The Age of Louis XIV

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by Will Durant


  Catalonia, 446, 707, 708

  Catching of the Leviathan, The (Bramhall), 560

  Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536), 1st Queen Consort of Henry VIII of England, 248, 284

  Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), Queen Consort of Charles II of England, 257, 259, 269, 271, 272, 283, 284, 314

  marriage and dowry, 248, 446

  alleged plot on King’s life, 281

  Catherine I, Empress of Russia (r. 1722–27), 388, 392, 394–95, 397, 406

  marriage to Peter legalized, 395, given title Empress, 395, 409

  sons of, 407, 408

  Catherine II, Empress of Russia (r. 1762–1796), 410

  Catholic Church (and Catholics), 49, 81, 225, 423

  Bayle’s views on toleration for, 608

  heresies, 429, 430, 447, 483, 493–94, 604, 605, 617, 666

  Hobbes’s criticism of, 559, 560

  Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 452

  popes, 48–49, 55, 78, 430–32 (see also individual popes)

  and unity of creeds, 665–66

  see also Inquisition

  IN AUSTRIA: 420, 421

  IN ENGLAND: 315, 316, 327, 483

  and Charles II, 36, 204, 248, 251, 252, 256–57, 276–85, 287

  and James II, 179, 253, 257, 269, 277, 278–79, 280–85, 288–98

  passim, 432, 705

  Locke’s views on, 589, 590

  Milton against toleration of, 218, 225, 226, 239

  and “Popish Plot” terror, 256, 280–84, 287, 300

  restrictions against, 189, 191–94

  passim, 204, 251, 252, 278–79, 282–85

  passim, 290, 291, 449

  and Test Act, 278–79, 290, 291

  and Toleration Act, 301, 589

  and William III, 297, 301, 302

  IN FRANCE: 30, 46–86, 91, 204, 251, 442, 599, 602, 605–6, 698, 708

  art sponsorship, 102

  censorship, 483, 493, 606

  convents and monasteries, 46–47 (see also Port-Royal)

  and education, 486

  and the King, 17, 34, 46, 48–49, 68–71

  passim, 74, 79, 84, 115, 432, 690, 717–18

  and literary style, 483

  morals of clergy, 46

  and the pope, 48–49, 432 (see also Gallicanism)

  role in national life, 46

  and science, 496

  and theater, 104, 115

  and theological controversies (internal), 47–49, 50, 53–55, 82–83, 599 (see also Jansenists)

  and tithes, 21–22

  and unity of creeds, 664–66

  IN GERMANY: 411, 414, 415, 483

  IN HUNGARY: 421

  IN IRELAND: 183, 186, 187, 251, 302, 303, 483

  IN ITALY: 102, 428–39

  passim, 456, 484, 508

  IN NETHERLANDS: 164, 167, 176, 633

  IN POLAND: 370, 371, 374, 465, 466

  IN RUSSIA: 399

  IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL: 251, 256, 447, 449, 452–56

  passim, 476, 620

  Catholic League, France, 251

  Catinat, Nicolas de (1637–1712), 704

  Cato (Addison), 321, 345

  Caus, Salomon de (1576–1630), 517

  Cavalieri, Francesco (1598–1647), 499, 500

  Cavaliers (England), 244, 246, 273

  Cavalli, Francesco (1602–76), 419, 444

  Cavallini, Francesco, stone carver (17th cent.), 435

  Cavendish family, 561, 562

  see also Devonshire

  Cawley, John (fl. 1702), 518

  censorship, 225, 498, 557, 563

  in England, 192, 224–27, 243, 283, 313, 321, 483, 564

  in France, 130, 162, 482–83, 493–94, 614, 615

  in Germany, 483, 625, 660

  in Netherlands, 483, 631

  in Spain, 452, 483

  census, 502

  Cerebri Anatome (Willis), 264, 522

  Cerkova, 387

  Cesti, Marc’ Antonio (1623–69), 444–45

  Ceylon, 26, 275

  Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, 235

  Chamber of Justice, 21

  Chambord, France, 124

  Chamillard, Michel de (1652–1721), 711

  Champaigne, Philippe de (1602–74), 95–96, 165

  Champaigne, Suzanne de (dau. of Philippe), 96

  Champmeslé, Marie (1642–98), 137, 143

  Champvallon, Harlay de, see Harlay de Champvallon, François de

  Chantilly, 44, 92, 100, 159

  Chapelain, Jean (1595–1674), 123, 160

  Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, and Times (Shaftesbury), 591

  Character of a Trimmer, The (Halifax), 300

  Chardin, Jean (1643–1713), 508, 509

  Charenton, France, 8

  Charlemagne, King of the Franks (r. 768–814), Emperor of the West (800–14), 26, 45, 721

  Charleroi, Hainaut, 42, 43, 714

  Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor, see Charlemagne

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519–1556), King of Spain as Charles I (r. 1516–1556), 436, 457, 713

  Charles VI (Archduke Karl of Austria), Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1711–40), 407, 678

  claims throne of Spain, 700, 701

  and War of Spanish Succession, 707, 708, 710, 712, 713, 714

  Charles I, King of England (r. 1625–49), 76, 184, 201, 265

  absolutist views of, 190, 563, 579

  and Anglican Church, 218, 258

  Catholic support of, 186, 251

  and Civil War, 35, 186, 244, 251, 461

  execution of, 177, 183, 187, 202, 207, 564, 576

  execution of, postfactum controversy, 184, 213*, 226–32, 254

  execution of, prosecution of instigators, 245, 246, 286, 330

  and Parliament, 245, 246, 549

  and Scotland, 187, 279*

  Charles II, King of England (r. 1660–85), 244–81

  and art, 250, 265–66, 312

  character of, 247–50

  coronation of, 177, 188, 246

  court of, 161, 240, 247, 270–75

  and Covenanters, 187, 246, 252

  Cromwell defeats forces of, 186–89

  death of, 287

  and Dutch Wars, 43, 174, 175, 176, 276–79

  in exile, 189, 204–5, 227–28, 247

  family, affection for, 35, 76, 204, 246, 249, 250, 277–78

  financial problems, 253, 259, 277

  and Hobbes, 239, 549, 560, 561

  Huguenots, aid to, 73

  and James’s succession, 279, 282, 283, 284, 287

  and Jews, 463

  and literature, 322–26

  passim, 329, 335

  and London fire, 263, 264, 265

  Louis XIV, financial aid from, 41, 70, 175, 204, 273, 276–81

  passim, 284

  marriage to Catherine, 248, 259, 272, 284, 446

  and Monmouth’s rebellion, 285–86, 324–25

  and music, 266, 267

  and Parliament, 43, 203–6, 233, 244–47, 252, 253, 259, 260:, 261, 273, 276, 277, 281–85

  passim; portraits of, 265, 266

  and the press, 313

  religion, personal, 188, 211, 278, 287, 482

  religious issues, 70, 73, 210, 211, 239, 240, 250–57, 277–84

  passim, 288

  restoration to throne, 167, 177, 186, 190, 192, 203–6, 233, 244–46, 333, 566

  and science, 250, 312, 495, 496, 504, 516, 525

  taxation, 201

  theater, 314, 315, 322, 323

  Treaty of Dover, 175

  women, 174, 240, 247, 248, 249, 269, 270, 277, 287, 288

  Charles I, King of Spain, see Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Charles II, King of Spain (r. 1665–1700), 42, 43, 450, 451, 452–53, 699–703

  passim, 705

  art patron, 436–37

  and Inquisition, 449

  Charles III, King of Spain (Archduke Karl of Austria; never crowned), see Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

  Charles X Gustavus
, King of Sweden (r. 1654–60), 366–67, 371, 372, 375, 439, 441, 467

  Charles XI, King of Sweden (r. 1660–97), 367, 368, 369, 413, 659, 691

  Charles XII, King of Sweden (r. 1697–1718), 368–69, 384–89

  Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–90), 423, 424, 425

  Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (r. 1638–75), 232, 430, 704

  Charles Louis, Elector Palatine (r. 1648–80), 631, 658, 691

  Charlotte Christina Sophia, Princess of Bruns-wick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1715), 406

  Charlotte Elisabeth, Princess Palatine and Duchesse d’ Orleans (1652–1722), 85, 417–418, 691

  Gharlottenburg, Schloss, 414, 418

  Charron, Pierre (1541–1603), 29, 66

  Charterhouse School, Dublin, 338, 340

  Chateaubriand, François Rene dc (1768–1848), 66

  Château-Thierry, France, 144

  Châtclct, Marquise du, see Du Châtelet

  Châtillon, Chevalier de (fl. 1660), 35

  Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?–1400), 327

  Chaulieu, Guillaume Amfrye, Abbé de (1639–1720), 86

  Chayla, Abbé du, see Du Chayla

  Chelebi, Raphael (fl. 1648), 472

  Chelsea Hospital, London, 265, 434

  chemistry, 495–98, 501, 506, 509, 515–16, 528, 529

  Cherbury, Lord Herbert of, see Herbert of Cherbury

  Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694–1773), 595, 596, 702

  Chevreuse, Ducde (fl. 1685), 689

  Chevreuse, Duchesse de (fl. 1685), 83, 689

  Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, Duchesse de (1600–79), 155

  Chicago Art Institute, 433

  child labor: in England, 257

  in France, 24

  China, 275, 304*, 508, 677

  China illustrata (Kircher), 508

  Chmielnicki, Bogdan (1593?–1657), 370

  chocolate (beverage), 275

  Christ Church College, Oxford, 491, 576

  Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway (r. 1588–1648), 508

  Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway (r. 1670–99), 365

  Christian Brothers, religious order, 486

  Christian Hero, The (Steele), 306, 339

  Christianity Not Mysterious (Toland), 568

  Christina (1626–89), Queen of Sweden (r. 1632–54), 56, 229, 366, 429, 438–42, 445, 447, 459, 481

  Christ’s College, Cambridge, 212–13, 219

  Chubb, Thomas (1679–1746), 571

  Churchill, Arabella (1648–1730), 266, 269

  Church of England, see Anglican Church

  Churriguera, José (1665–1725), 449–50

  Cicero, Marcus Tullio (106–43 B.C.), 570

  Cid, Le (Corneille), 131, 143, 374

  Cignani, Carlo (1628–1719), 434

  Cistercians, religious order, 50, 51, 52

  Cities, charters of, revised by Charles II, 285

  Civil War, American, 183*

  Civil Wars, English (Great Rebellion: 1642–1649), 77, 186, 208, 270, 285, 331–32, 485, 562, 566, 576

  Commons’ supremacy achieved by, 183, 247, 259

  Milton’s part in, 217, 221, 222

  Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of (1609–1674), 172, 204, 205, 248, 253, 269

  his strange wealth, 273

  flight to avoid prosecution, 277

  his writings, 277, 330, 560

  Clarendon, Henry Hyde, 2d Earl of (1638–1709), 289, 295

  Clarendon Code, 253

  Clarke, Samuel (1675–1729), 572, 675–76

  Claypole, Mrs. (dau. of Cromwell), 564

  Clélie (Scudéry), 149, 150

  Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini), Pope (r. 1592–1605), 455, 457

  Clement IX (Giulio Rospiglioso), Pope (r.1667–69), 68, 431, 435, 441, 444

  Clement X, Pope (r. 1670–76), 431, 447

  Clement XI (Giovanni Francesco Albani), Pope (r. 1700–21), 68, 69, 432, 435

  Cléopâtre (La Calprenède), 149

  Clermont-Ferrand, 55, 56

  Clermont-Tonnerre, Comte de (fl. 1667), 137

  Cleve, duchy of, 412

  Cleveland, Barbara Villiers, Duchess of, see Castelmaine, Countess of

  Clifford, Thomas, 1st Baron (1630–73), 277, 279

  clocks and watches, 507, 509–10

  Clonmel, Ireland, 186

  clothing, see dress

  Cloyne, Ireland, 597

  Coblenz, 707

  cockfighting, 195, 271, 275, 307

  Cocu imaginaire, Le (Molière), 110

  Code Louis, 16

  Code Napoléon, 16

  Coehorn, Menno van, Baron (1641–1704), 381

  Coello, Claudio (c.1630–1693), 451

  coffee, 274–75

  coffeehouses, in England, 275, 304, 306, 312, 320, 339, 340, 342, 344, 563, 564

  Coffier, François (17th cent.), 100

  Coffier, Philippe (17th cent.), 100

  Cogita metaphysica (Spinoza), 625

  Coimbra, Portugal, 455

  Colasterion (Milton), 223

  Colbert Jean Baptiste (1619–83, 11, 18, 20–26, 482, 484

  the arts, his organization of, 87–102

  passim; his children, 690, 691

  corruption in government, 21, 28

  his death, 26, 662

  his economic policies, 20–26, 74, 130, 175, 662, 690, 698, 720

  and French Academy, 130

  Huguenots, 69, 71, 74

  Jews, 457

  labor, regimentation of, 23–24

  pensions for men of letters and learning, 129, 132, 499

  portraits and bust of, 96, 98, 100

  shipping, 25–26

  tax collection, 20–21, 43

  Colbert, Jean Baptiste, son of the great Colbert, see Seignelay, Marquis de

  Colbert, Jean Baptiste, grandson of the great Colbert, see Torcy, Marquis de

  Colchester, England, 257

  Coleman, Edward (d. 1678), 280–81, 284

  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772–1834), 657

  Collège de Clermont, Paris, 106

  Collège de Navarre, Paris, 75

  Collège d’Harcourt, Paris, 132–33

  Collège Louis-le-Grand, Paris, 486

  College of Physicians, London, 507

  Collège Royal, Paris, 599

  Collegiants, 167, 623

  Collegium Ludovici Magni, Paris, 486

  Collegium Societatis Jesu, Paris, 486

  Collier, Jeremy (1650–1726), 318–19, 321, 339

  Collins, Anthony (1676–1729), 167, 492, 566, 570–71, 572

  Collins, John (fl. 1672), 533

  Collyer, Thomas (fl. 1656), 462

  Cologne, 8, 45, 176, 178, 179, 205, 483, 691, 706

  Archbishop Elector of, 45, 176, 483

  Colonna, Cardinal (b. c.1606), 439

  Colonna, Prince, husband of Marie Mancini (fl. 1658), 34

  color, Newton’s work on, 534–35

  Columbus, Christopher (1446?–1506), 506

  Comédie-Française, 106, 115, 123

  Comédiens Royaux, see Troupe Royale

  comets, 505, 541, 606

  Commentaire philosophique (Bayle), 607–8, 613

  Commission of Triers, 193

  Compagnie des Indes, 690

  Compagnie du Saint Sacrement, 114, 115, 116

  compass, and earth’s magnetism, 514

  Compiègne, 37, 440

  Compleat Angler, The (Walton), 207

  Complete English Gentleman, The (Defoe), 338

  Complete English Tradesman, The (Defoe), 338

  Comprehension Bill (England, 1689), 301

  Compron, Henry (1632–1713), 291, 295, 296

  computing machines, 56, 662

  Comte, Auguste (1798–1857), 570, 660

  Comus (Milton), 215

  Concordat of Francis I (1516), 49

  Condé family, 159

  Condé, Louis II de Bourbon (“the great Condé”;, Duc de (1621–86), 4, 29, 30, 36, 49, 495, 598, 63
2, 694

  in the Fronde, 7–11

  military activities, 8, 9–10, 11, 41, 43, 44, 176

  his estate at Chantilly, 44, 92

  busts of, 100

  Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de (1715–80), 588, 599

  Condom, France, 77

  Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Caritat, Marquis de (1743–94), 78, 617

  Conduct of the Allies, The (Swift), 353

  Conduit. Mine., niece of Isaac Newton, 536

  Congreve, William (1670–1729), 312, 315, 318, 319–21, 326, 352, 354

  Conquest of Granada, The (Dryden), 323

  Conscious Lovers (Steele), 321

  Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris, 56

  Conservatorio di Musica, Naples, 445

  Constantinople, 382, 383, 423, 425, 455, 473, 475

  Contarini, Alvise (fl. 1680), 444

  Contes (La Fontaine), 144–46

  Conti, Armand de Bourbon, Prince de (1629–1666). 7, 8, 107, 113

  Conti. François Louis de Bourbon, Prince de (1664–1709), 694

  Convent of New Catholics, 81

  Cooper, Samuel (1609–72), 195

  Copenhagen, 367, 375

  Treaty of (1660), 367

  University of, 508

  Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473–1543), 62, 217, 481, 540, 566, 617, 618, 641, 666

  Coquelin, Jean Baptiste 111, 105, 107

  Cordova, Spain, 448

  Corelli, Arcangclo (1653–1713), 441, 443–45

  Cork, Ireland, 255

  Cork, Richard Boyle, Earl of (d. 1644), 511–12

  Corneille, Pierre (1606–84), 30, 107, 110, 125, 131–32, 134, 143, 149, 153, 162, 374, 614

  Fouquet’s aid to, 19, 131

  influenced by Jansenism, 69

  rivalry, contrasts with Racine, 132, 135, 137, 138, 142, 143, 144, 162

  Voltaire’s comment on, 143

  influence on English letters, 312, 323

  Corneille, Thomas (1625–1709), 120

  Corporation Act (England, 1661), 252

  Cortona, Pietro da (1596–1669), 96, 101, 434

  Corvinus, Matthias, see Matthias Corvinus Cosimo III de’ Medici, grand Duke of Tuscany (r. 1670–1723), 434, 436

  Cossacks, 370–71, 372, 375, 379, 383, 464, 467

  Costa, Mendes da (fl. 1655), 463

  Cotin, Abbé Charles (1604–82), 12

  Cotte, Robert de (1656–1735), 90

  Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce (1571–1631), 485

  Cottonian Library, London, 485

  Country Party, 279, 286

  see also Whigs

  Court Party, 279

  see also Tories

  Country Wife, The (Wycherley), 268, 316

  Couperin family, 34, 501

  Couperin, François (1668–1733), 34

  Courcelle, Daniel Rémy, Sieur de (d. 1698), 26

  Court of Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes (1687–88), 291, 293, 294, 297

  Court of High Commission, 246

  Court of King’s Bench, 294, 298

  Courtrai, Flanders, 42, 43

 

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