Paris and Its Story

by Thomas Okey

INDEX

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W].

A
Abbey Lands, their extent, [34]
Abbeys, their need of reform, [56]
Abbo, his story of the siege of Paris, [38-43]
Abbots, their varied powers, [34]
Abelard, comes to Paris, [87];
his school at St. Denis, [88];
death of, [89]
Abelard and Heloise, their house, [282]
Académie Française, origin of, [200]
Adam du Petit Pont, [90]
Aignan’s, St., remains of, [283]
Amboise, Cardinal d’, employs Solario, [149]
Amphitheatre, Roman, [288]
Anagni, humiliation of Boniface VIII. at, [107]
Angelico, Fra, painting by, at Louvre, [306]
Angelo’s, Michael, slaves, [305]
Année terrible, the, [261]
Anselm, St., his moral force, [54]
Antheric, Bishop, his courage, [42]
Antoinette, Marie, her courage, [249];
her sinister influence, [253], [254]
Arches, triumphal, [224], [277], [278]
Aristotle, his works at Paris, [99]
Armagnac and Burgundian factions, their origin, [127]
Armagnacs, massacre of, [129]
Assembly, National, the, its patriotism, [248], [256]
Attila, [13], [15]
Austrasia, kingdom of, [21]
Austria, Anne of, her regency, [202]
Averroists at Paris, [100]
B
Ballet, importance of the, [330]
Bal Mabille, site of, [319]
Baptistry, the, [281]
Barbarian invasions, [12]
Barrère, [270]
Barry, Mme. du, [232], [248], [302]
Bartholomew, St., massacre of, [168-172]
Basine and Childeric, story of, [19]
Basoche, Corporation of, [327];
players of, [327]
Bastille, foundation of, [123];
banquet at, [158];
captured by the Parlement, [204];
story of, [250-252]
Bazoches, Guy of, his impression of Paris, [66]
Bedford, Duke of, Regent at Paris, [130]
Bernard, St., his commanding genius, [55];
denounces Abelard, [89];
draws up Rule of Knights-Templars, [108]
Bernini, his design for the Louvre, [221]
Billettes, monastery of, [299]
Bishops and abbots, their administrative powers, [23], [24], [46]
Boniface VIII., his contest with Philip the Fair, [106], [107];
his grandeur of soul, [107], [109]
Booksellers at Paris, [190]
Bordone, Paris, [152]
Botticelli, frescoes at Louvre, [307]
Boucher, [313]
Boulevards, the, [320]
Bourbon, Hôtel de, [186], [192];
plays at, [323]
Bourg-la-Reine, [60];
English at, [119]
Bourgogne, Hôtel de, comedians of, [322]
Bouvines, victory of, its consequences, [62]
Bridges, approaches to, fortified, [36]
British sentries at Louvre, [304]
Brosse, Pierre de la, his death, [103]
Broussel, arrested and set free, [203], [204]
Brunehaut, her career and death, [21], [23], [24]
Brunswick, Duke of, his proclamation, [257]
Bullant, Jean, builds Tuileries, [186]
Burgundians, the, [12]
Burgundy, Dukes of, [125]
Burke, his political nescience, [262]
Bury, Richard de, at Paris, [101]
Bussy, the island of, [6]
C
Cafés at Paris, their introduction and growth, [331-333];
their importance in revolutionary times, [334-336]
Calvin, [94];
at Collége de France, [156]
Campan, Mme., her memoirs, [233], [245]
Capet, Hugh, his coronation, [45];
founds Capetian dynasty, [45]
Capets, growth of Paris under, [47]
Carlyle, his history of the Revolution, [246], [247]
Carmelites, their establishment at Paris, [72]
Carnarvalet, Hôtel de, [297]
Carnot, [261]
Carrousel, the, [211];
arch of, [277]
Carthusians, their establishment at Paris, [72]
Caryatides, Salle des, [164]
Castiglione, Rue de, [316]
Castile, Blanche of, [67]
Catacombs, the, [302]
Catholic hierarchy re-established in Paris, [273]
Cellini, Benvenuto, at Paris and Fontainebleau, [152-154]
Cerceau, Baptiste du, continues Lescot’s Louvre, [186]
Champaigne, Phil. de, [312]
Champeaux, William of, [87]
Champs Elysées, [319]
Chardin, [314]
Charlemagne at Paris, [33];
the Northmen, [35];
his patronage of learning, [35]
Charles of Burgundy, his defeat by Swiss, [142]
Charles I., effect of his trial on the revolutionists, [257-259]
Charles V., builds the Hôtel St. Paul, [121];
his library, [121];
his love of gardens, [121];
his wise statesmanship, [121];
wall of, [122]
Charles VI., his minority, [123];
his madness, [124];
saved from fire, [125];
his death and burial, [130]
Charles VII., his acclamation as king at Melun, [131];
his death, [138]
Charles VIII., his Italian campaign, [148]
Charles IX., [166], [167];
his vacillation, [169];
doubtful story of his firing on Huguenots, [173];
his death, [174]
Charonton, attribution of paintings to, [309]
Chateauroux, Mme. de, her appeal to Louis XV., [230]
Châtelet, the Grand, [147], [300]
Châtelet, the Petit, [146], [300]
Chavannes, Puvis de, [246], [288]
Chénier, M. J., the revolutionary dramatist, [270]
Chess players at Paris, [331-333]
Chilperic, marriage with Galowinthe, [21];
his murder, [22];
his reformed alphabet, [25]
Chramm, his defeat and death, [20]
Christian hierarchy, its efforts to purify the Church, [54]
Church, the, its civilising genius, [24];
its growing civil power, [34]
Church building, expansion of, [47]
Cinq-Mars, his execution, [195]
Cité, the island of, [2];
two islets joined to, [187];
its associations, [281]
Clement, Jacques, assassinates Henry III., [177]
Clement V., Pope, and the Templars, [110]
Clergy, attempted taxation of, [231];
non-jurors, their expulsion, [272]
Clisson, Hôtel de, [297]
Clock tower, the, [283]
Clodomir, murder of his sons by Childebert and Clothaire, [19], [20]
Clothaire, his escape from assassination, [20];
his death, [21]
Cloud, St., foundation of monastery of, [20]
Clouet, François, [310]
Clouet, Jean, [310]
Clouet de Navarre, [310]
Clovis, [13], [15];
conversion of, [17];
baptism of, [18];
his cruelty, [18];
makes Paris his capital, [19];
tower of, [288]
Cluny, college of, [94]
Cluny, Hôtel de, [151], [287], [322]
Code civil, the, [264], [269]
Colbert, his administrative genius, [209]
Colbert, Hôtel, [316]
Coligny, Admiral, his attempted assassination, [168];
his murder, [170];
site of his house, [303]
Colleges, decadence of, [101]
Collége de France, foundation of, [155]
Colombe, Michel, [305]
Comèdie Française, the old, [324];
its origin, [324];
political factions at, [325];
literary factions at, [326]
Commune, the, [293]
Conciergerie, the, [106], [283]
Concini, [192]; his death, [193]
Concorde, place de la, [317], [318]
Condé the Great, his insolence, [205], [206]
Condé, Prince of, his plot to destroy the Guises, [165];
his death, [166]
Condorcet, [269]
Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, [52], [299]
Contrat Social, the, its influence, [268]
Convention, the, abolishes slavery, [264];
its constructive measures, [263], [264]
Cordeliers, refectory of, [288]
Corot, [315]
Coryat, his impressions of Paris, [189]
Cosme, St., [290]
Cosme, St., curé of, his revolutionary zeal, [180], [181]
Crown, the, its absolutism, [206]
Cruce slays 400 Huguenots, [172]
D
Dagobert the Great, [27], [28], [29]
Damiens, his attack on Louis XV., [232];
his horrible torture, [232]
Danes, invasions of, [35]
Danseuses, their introduction into opera, [331]
Dante, his use of artista, [86];
at Paris, [100]
Danton, [261];
his trial, [241]
D’Artagnan, his dwelling, [303]
Daubigny, [315]
Dauphin, origin of title, [117], note
David, his genius, [314]
Delacroix, paintings of, at St. Sulpice, [291];
and Louvre, [314]
Delaroche, [314]
Denis, St., abbey of, [28]
Denis, St., church of, [15];
building of new church of, [79]
Denis, St., de la Chartre, [31]
Denis, St., du Pas, [281]
Denis, St., story of, [7];
body of exposed, [51]
Denis, St., Rue, [293]
Deputies, Chamber of, [318]
Desmoulins, Camille, his revolutionary oration, [249]
Diaz, [315]
Diderot at Café de la Régence, [331]
Dimier, his views on French School of Paintings, [307]
Dionysius and his companions, their mission to Paris, [5]
Discipline, collegiate, [93], [94]
Dix-huit, College of, [92]
Dolet, Etienne, his statue, [286]
Domenico da Cortona, [148];
designs Hôtel de Ville, [151]
Dominicans, their establishment at Paris, [73]
Dragon, Cour du, [291]
Dubois, Abbé, his wealth and depravity, [227]
Duke of Orleans, his murder, [126]
E
Ebles, Abbot, his courage, [38], [41]
Ecclesiastical architecture, development of, [47]
Ecole des Beaux Arts, [291]
Edict of Nantes, [182];
revocation of, [214];
approved by eminent Churchmen, [215];
effect in Europe, [215]
Education, state of, before Revolution, [264]
Egalité, Philip, [199];
his vote, [259]
Eloy, St., abbey of, [31], [56], [57]
Eloy, St., bishop and goldsmith, [28]
Elysée, the, [319]
Émigrés, the, [254], [256]
Empire, the Second, streets of, [278]
Encyclopedists, their aims, [267]
English, the, at Paris, [120], [135], [136];
evacuate Paris, [137];
expelled from Calais, [162]
Estampes, Madame d’, [153], [154]
Estiennes, the, [143], [144]
Estrées, Gabrielle d’, [181]
Etienne du Mont, St., [17], [151], [288]
Etoile, arch of, [277], [278]
Eudes, Count, [38], [41], [42]
Eugene III., Pope, at Paris, [57]
Eustache, St., church of, [151], [303]
Evelyn, witnesses torture of accused prisoners, [262]
F
Ferronnerie, Rue de la, [185]
Feudalism, origin of, [44]
Flamboyant, not a debasement of Gothic, [145], note
Flandrin, frescoes by, at St. Germain des Prés, [291]
Fleury, Cardinal, his honest administration, [229]
Flore, Pavilion de, [186]
Fontainebleau, school of, [152]
Fontaine des Innocents, [164]
Fouarre, Rue du, [100]
Fouquet, [310]
Foy, Café, [249]
Fragonnard, [313]
France, her greatness under Richelieu, [195]
Francis I., his entry into Paris, [150];
the Renaissance, [150];
his magnificent hospitality, [157];
life at Paris under, [157];
his access of piety, [158], [159];
his death, [160]
Francis II. at Amboise, [165]
Francis, St., his love of the French tongue, [99]
Franciscans, their establishment at Paris, [73]
Franklin, Benjamin, at Versailles, [254]
Franks, the, [13]
Fredegonde, her cruelty and death, [21-23]
French language, its universality, [99]
French people, their desire for peace, [274]
Fromont, Nicholas, [309]
Fronde, the, [204]
Fronde, the second, [205];
defeat of, [206]
Fulbert, Canon, his house, [282]
Fulrad, Abbot, completes Church of St. Denis, [33]
G
Galilée, the island of, [6]
Genevieve, St., her story, [14], [15];
monastery of, [17];
shrine of, [17];
abbey of, [30];
Templars at, [111]
Geneviève, Ste., la Petite, [60]
Gericault, his Raft of the Medusa, [314]
Germain, St., of Auxerre, [14], [27]
Germain, St., l’Auxerrois, [31], [303]
Germain, St., of Autun, [24], [25]
Germain, St., des Prés, [23];
captured by Henry IV., [178];
church of, [291]
Germain, St., Faubourg, [293]
Gervais, St., church of, [31], [295]
Gibbon at Paris, [242]
Giocondo, Fra, rebuilds Petit Pont and Pont Notre Dame, [148]
Girondins, their condemnation, [241]
Goethe, his speech at Valmy, [246];
his description of the revolutionary army, [262]
Goldoni assisted by the Convention, [264]
Gothic art of the thirteenth century, [84]
Goths, the, [12], [13]
Goujon, Jean, his work at the Louvre, [164], [306];
decorates the Fontaine des Innocents, [164];
reliefs by, at the Carnavalet, [297]
Gozlin, his patriotism and courage, [37], [38], [40], [41]
Grande Galerie, the, [186], [191]
Gregory, St., of Tours, [13], [22]
Greuze, [314]
Grève, Place de, [293]
Guénégaud, Théâtre, [324]
Guise, Duke Francis of, shot by a Huguenot, [165]
Guise, Duke Henry of, his popularity at Paris, [176];
his assassination, [177]
Guises, rise of the, [161]
H
Halles, les, [59], [148], [302]
Halle aux Vins, [60], note
Hawkers, [259], [270]
Heine and the Venus de Milo, [305]
Héloïse and Abelard, loves of, [88];
their grave at Paris, [89]
Henry I., son of Robert the Pious, his accession, [51]
Henry II., his death, [162]
Henry III., his coronation, [175];
his assassination, [177]
Henry IV., his conversion, [181];
his patriotism, [181], [184];
his divorce, [182];
his assassination, [185];
his architectural achievements, [187];
his statue, [197]
Henry V. of England, [128];
death and burial of, [130]
Henry V. and Charles VI., entry into Paris, [131]
Heretics, first execution of, [49]
Hervé and his eleven companions, their heroism, [40], [41]
Hierarchy, the, its unpopularity, [272]
Holbein, [307]
Homme Armé, Rue de l’, [135], [297]
Horloge, Pavilion de l’, [198]
Host, miracle of sacred, [299]
Hôtel Dieu, foundation of, [31];
rules of, [76];
site of, [281]
Hôtel St Paul, [121]
Hôtel des Tournelles, [140], [146]
Hôtel de Ville, [279], [293], [295]
Hugh (Eudes), Count, his heroism, [38], [41], [42]
Hugo, Victor, his exile and return, [274];
his house, [297]
Huguenots, hostility of Parisians to, [167]
I
Infanta, Garden of, [229];
betrothed to Louis XV., [229]
Ingres, [314]
Innocent II., Pope, at Paris, [59]
Innocents, Cemetery of, [148]
Innocents, Square des, [301]
Institut, the, [207]
Invalides, Hôpital des, [223]
Irish College, [286]
Italian College, [286]
Ivry, battle of, [179]
J
Jacobins, [197];
their aims, [267];
their supreme service to France, [268]
Jacquerie, the, [118]

Jacques de la Boucherie, St., [60], [300]
Jacques, St., Rue, [5], [284]
Jansenists and Jesuits, [218], [230]
Jardin des Plantes, [200]
Jean, St., Feu de, [295]
Jean sans Peur, [125];
tower of, [127];
his assassination, [130];
inscription, [297]
Jeanne d’Arc, saviour of France, [131], [132];
wounded at siege of Paris, [132];
her capture, trial and execution, [132], [133];
her rehabilitation at Notre Dame, [134]
Jefferson and Marie Antoinette, [253]
Jesuits, their suppression, [232]
Jews at Paris, their treatment, [34], [49], [59]
John the Good, [104], [117];
at Paris, [119]
Jongleurs, their charity, [321]
Judicial penalties at Paris, [159]
Juifs, les, the Island of, [6]
Julian, the Emperor, his love of Paris, [10]
Julian, St., of the minstrels, [321]
Julien le Pauvre, St., [27];
rebuilding of, [81];
church of, [284]
Jupiter, altar to, [9], [287];
temple of, [7]
K
Knights-Templars, their foundation, [108];
their heroism, [109];
their arrest and torture, [110], [111];
their destruction, [112], [116];
site of their fortress, [299]
L
Lafayette, his loyalty, [256]
Landry, St., fair of, [98];
gifts by scholars, [98];
port of, [282], [283]
Latini Brunetto, [99]
Laurens, J. P., paintings at Luxembourg and Panthéon, [48], note, [240]
Law, John, his financial scheme, [227], [228]
League, the, [175];
its ecclesiastical army, [179]
Leaguers, their triumph, [176];
their violence, [181]
Lebrun, [312]
Leczynski, Marie, her marriage to Louis XV., [229];
her death, [233]
Legros, [290]
Lemercier continues the Louvre, [198];
designs Palais Cardinal, [199]
Lemoine, Cardinal, college of, [93]
Lescot, Pierre, designs new Louvre, [157];
designs Fontaine des Innocents, [164]
Lesueur, [311]
Levau, his suspension, [221]
Lorrain, Claude, [312]
Lorraine, Cardinal of, [177]
Louis VI. chastises rebellious vassals, [54];
pioneer of the monarchy, [58]
Louis VII., [60];
birth of an heir, [61]
Louis VIII. invades England, [62]
Louis XI., his shabby dress, [138];
his policy, [139];
at Paris, [139], [140];
meets Edward IV. of England, [140];
institutes the Angelus, [140];
his death, [142]
Louis XII. invites Leonardo da Vinci to France, [149];
his wise rule, [149], [150]
Louis XIII., his accession, [192];
his coup d’état, [193]
Louis XIV., his accession, [209];
his small attainments, [211];
his hatred of Paris, [212];
court of, [210], [211], [219];
secret marriage with Mme. Scarron, [213];
death of his heirs, [219];
his death, [220];
state of France and Paris at end of his reign, [226];
his vandalism, [236]
Louis XV., his majority, [228];
his sickness and recovery, [231];
his vicious life, [231];
his disastrous reign, [233], [234];
his death, [233]
Louis XVI., his accession, [243];
state of Paris under, [243];
his vacillation, [253];
intrigues with foreign courts, [254];
his trial and sentence, [259], [260];
execution of, [261]
Louis Philippe, [273]
Louis, St., his early youth, [67];
his love of justice, [67], [77];
redeems the crown of thorns, [68];
his views on the treatment of Jews and infidels, [69];
builds the Sainte Chapelle, [69];
his hatred of blasphemy, [71];
his death, [77]
Louviers, the island of, [6]
Louvois and Vauban, inventors of bayonet, [210]
Louvre, building of, [62];
its position, [65];
demolition of keep, [156];
west wing completed, [164];
continued by Lemercier, [198];
continued by Levau, [220];
Perrault, base of, [222];
neglect of, by Louis XIV., [223];
and by Louis XV., [234];
repair of, [235];
during the Revolution, [275];
under Napoleon I., [276];
under Napoleon III., [276];
paintings in, [304];
sculpture in, [305], [306]
Loyola, Ignatius, founds Society of Jesus at Paris, [156]
Luini, [307]
Lulli, his musical genius, [329]
Lulli, Hôtel, [316]
Lutetia, its origin, [3]
Lutetius, hill of, [4]
Lutherans, their violence and iconomachy, [158];
persecution of, [159], [160]
Luxembourg, palace and gardens of, [197], [290];
museum of, [290]
Luxor, Column of, [278]
Luynes, his rise and fall, [193], [194]
M
Madeleine, the, [277]
Maillotins, the, [123]
Maintenon, Mme. de, her ascendency over Louis XIV., [213], [214], [216], [217];
the Protestants and, [214]
Malouel, [309]
Manége, Salle du, [259]
Mansard, François, extends Palais Royal, [199]
Marais, the, [7], [65], [295]
Marat, his body at the Cordeliers, [288];
site of his house, [289]
Marcel, Etienne, buys the Maison aux Piliers, [117];
his power at Paris, [118];
accused of treachery, [119];
his statue, [117];
his death, [118], [119]
Marcel, Etienne, Rue, [127]
Marlborough, Duke of, his victories, [216]
Marly, hermitage of, [213]
Marmoutier, monastery of, [9]
Mars, Champ de, [252]
Martel, Charles, birth of, [29]
Martin, St., des Champs, rebuilding of, [52]
Martin, St., story of, [8]
Martin, St., Rue, [293]
Mary Stuart, at Amboise, [165]
Massacres of September, [258]
Maur, St., des Fossés, [34]
May Tree, planting of, in Cour du Mai, [328]
Mayenne, Hôtel de, [295]
Mazarin, Cardinal, his cautious policy, [202];
his unpopularity, [205];
his triumph, [206];
his death, [207]
Mazzini, his teaching, [268]
Medici, Catherine de’, her rise to importance, [165];
her plot against the Huguenots, [168], [169];
her death and unpopularity, [178];
remains of her hôtel, [302]
Medici, Marie de’, marriage with Henry IV., [182];
her coronation, [184];
her disgrace and death, [195]
Médicine, Ecole de, [288]
Merri, St., church of, [151]
Meuniers, Pont des, collapse of, [188]
Michel le Comte, Rue, plays in, [322]
Mignard, [312]
Millet, [313], [315]
Miracles, Cour des, [302]
Molay, Jacques de, [109-111]
Molé, President, his courage, [204]
Molière, imprisoned for debt, [323];
opens l’Illustre Théâtre, [323];
his success at court, [323]
Monasteries, their increase, [24];
suppression of, at Paris, [272]
Monastic settlements, [34]
Monks and nuns, their declining morals, [55], [56]
Monks, their science and learning, [24]
Montaigne, College of, [94]
Montfaucon, [103];
its “fair gallows,” [189]
Montgomery, Duke of, kills Henry II., [162]
Montmartre, [7];
nunnery of, [60]
Montmorency, his execution, [195]
Morris, Governor, his estimate of Louis XVI., [253]
Moulins, Maître de, [309], [310]
N
Nain, Le, the brothers, [311]
Napoleon I., his policy, [265];
his raids on Italy, [266];
crowns himself at Notre Dame, [266];
his genius, [267];
secret of his power, [268];
his plans for the Louvre, [276];
his new streets, [277];
his tomb, [293]
Napoleon III., his coup d’état, [274]
Nautæ, guild of the, [9]
Navarre, college of, [93]
Navarre, Henry of, affianced to Princess Marguerite, [167];
his marriage festivities, [167]
Navarre, Jeanne de, [166];
her death at Court, [167]
Necker, Mme., her salon, [269]
Nemours, Duke of, executed at Paris, [141]
Neustria, kingdom of, [21]
Nicholas, St., chapel of, [31], [33];
scholars of, [92]
Nobles, the, their rapacity, [192]
Noces Vermeilles, the, [168]
Nogaret, Guillaume de, [107]
Normans, the, settle in France, [43]
Notre Dame, church of, [9], [26], [281];
rebuilding of, [81];
English envoys at, [157];
clerical iconoclasts of, [236];
worship of Nature at, [272]
Notre Dame, the island of, [6]
O
Odéon, Théâtre de l’, [325]
Œil de Bœuf, the, [248]
Oiseaux, Pont aux, consumed by fire, [189]
Opera, French, rise of, [329]
Opera house, the, [279], [330]
Opera, Italian, introduced to Paris, [329]
Orders, the reformed, [55]
Oriflamme, the, its first use as royal standard, [58];
its disappearance, [128]
Orleans, Philip of, his regency, [227]
Orme, Philibert de l’, [186]
P
Paine, Thomas, his votes for mercy, [259], [260]
Paix, Rue de la, [316]
Palais Cardinal, Théâtre du, its site, [325]
Palais of the Cité rebuilt, [104];
surrendered to Parlement, [121]
Palais de Justice injured by fire, [240];
booksellers at, [240], [241];
Revolutionary tribunal at, [241]
Palais Royal, [199], [200], [315];
revolutionists at, [249];
theatre of, [324]
Palissy, Bernard, his grotto, [186]
Panthéon, its vicissitudes, [238-240]
Paraclete, the, [89]
Paris, its geographical situation, [1], [2];
its capture by the Romans, [4];
the White City, [4];
arms of, [9];
Julian proclaimed emperor at, [10];
siege of, by Childeric, [15];
the market of the peoples, [34];
siege of, by Normans, [37];
a city of refuge, [46];
under interdict, [57];
growth of, under Louis VI., [59];
under English rule, [135];
in the fifteenth century, [145];
crafts of, [146], [147];
siege of, by Henry III. and Henry of Navarre, [177];
siege of, by Henry IV., [179];
under Richelieu, [196], [197];
made an archbishopric, [202];
Turenne and Condé fight for, [206];
misery at, [217];
under Louis XIV., [220];
Louis XVI. and court returns to, [249];
an armourer’s shop, [261];
life at, during the Revolution, [269];
school of, at Louvre, [309]
Parisian women at Versailles, [249]
Parisians, their chastisement by Charles VI., [123], [124];
their fidelity to the revolutionary ideals, [273]
Parisii, the, [3]
Parlement, the, [104], [106];
councillors of, hanged by the sections, [180];
councillors arrested, [203];
its public spirit, [203];
its humiliation by Louis XIV., [206];
suppression of, [233]
Pascal, his statue, [300]
Passion, confraternity of, [321]
Passion plays, their success, [322]
Paul III., Pope, his humane protest against persecution of Lutherans, [160]
Pavia, defeat of, [154]
Pepin of Heristal, [29];
of Landen, [29];
the Short, becomes king of France, [30]
Père la Chaise, [206]
Peronne, peace of, [141]
Perrault, Claude, his design for the Louvre accepted, [221];
his east façade, [222], [276]
Perréal, [310]
Petite Galerie, the, [173], [187]
Petit Pont, the, [6];
Place du, [284]
Philip Augustus, his birth and accession, [61];
his conquests, [62];
pavement of, [63];
wall of, [63-65];
his wisdom, [65]
Philip I., his depravity and adultery, [52], [53];
his excommunication and death, [53], [54]
Philip III., [103]
Philip VI., [117]
Philip le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, sides with the English, [130]
Philip the Fair, [104];
conflict with Boniface VIII., [106-108];
destroys Templars, [110-115];
his death, [115]
Picpus, village of, [189]
Pierre aux Bœufs, St., [60], [281]
Pierre, St., des Fossés, [34]
Pilon, Germain, [305]
Place Royale, [187], [296], [297]
Playing cards, revolutionary, [271]
Poitiers, Diane de, [144], [162]
Pol, St., Count of, executed at Paris, [141]
Pompadour, Mme. de, her power, [231], [232]
Pont au Change rebuilt, [189]
Pont Marie, [201]
Pont Neuf, [197], [284]
Pont Notre Dame, [7]
Pont Royal, [224]
Portes Cochères, corps of, [204]
Port Royal, destruction of, [218]
Poussin, [311]
Prés aux Clercs, the, [97]
Primaticcio, [152], [153], [311]
Primitifs, at Louvre, [308]
Printing, introduction of, at Paris, [143];
at the Louvre, [200]
Provost of Merchants, [9];
last of, [293]
Provost of Paris, his hotel, [295]
Public good, league of, [139]
Q
Quatre Nations, the, [95]
Quinze-vingts, establishment of, at Paris, [74]
R
Radegonde, St., her piety, [25];
nuns of, at Cambridge, [25]
Raphael, [306]
Ravaillac, assassin of Henry IV., his cruel torture, [185]
Rectors, their power, [95], [98]
Reformation, the, [164]
Rembrandt, [307]
Rémi, St., [13]
Republic, the second, [274]
Republic, the third, its patriotism, [274];
architecture of, [278]
Restoration, the, architecture of, [277]
Retz, Cardinal de, [203];
joins the insurrection, [204], [205]
Revolutionary, Committee of the League, [180]
Revolution, the, its triumph, [262];
its results, [275];
Place de la, [317]
Revolutionists, their attitude towards England, [265]
Richelieu, his rise to fame, [193], [194];
his firmness, [194];
his death, [195];
second founder of Sorbonne, [200];
his tomb at the Sorbonne, [200]
Rigaud, [313]
Robert the Pious, his excommunication, [48];
his charity, [48];
repudiates his queen, [47], [48];
marries Constance of Aquitaine, [48]
Robert the Strong, [37]
Robespierre and the Terror, [246], [247];
his feast of the Etre Suprème, [273];
at chess, [333]
Rochelle, la, capture of, [194]
Roland, [270]
Roland, Mme., [283]
Rollo, [37], [43]
Roman amphitheatre, the, [5]
Roman aqueduct, the, [5]
Roman Empire, exhaustion of, [12]
Rosso,

[152], [311]
Rousseau, his impressions of Paris, [226];
his journey from Paris to Lyons, [244]
Rousseau, Théodore, [315]
Royalty, abolition of, [258]
Royale, place, [187], [296], [297]
Rubens, [307]
Ryswick, peace of, [215]
S
Sacre Cœur, church of, [240], [279]
Sainte Chapelle, the, [69], [82], [83]
Samaritaine, la, [198]
Sarto, Andrea del, [152]
Saxe, Marshall, his victories, [231]
Scholars, their lack of discipline, [90];
their festive meetings, [91];
their depravity, [92];
poor, at Paris, [92];
defence of, by king, [97]
Schoolman, the, [100]
Sculpture, Greek, at Louvre, [305];
mediæval and renaissance, at Louvre, [305]
Sections, the, [176], [180];
their defeat, [180]
Sens, Archbishop of, and Templars, [112];
his palace, [295]
Serfdom, [49]
Serfs, their condition, [49], [50]
Séverin, St., church of, [284], [286]
Sévigné, Mme. de, [297]
Siegbert, marriage with Brunehaut, [21]
Siéyès, Abbé, [269]
Siger, at Paris, [100]
Signs, old, at Paris, [303]
Simon, St., Duke of, his memoirs, [210]
Soissons, the vase of, [13]
Sorbon, Robert of, founds the Sorbonne, [92]
Sorbonne, introduction of painting at, [143];
Greek lectureship at, [145];
the new, [288]
Soubise, Hôtel de, [297]
Soufflot builds Panthéon, [238];
mutilates west front of Notre Dame, [238]
Staël, Mme. de, [270]
States-General, establishment of, [104];
convoked by Dauphin, [117];
meet at the Louvre, [180];
at the Hôtel de Bourbon, [192];
at Versailles, [247]
Stephen, St., church of, [31]
Stephen III., Pope, at Paris, [30]
Street names, revolutionary, [271]
Streets, old, at Paris, [286], [299]
Suger, Abbot, [58];
builds new St. Denis, [79]
Sully, Duke of, [182], [184];
his enforced retirement, [192];
Hôtel de, [295]
Sully, Maurice de, builds cathedral of Notre Dame, [81]
Sulpice, St., church of, [241], [242], [291]
Surgery, school of, [290]
Swiss Guards, their devotion and courage, [257]
T
Talleyrand, Bishop, [270]
Talma, Julie, [270]
Talma, [326]
Tax farmers, their brutality, [245]
Tennis-court oath, [248]
Terror, the white, [247], note
Terror, the, at Paris, [262]
Theatre, the early, [323]
Thermæ, the, [9], [10]
Tiberius Cæsar, discovery of altar to, [9]
Tiers Etat, at Notre Dame, [106];
its humiliation, [192]
Titian, [306]
Trône, place du, [189]
Troyes, treaty of, [130]
Troyon, [315]
Truce of God, [98]
Tuileries, the, [186];
secret flight of royal family from, [255];
attack on, [257];
palace and gardens of, [315], [316]
Turenne, his defeat at Paris, [205], [206]
U
University, first use of term, [95]
Ursins, Mme. des, her power in Spain, [216]
Utrecht, peace of, [219]
V
Vaches, isle des, [6]
Val de Grâce, church of, [223]
Vallière, Mme. de la, [212]
Van Dyck, [307]
Vasari, his appreciation of Fra Angelico, [306]
Vauban, his military science, [210];
his estimate of the national resources, [215]
Vendôme, Duke of, his depravity, [216]
Vendôme, place and column of, [316]
Venetian merchants at Paris, [34];
their sympathy with Jeanne d’Arc, [133]
Venise, Rue de, [299]
Vergniaud, [260], [270]
Veronese, [306]
Versailles, château of, [212];
cost of, [213], note;
opera house, scene at, [248];
the revolution at, [247]
Victoires, Notre Dame des, [194], note
Victor, St., prior of, stabbed, [57];
abbey of, [60]
Ville, the, [146], [147]
Vinci, da, his Monna Lisa at Louvre, [306]
Viollet le Duc, his love of Gothic, [278]
Voltaire, his solvent wit, [269], [270]
Volterra, Daniele da, his statue of Louis XIII., [187]
Vosges, Place des, [187]
Vouet, [311]
W
Wall, the Roman, [6]
Watteau, his manner of painting, [313];
works by, at Louvre, [313]
Whistler, [290]

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] “Faudra recommencer” (“We must begin again”), said, to the present writer in 1871, a Communist refugee bearing a great scar on his face from a wound received fighting at the barricades.

[2] Inf. XXIX. 121-123. A French commentator consoles himself by reflecting that the author of the Divina Commedia is far more vituperative when dealing with certain Italian peoples, whom he designates as hogs, curs, wolves and foxes.