How it happened that the Visigoths, who in the fifth century destroyed the Roman city, allowed the arch to remain, is one of those puzzles that never will be solved; for on the two sides of the triumphal arch their ancestors are represented as captives led in chains. Works of art, precious and beautiful, had no influence to stay their devastating hand; culture made no appeal to their rugged natures, for in their rage against their persecuting masters they razed to the ground works of fine art and beauty that were the pride and glory of the greatest Empire the world has ever seen.
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
Alyscamps at Arles, Tombs in the, [176], [203]
Arles, [213];
The Town Hall, [177];
The Arena, [179];
Type, [188];
The Roman Theatre, [194], [204];
Greek Type, [197];
In a Café, [200];
St. Honorat, [205];
Constantine’s Palace, [208];
The Alyscamps, [203];
Doorway, [209];
A Well, [214];
Woman of, [240]
Augustus, Gate of, Nîmes, [237]
Avignon, [Frontispiece];
Papal Palace, [14], [27], [43];
A Tiny Homestead, [17];
A Farmhouse near, [19];
Pont St. Benezet, [32], [34];
Ramparts, [36];
A Countryman, [39];
The Palace of the Popes, [49];
Types, [59], [66], [69];
St. Didimus, [61]
Baux, Les, [128];
The Castle, [129];
The Pavilion of Queen Jeanne, [141];
The Church, [145];
The Mansion of the Manvilles, [147];
A Window at, [149];
The Postern, [116], [155]
Carpentras, Street Steps in, [64];
Cathedral of St. Siffrein, [267];
Notre Dame, [268];
The Porte de Orange, [269];
The Arch, [271]
Carrée, The Maison, Nîmes, [225]
Cathedral, Avignon, [27];
Nîmes, [243];
St. Siffrein, [267]
Chartreuse, Gateway of Monastery, [89];
The Fountain in the Cloisters, [91]
Clanum, A Well near, [278];
The Trumphal Arch and Tomb at, [281]
Constantine’s Palace, Arles, [208]
Daudet’s Windmill, Les Baux, [135]
Diana, The Ruined Temple of, Nîmes, [233]
Jeanne, The Pavilion of Queen, Les Baux, [141]
Julii, Tomb of the, [279]
Magne, The Tour, Nîmes, [239]
Manvilles, The Mansion of the, Les Baux, [147]
Montmajour, [144], [163], [171];
On the Road to, [153];
Chapel of Ste. Croix-en-Jerusalem, [160];
The Monastery, [166], 169
Nîmes, Arches of the Arena, [181];
Arena, [185], [229];
Arcade, [191];
Street in, [220];
Roasting at, [221];
The Maison Carrée, [225];
A Shoeblack at, [227];
The Venus of, [231];
The Ruined Temple of Diana, [233];
Holy Orders, [236];
Gate of Augustus, [237];
The Tour Magne, [239];
Frieze of 12th Century on the Cathedral, [240]
Nostradamus, Fountain to, [273]
Orange, [45];
An Old Courtyard, [23];
The Arch at, [254];
The Town Hall, [255];
Old Houses at, [257];
The Theatre, [259], [261];
The Protestant Church, [263];
The Porte de Orange, Carpentras, [269];
In a Café, [282]
Palace of the Popes, The, Avignon, [49]
Papal Palace from the River, Avignon, [14], [27], [43];
The Silver Bell, [53];
Front Entrance to, [57]
Philip the Fair, Tower of, Villeneuve, [77];
Window-seat in the, [82]
Pied de Sanglier, The, [223]
Pont-du-Gard, [249];
An Old Water-mill near the, [247]
Remoulins, [246]
Renard, Church at Château, [133];
A Street in, [137]
René Castle, King, [103], [107]
Rhone, [71], [72];
Boats on the, [71]
St. André, Fort, [83]
St. Benezet, Avignon, Interior of Chapel of, [48]
St. Benezet, Pont, [32], [34]
Ste. Croix-en-Jerusalem, Chapel of, [160]
St. Didimus, Avignon, [61]
St. Honorat, Arles, [205]
St. Martha’s, Tarascon, [113]
St. Remy, Fountain to Nostradamus at, [273];
Our Lady of Pity, [277]
St. Siffrein, Cathedral of, [267]
“Tarasc,” The, [119]
Tarascon, A Gateway, [80], [99];
A Bar in, [101];
An Old Garden in, [109];
St. Marthas, [113];
A Street in, [121]
Ventoux from Carpentras, Mount, [15]
Villeneuve, Tower of Philip the Fair, [77], [82];
A Hill-top, [79];
A Street in, [85]
INDEX
[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [Y].
Agrippa, [220]
Agrippa, Marcus Vispanius, [223]
Ahenobarbus, Domitius, [256]
Aix, [117]
Albi, [38]
Alix, Princess, [153]
Alphonse of Aragon, Duke, [102]
Alpilles, Les (Little Alps), [127]
Alyscamps, The, [202]
Amphitheatre of Arles, [180]
Andrew, son of Carobert, King of Hungary, [21], [22]
Arausio, [258]
Arles, [175];
legend of the betrothal feast given by King Nannos, [176];
amphitheatre built, [179];
discovery of the Venus of Arles, [183];
removal of the town from the arena, [188];
gladiators encouraged by Julius Cæsar, [190];
restoring of the ruined theatre, [194];
theatres of the Greeks, [195];
tombs found in the Alyscamps, [198];
inscriptions on tombs, [199];
tomb of Julia Tyrannia, [199];
rebuilding of the Church of St. Honorat, [203];
the Cathedral of St. Trophimus built in the twelfth century, [206];
the monster “Tarasque,” [207];
the combining of Pagan and Christian arts and religions, [208];
obelisk found in the ancient Roman circus, [211];
the Place du Forum, [212];
Mistral the poet, [213], [214]
Arnaud, [140]
Auguste, Porte d’, [237]
Avignon (City of the Popes), or Avenio, [13];
“Babylonish Captivity,” the, [15];
threatened by Romans, [24];
Roman monuments, [25];
setting up of a Republic, [26];
paintings and frescoes, [29];
legend of the Bridge of Avignon, [34], [35];
siege in 1226, [37];
conflict of the faiths, [38];
Raymond humiliated, [39];
re-excommunication of Raymond, [40];
work of restoration, [44];
restoration of paintings of the fourteenth century, [48];
restoration of pictures, sculpture, and buildings, [49], [50], [51];
main door to chapel unearthed, [51];
soldiers sent by Charles V. to drive Pierre de Luna from the place, [56];
fortress stormed by King’s troops, [57];
gunpowder treason, [58];
massacre in the Glacière, [59], [63];
the White Terror of 1815, [64];
revolutionists of the South, [62];
garrison of the Republicans shot down by Royalist Volunteers, [63];
Marshal Brune shot, [65];
Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, [71]
Barthelasse, [31], [72]
Baux, Les, [127];
the approach over Les Alpilles, [127];
canal dug across La Crau, [130];
restoration of the Château in 1444, [133];
Langue d’Oc, or Provençal, used until well on into the fifteenth century, [134];
romance of a Jongleur, [136];
Court of Queen Jeanne, where women were judges, [141];
Guillaume de
Cabestan slain by Raymond, [144];
excavations made in crypt of the Church of St. Vincent, [145];
origin of the name of Porcelets, [151];
Grotto of the Fairies, [152];
two relics of the Roman times, [254]
Baux, Des, [131]
Baux, Raymond de, Prince of Orange, [255]
Beaucaire, Count, [111]
Belvezet, Our Lady of, [87]
Benedict XI., [18]
Benedict XII., [43]
Benedict XIII. (Pierre de Luna), [56], [266]
Bérengère, Princess, [142]
Bernas, Jacques, [269]
Bertrand de Goth, d’Agoust, Archbishop of Bordeaux, [18]
Boucicaut, Marshal, [56]
Brune, Marshal, [65]
Cabestan, Guillaume de, [142], [144]
Cæsar, Julius, [257]
Caius, [224], [280]
Calvert Museum, [25]
Camargue, La, [202]
Carpentras, [63], [265]
Cavalier Mountain, [219]
Charlemagne, [160]
Charles I. of Anjou, [21]
Charles VI., [237]
Charles IX., [204]
Chevaliers, Hall of the, [83]
Choisi, General, [60]
Claud, Archbishop of Turin, [37]
Claud II., [150]
Clement V., [18], [21], [265]
Clement VI., [22], [43], [55]
Coupetête, Jourdain, [59]
Crau, La, [128], [130]
“Crucifixion,” [52]
Daniel, [140]
Daudet, [97]
Diana, Temple of, [235]
Durazzo, Charles, Duke of, [24]
Église de l’Observance, [270]
Escuyer, L’, [60]
Fairies, Grotto of the, [152]
Feuchiers, Boulevard, [245]
Flouquet, [140]
Forum, Place du, [215]
Garde Robe, [48]
Geoffrey VI., [168]
Glanum Livii, [275]
Gregory XI., [56]
Grottes, Rue des, Avignon, [25]
Henry IV., [240]
“Holy Cross,” Chapel of the, [159], [162]
Innocent III., Pope, [38]
Innocent VI., [88]
Joanna, [21], [23]
John XXII., Pope (Jacques d’Euse), [30]
Jongleurs, [136]
Jourdain (Coupetête), [59], [60]
Julii, [280]
Languedoc, [88]
Lapidaire, Musée, [232]
“Last Judgment,” [52]
Laval, Jean de, [133]
Leibulfe, Count, [132]
Louis of Hungary, [22]
Louis XI., [123]
Louis XIV., [225], [259]
Louis XVI., [164]
Lucius, [224]
Massilia (Marseilles), [175]
Manvilles, Hôtel de, [150]
Maries, Les, [154]
Marius, [257]
Martel, Charles, [160], [229]
Mignard, [268]
Monaco, Hôtel, or Monte Carlo, Hôtel de, [146]
Montmajour, [159];
dedication of the Chapel of the Holy Cross by Charlemagne, [159];
outbreak of the Revolution, [164];
Confessional of St. Trophimus, [165];
customary offering of sturgeon to Geoffrey VI., [168];
Benedictine Monastery of, [171];
legend of the foundation of the Monastery, [172]
Montmorency, Château de, [105]
Nannos, King (Nan), [176]
Napoleon, [225]
Nero, Claudius Tiberius, [179]
Nicolète, [110]
Nîmes (Nemausus), [219];
the Celtic tribe conquered by the Romans, [220];
baths built in the first century, [220];
coins “pied du sanglier,” [222];
building of Pont du Gard, [223];
the great Arena erected, [224];
the Maison Carrée built during the first years of Christian era, [224];
Arthur Young’s description of the Maison Carrée, [226];
building of town in Arena, [229];
description of the Temple of Diana, [235];
Tour Magne 350 feet above sea-level, [238];
legend of Golden Cock, [239];
customs of the evolutionary South, [245];
legend of the Pont du Gard, [249]
Nostradamus, [239], [275]
Notre Dame des Doms, the Cathedral of, [26]
Octavius, [257]
Octavius, Augustus, [223]
Orange, Princes of, [259]
Orange, [253];
the Triumphal Arch, an important monument of Roman times, [253];
theories as to the origin of the Triumphal Arch, [256];
stupendous wall forming back of the proscenium of Roman theatre, [259], [260];
Princes of Orange converted theatre into fortress, [261];
two rival Popes tried and deposed, [267];
ancient bits of masonry utilised in modern buildings, [278];
tomb of the Julii, [280]
Orgon, [275]
Palace of the Popes, [26], [44]
Papal Palace, [67]
Papal Throne, [29]
Parrocel, [268]
Penitents, Black, [62]
Penitents, White, [62]
Périgueux, Bishop of, [124]
Peter of Castelnau, [38]
Petrarch, [15]
Philip the Fair of France, [16]
Philippe, Louis, [89]
Phoceans, [24]
Pierre de Luna, [83]
Pity, Our Lady of, [277]
Pius, Antoninus, [224]
Place Fortin, [146]
Pointre, [65]
Pontiff, [30]
Porcelets, [150]
“Prophets, The,” [52]
Rambert, Abbé, [161], [166]
Raymond VI., Count of Toulouse, [38]
Remoulins, [246]
René, Château, [98], [111]
René, King (King of Naples), [100], [116], [133]
Rhone Valley, [14]
Richard Cœur de Lion, [140]
Rioni, [67]
Rocher des Doms, [31]
Rock of the Doms, [26]
Sacrovir, Julius, [258]
St. André, Fort, [82]
St. André, Fortress, [84]
St. Anne, Church of, [197]
St. Anthony, [90]
St. Baudile, [241]
St. Benezet, Bridge of, [31], [56]
St. Castor, [241]
St. Etienne, Church of, [203]
St. Francis d’Assisi, [120]
St. Fronto, [124]
St. Honorat, Church of, [203]
St. Martha, [28], [117]
St. Martha, Church of, [115]
St. Martial, Chapel of, [47]
St. Paul, [241]
St. Perpetué, [241]
St. Pierre, Place, [25]
St. Remy, [127], [276]
St. Roland, Tower of, [193]
St. Ruf, [28], [36]
St. Trophimus, Church of, [199]
Salle Brulle, [58]
Salle du Garde, [108]
Sebastiani, Colonel, [48]
Septimus Severus, Arch of, [254]
Seville, Archbishop of, [58]
Suetonius, [256]
Tarascon, [97];
the famous Tartarin penned by Daudet banned, [98];
King René involved in a series of complications, [100];
marriage of King René’s daughter, [103];
description of interior of Castle, [106];
the story of Aucassin and Nicolète, [108];
legend of the Tarasc, [115];
King René’s vision, [116];
St. Martha’s triumph over the Tarasc, [118];
pageant prohibited in 1904, [119];
reproduction of the reliquary given up in the starvation times of the great Revolution, [123]
“Tarasque,” [118]
Tartarin and Tarascon, [97]
Theodoric, King, [189]
Tiberius, [258]
Toledo, Archbishop of, [58]
Toulouse, [40]
Trucat, [239]
Turenne, Countess of, [24]
Tyrannia, Julia, [199]
Uzès, Duchesse d’, [228]
Valdenses (Albigenses), [37]
Valence, Count de, [109]
Valfenier, de, [93]
Vandemont, Count, [102]
Vanloo, [120]
Ventoux, Mount, [112]
Venus of Arles, The, [183]
Vidal, [140]
Villegis, King, [172]
Villeneuve, [31];
approach to the town, [75];
battlements of fortresses and castles, [75];
stone seat, [81];
indication of prisoners’ thoughts, [84];
the Monastery of the Chartreuse founded by Innocent VI., [88];
Monastery of Chartreuse destroyed by lightning, [93]
Ville, Hôtel de, Orange, [262], [272]
Visigoths, The, [229], [282]
Voltaire, Rue, [184]
Young, Arthur, [225]
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