]
[ BOOK SECOND.
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CONQUEST. ] [ CHAPTER I. THE
JACOBINS COME INTO IN POWER. ]
[ I. Their siege
operations. ] [ II. Annoyances and
dangers of public elections. ] [ III. The friends of
order deprived of the right of free assemblage. ] [ V. Intimidation and
withdrawal of the Conservatives. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ]
[ I. Composition
of the Legislative Assembly. ] [ II. Degree and
quality of their intelligence and Culture. ] [ III. Aspects of
their sessions. ] [ IV. The Parties.
] [ V.
Their means of action. ] [ VI. Parliamentary
maneuvers. ]
[ CHAPTER III. POLICY
OF THE ASSEMBLY ]
[ I. Policy of the
Assembly. State of France at the end of 1791. ] [ II. The Assembly
hostile to the oppressed and favoring oppressors. ] [ III. War. ] [ IV. Secret
motives of the leaders. ] [ V. Effects of the
war on the common people. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. THE
DEPARTMENTS. ]
[ I. Provence in
1792. Early supremacy of the Jacobins in Marseilles. ] [ II. The expedition
to Aix. ] [
III. The Constitutionalists of Arles. ] [ IV. The Jacobins of
Avignon. ] [
V. The other departments. ]
[ CHAPTER V. PARIS.
]
[ I. Pressure of
the Assembly on the King. ] [ II. The floating
and poor population of Paris. ] [ III. Its leaders.
Their committee. Methods for arousing the crowd. ] [ IV. The 20th of
June. ]
[ CHAPTER VI. THE
BIRTH OF THE TERRIBLE PARIS COMMUNE. ]
[ I. Indignation
of the Constitutionalists. ] [ II. Pressure on the
King. ] [
III. The Girondins have worked for the benefit of the Jacobins.
] [ IV.
Vain attempts of the Girondins to put it down. ] [ V. Evening of
August 8. ] [ VI. Nights of
August 9 and 10. ] [ VII. August 10.
] [ VIII.
State of Paris in the Interregnum. ]
[ BOOK THIRD. THE
SECOND STAGE OF THE CONQUEST. ] [ CHAPTER I. TERROR ]
[ I. Government by
gangs in times of anarchy. ] [ II. The development
of the ideas of killings in the mass of the party. ] [ III. Terror is
their Salvation. ] [ IV. Date of the
determination of this. The actors and their parts. ] [ V. Abasement and
Stupor. ] [
VI. Jacobin Massacre. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE
DEPARTMENTS. ]
[ I. The
Sovereignty of the People. ] [ II. In several
departments it establishes itself in advance. ] [ III. Each Jacobin
band a dictator in its own neighborhood. ] [ IV. Ordinary
practices of the Jacobin dictatorship. ] [ V. The companies of
traveling volunteers. ] [ VI. A tour of
France in the cabinet of the Minister of the Interior. ]
[ CHAPTER III. SECOND
STAGE OF THE JACOBIN CONQUEST ]
[ I. The second
stage of the Jacobin conquest. ] [ II. The elections.
] [ III.
Composition and tone of the secondary assemblies. ] [ IV. Composition of
the National Convention. ] [ V. The Jacobins
forming alone the Sovereign People. ] [ VI. Composition of
the party. ] [ VII. The Jacobin
Chieftains. ]
[ CHAPTER IV.
PRECARIOUS SITUATION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. ]
[ I. Jacobin
advantages. ] [ II. Its
parliamentary recruits. ] [ III. Physical fear
and moral cowardice. ] [ IV. Jacobin victory
over Girondin majority. ] [ V. Jacobin violence
against the people. ] [ VI. Jacobin
tactics. ] [
VII. The central Jacobin committee in power. ] [ VIII. Right or
Wrong, my Country. ]
[ THE FRENCH REVOLUTION,
VOLUME 3. ] [ PREFACE. ] [ BOOK FIRST. THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT. ] [ CHAPTER I. JACOBIN
GOVERNMENT ]
[ I. The despotic
creed and instincts of the Jacobin. ] [ II. Jacobin
Dissimulation. ] [ III. Primary
Assemblies ] [ IV. The Delegates
reach Paris ] [ V. Fête of August
10th ] [
VI. The Mountain. ] [ VII. Extent and
Manifesto of the departmental insurrection. ] [ VIII. The Reasons
for the Terror. ] [ IX. Destruction of
Rebel Cities ] [ X. Destruction of
the Girondin party ] [ XI. Institutions of
the Revolutionary Government ]
[ BOOK SECOND.
THE JACOBIN PROGRAM. ] [ CHAPTER I. THE JACOBIN
PARTY ]
[ I. The Doctrine.
] [ II. A
Communist State. ] [ III. The object of
the State is the regeneration of man. ] [ IV. Two distortions
of the natural man. ] [ V. Equality and
Inequality. ] [ VI. Conditions
requisite for making a citizen. ] [ VII. Socialist
projects. ] [ VIII.
Indoctrination of mind and intellect. ]
[ CHAPTER II.
REACTIONARY CONCEPT OF THE STATE. ]
[ I. Reactionary
concept of the State. ] [ II. Changed minds.
] [ III.
Origin and nature of the modern State. ] [ IV. The state is
tempted to encroach. ] [ V. Direct common
interest. ] [ VI. Indirect common
interest. ] [ VII. Fabrication of
social instruments. ] [ VIII. Comparison
between despotisms. ]
[ BOOK THIRD. THE
MEN IN POWER. ] [ CHAPTER I. PSYCHOLOGY
OF THE JACOBIN LEADERS. ]
[ I. Marat. ] [ II. Danton. ] [ III.
Robespierre. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE
RULERS OF THE COUNTRY. ]
[ I. The
Convention. ] [ II. Its
participation in crime. ] [ III. The Committee
of Public Safety. ] [ IV. The Statesmen.
] [ V.
Official Jacobin organs. ] [ VI. Commissars of
the Revolution. ] [ VII. Brutal
Instincts. ] [ IX. Vice. ]
[ CHAPTER III. THE
RULERS. (continued). ]
[ I. The Central
Government Administration. ] [ II. Subaltern
Jacobins. ] [ III. A
Revolutionary Committee. ] [ IV. Provincial
Administration. ] [ V. Jacobins sent to
the Provinces. ] [ VI. Quality of
staff thus formed. ] [ VII. The Armed
Forces. ]
[ BOOK FOURTH.
THE GOVERNED. ] [ CHAPTER I. THE
OPPRESSED. ]
[ I. Revolutionary
Destruction. ] [ II. The Value of
Notables in Society. ] [ III. The three
classes of Notables. ] [ IV. The Clergy.
] [ V. The
Bourgeoisie. ] [ VI. The
Demi-notables. ] [ VII. Principle of
socialist Equality. ] [ VIII. Rigor against
the Upper Classes. ] [ IX. The Jacobin
Citizen Robot. ] [ X. The Governors
and the Governed. ]
[ CHAPTER II. FOOD
AND PROVISIONS. ]
[ I. Economical
Complexity of Food Chain. ] [ II. Conditions in
1793. A Lesson in Market Economics. ] [ III. Privation.
] [ IV.
Hunger. ] [
V. Revolutionary Remedies. ] [ VI. Relaxation.
] [ VII.
Misery at Paris. ]
[ BOOK FIFTH. THE
END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT. ] [ CHAPTER I. THE
CONVENTION. ]
[ I. The
Convention. ] [ II. Re-election of
the Two-thirds. ] [ III. A Directory of
Regicides. ] [ IV. Public Opinon.
] [ VI.
The Directory. ] [ VII. Enforcement of
Pure Jacobinism. ] [ VIII. Propaganda
and Foreign Conquests. ] [ IX. National
Disgust. ] [
X. Contrast between Civil and Military France. ]
[ THE MODERN REGIME,
VOLUME 1 [NAPOLEON] ] [ PREFACE ] [ BOOK FIRST.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. ] [ CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL
IMPORTANCE OF HIS CHARACTER AND GENIUS. ]
[ I. Napoleon's
Past and Personality. ] [ II. The Leader and
Statesman ] [ III. His acute
Understanding of Others. ] [ IV. His Wonderful
Memory. ] [
V. His Imagination and its Excesses. ]
[ CHAPTER II. HIS
IDEAS, PASSIONS AND INTELLIGENCE. ]
[ I. Intense
Passions. ] [ II. Will and
Egoism. ] [
III. Napoleon's Dominant Passion: Power. ] [ IV. His Bad
Manners. ] [
V. His Policy. ] [ VI. Fundamental
Defaults of his System. ]
[ BOOK SECOND.
FORMATION AND CHARACTER OF THE NEW STATE. ] [ CHAPTER I. THE
INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT ]
[ I. The
Institution of Government. ] [ II. Default of
previous government. ] [ III. In 1799, the
undertaking more difficult and the materials worse. ] [ IV. Motives for
suppressing the election of local powers. ] [ V. Reasons for
centralization. ] [ VI. Irreconcilable
divisions. ] [ VII. Establishment
of a new Dictatorship. ]
[ CHAPTER II. PUBLIC
POWER ]
[ I. Principal
service rendered by the public power. ] [ II. Abusive
Government Intervention. ] [ III. The State
attacks persons and property. ] [ IV. Abuse of State
powers. ] [
V. Final Results of Abusive Government Intervention ]
[ CHAPTER III. THE
NEW GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. ]
[ I. Precedents of
the new organization. ] [ II. Doctrines of
Government. ] [ III. Brilliant
Statesman and Administrator. ] [ IV. Napoleon's
barracks. ] [ V. Modeled after
Rome. ]
[ BOOK THIRD.
OBJECT AND MERITS OF THE SYSTEM. ] [ CHAPTER I. RECOVERY OF
SOCIAL ORDER. ]
[ I. Rule as the
mass want to be ruled. ] [ II. The Revolution
Ends. ] [
III. Return of the Emigrés. ] [ IV. Education and
Medical Care. ] [ V. Old and New.
] [ VI.
Religion ] [
VII. The Confiscated Property. ] [ VIII. Public
Education. ]
[ CHAPTER II.
TAXATION AND CONSCRIPTION. ]
[ I. Distributive
Justice in Allotment of Burdens and Benefits. ] [ II. Equitable
Taxation. ] [ III. Formation of
Honest, Efficient Tax Collectors ] [ IV. Various Taxes.
] [ V.
Conscription or Professional soldiers. ]
[ CHAPTER III.
AMBITION AND SELF-ESTEEM. ]
[ I. Rights and
benefits. ] [ II. Ambitions
during the Ancient Regime. ] [ III. Ambition and
Selection. ] [ IV. Napoleon,
Judge-Arbitrator-Ruler. ] [ IV. The Struggle
for Office and Title. ] [ V. Self-esteem and
a good Reputation. ]
[ BOOK FOURTH.
DEFECT AND EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM. ] [ CHAPTER I. LOCAL
SOCIETY. ]
[ I. Human
Incentives. ] [ II. Local
Community. ] [ III. Essential
Public Local Works. ] [ IV. Local
associations. ] [ V. Local versus
State authority. ] [ VI. Local Elections
under the First Consul. ] [ VII. Municipal and
general councillors under the Empire. ] [ VIII. Excellence of
Local Government after Napoleon. ]
[ CHAPTER II. LOCAL
SOCIETY SINCE 1830. ]
[ I. Introduction
of Universal suffrage. ] [ II. Universal
suffrage. ] [ III. Equity in
taxation. ] [ IV. On unlimited
universal suffrage. ] [ V. Rural or urban
communes. ] [ VI. The larger
Communes. ] [ VII. Local society
in 1880. ] [
VIII. Final result in a tendency to bankruptcy. ]
[ THE MODERN REGIME,
VOLUME 2 ] [ PREFACE By André
Chevrillon. ] [ BOOK FIFTH. THE
CHURCH. ] [ CHAPTER I. MORAL
INSTITUTIONS ]
[ I. Napoleon's
Objectives. ] [ II. Napoleon's
opinions and methods. ] [ III. Dealing with
the Pope. ] [ IV. The Pope,
Napoleon's employee. ] [ V. State domination
of all religion. ] [ VI. Napoleon
Executes the Concordat. ] [ VII. System to
which the regular clergy is subject. ] [ VIII.
Administrative Control. ] [ IX. The Imperial
Catechism ] [ X. The Council of
1811.—The Concordat of 1813. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH. ]
[ I. The Catholic
System. ] [
II. The Bishops and their new Situation. ] [ III. The new
Bishop. ] [
IV. The subordinate clergy. ]
[ CHAPTER III THE
CLERGY ]
[ I. The regular
clergy. ] [
II. Evolution of the Catholic Church. ] [ III. The Church
today. ] [
IV. Contrasting Vistas. ]
[ BOOK SIXTH.
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. ] [ CHAPTER I. PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION ]
[ I. Public
instruction and its three effects. ] [ II. Napoleon's
Educational Instruments. ] [ III. Napoleon's
machinery. ] [ VI. Objects and
sentiments. ] [ V. Military
preparation and the cult of the Emperor. ]
[ CHAPTER II. ]
[ I. Primary
Instruction. ] [ II. Higher
Education. ] [ III. On Science,
Reason and Truth. ] [ IV. Napoleon's
stranglehold on science. ] [ V. On Censorship
under Napoleon. ]
[ CHAPTER III.
EVOLUTION BETWEEN 1814 AND 1890. ]
[ I. Evolution of
the Napoleonic machine. ] [ II. Educational
monopoly of Church and State. ] [ III. Internal Vices
] [ IV.
Cramming and Exams Compared to Apprenticeship ] [ V. Public
instruction in 1890. ] [ VI. Summary. ]
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