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The Age of Louis XIV

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by Will Durant


  Molesworth, Robert, 1st Viscount Moles-worth (1656–1725), 569

  Moldavia, 373, 423

  Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin: 1622–73), 28, 92, 105–28, 404, 529, 599, 600, 614, 690

  acting career of, 106–7, 110, 114, 121, 124–27

  passim; appraisal of work of, 127–28, 129, 153, 163

  and Boileau, 105, 126, 128, 144, 146–49

  passim; Bossuet denounces, 79

  and Pierre Corneille, 107, 125, 131, 132

  death of, 127

  English theater influenced by, 312, 315, 316

  and Festin controversy, 118–20

  and the Four Friends, 126, 144, 146

  Louis XIV’s support of, 12, 97, 107, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 120, 130, 163, 720

  Lully’s collaboration with, 33, 124–25

  marriage of, 110–11, 113, 121–27

  passim; and medical men, 120, 126–27, 528

  and Mignard, 98, 125

  and the précieuses, 31, 108–9, 125, 148, 150

  and Racine, 126, 133, 134, 137

  and Tartuffe controversy, 114–17, 118

  Molina, Luis (1535–1600), 47, 60

  Molina, Tirso de, see Tirso de Molina

  Molinos, Miguel de (1640–97), 82, 429–30

  Moll Flanders (Defoe), 337

  Molmenti, Pompeo Gherardi (1852–1928), 444

  Molyneux, William (1656–98), 594

  Monadologie, La (Leibniz), 669

  Monaldeschi, Giovanni, Márchese (d. 1657), 441

  Monck, George (1608–70), 189, 203–6

  passim, 232

  Monde Le (Descartes), 617

  Mongolia, 508

  Monmouth, Anne Scott, Duchess of 277

  Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of (1649–85), 247, 283–86

  passim; and armed revolt against James II, 295, 335, 577

  is beheaded, 290

  portrayed in Absalom and Achitophel, 289–290

  Mons, Hainaut, 693, 711

  Montagu, Sir Edward, see Sandwich, 1st Earl of

  Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689–1762), 481

  Montagu House, London, 507

  Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de (1533–92), 29, 58, 66, 85, 128, 130, 153, 161, 299, 457, 488, 570, 615–16

  Monte Cassino, monastery at, 437

  Montecucculi, Count Raimondo di (1609–81), 421–22

  Montemor o Novo, Portugal, 455

  Montespan, Françoise Athénaïs de Rochecouart, Marquise de (1641–1707), 28, 32, 33, 34*, 37–38, 98, 123, 685

  her children by Louis XIV, 38, 40, 716

  implicated in poison case, 140

  Montespan, Marquis de (fl. 1663), 37, 38

  Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de (1689–1755), 14, 161, 509, 566, 582, 583, 613

  Monteverdi, Claudio (1567–1643), 444

  Montfleury (Zacharie Jacob: 1640–85), 111

  Montmorency, Charlotte de, Princesse de Condé (b. 1593), 350

  Montmorency, Château de, 89

  Montpellier, France, 72

  University of, 526

  Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchesse de, “La Grande Mademoiselle” (1627–93), 9–10, 30, 33, 36

  Montpensier, Marie de Bourbon de, Duchesse d’Orléans (d. 1627), 9

  Montrose, James Graham, 1st Marquis of (1612–50), 188

  Monvoisin, Catherine, see La Voisin

  More, Henry (1614–87), 482, 573, 575

  Morea (Peloponnesus), 424, 425

  Moreri, Louis (1643–80), 609

  Moriscos, 448

  Morland, Samuel (1625–95), 517

  “Morning of Christ’s Nativity, The” (Milton), 212

  Morosini, Francesco (1618–94), 424, 433

  Morsztyn, Andrzej (17th cent.), 374

  Mort d’Agrippine, La (Cyrano de Bergerac), 600

  Morteira, Saul Levi (c. 1596–1660), 459, 620, 622, 623

  Mortemart, Duchesse de (fl. 1690), 83, 689

  Morus, Alexander (fl. 1653), 230–32

  Mosaic Law, 195, 223, 461, 475, 476, 477, 558, 569, 622, 629

  Moscow, 375, 378, 382, 384, 406, 407

  Western innovations in, 375–77, 397, 398, 400–4

  Peter’s court in, 394

  crime in (1718), 404–405

  Jewish colony in, 468

  Moselle river, 707

  Moses ben Maimon, see Maimonides

  motion, laws of, 263, 510–11, 539–41, 547, 551, 675

  Motteux, Pierre Antoine (1660?–1718), 207*

  Motteville, Françoise Bertaut de (1621?–89), 4, 14, 160, 440, 525

  Moulin, Pierre de (fl. 1652), 232

  Moustiers, France, 95

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91), 143, 445

  Mulgrave, John Sheffield, 3d Earl of (1648–17), 324

  Müller, Johannes Peter (1801–58), 646

  Mundus subterraneus (Kircher), 507

  Munich, 418, 419

  Münster, bishopric of, 176, 178, 179, 691, 706

  Munster, Ireland, 255

  Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617–82), 451, 452

  Museo Nazionale, Naples, 435

  music: Austrian, 445

  English, 195, 266–68

  French, 33–34, 445

  German, 419

  Italian, 435, 442–45

  Russian, 375–76, 404

  musical instruments, 442–43

  Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (r. 1695–1703), 425

  Mysteries of Magic, The (Defoe), 338

  Naarden, Holland, 179

  Nabi, Turkish poet, 421

  Namur, 694, 714

  Nantes, Edict of (1598), 5, 69, 70, 71, 483, 605

  revocation of (1685), 72–75, 101, 162, 430, 483, 617

  revocation approved by Catholics, 80–81, 82, 290, 687

  revocation, foreign reaction to, 167, 179, 290, 414, 430, 442, 607, 666

  Nanteuil, Robert (1623–78), 95

  Napier, John (1550–1617), 499

  Naples, 216, 407, 448

  art in, 435, 437

  opera in, 444, 445

  Jews of, 455

  under Austrian rule, 708, 715

  Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (r. 1805–1814

  1815), 13, 16, 26, 122, 381, 646, 714, 721

  Narva, 403, 406

  battles at (1700, 1704), 384, 385

  Nassi, Joseph, Duke of Naxos (fl. 1566), 455

  Natalia, sister of Peter the Great, 407

  Natalia Naruishkina, mother of Peter the Great, 376, 377, 398

  Nathan Ghazati (1644–80), 472, 473

  National Covenant, 188

  National Gallery, London, 95

  National Portrait Gallery, London, 266

  Nattier, Jean Marc (1685–1766), 405

  Natural and Political Observations ... upon the Bills of Mortality (Graunt), 501

  navigation, 503, 504, 509–10, 529

  Navigation Act (England, 1651), 172, 174, 199, 460

  Naxos, Joseph Nassi, Duke of (fl. 1566), 455

  Nayler, James (1617?–60), 198–99

  Nazarenus (Toland), 569

  Near East, trade with, 26

  Neer, Aert van der (1603–83), 169*

  Neerwinden, battle of (1693), 694

  Negroes, at court of Peter the Great, 393

  Nemours, Duc de (fl. 1652), 8, 156

  Nero (Handel), 419

  Netherlands, 83, 89, 164–80 , 426, 691

  revolt against Spain in (1568–1648), 41, 164

  see also Spanish Netherlands and United Provinces

  Neustadt, Palatinate, 691

  Neva river, 383, 385, 397

  origin of name, 396

  canal to the Dvina, 402

  Nevers, Duc de (fl. 1703), 86

  Nevers, France, 95, 372

  New Amsterdam (New York), 172, 174, 259

  New Atlantis (Bacon), 359, 496

  New Chains Discovered (Lilburne), 227

  New Church, The Hague, 636

  Newcomen, Matthew (1610?–69),
218*

  Newcomen, Thomas (1663–1729), 518

  New England, religious freedom in, 483

  Newfoundland, 710, 713, 715

  New Jersey, 256, 259

  Newmarket, horse races at, 286

  Newport, Rhode Island, 596

  Newson, Colonel (fl. 1650), 195

  newspapers, 312, 313, 403, 484

  “New Theory about Light and Colors” (Newton), 535

  Newton, Isaac (1642–1727), 304, 311, 331, 382, 498, 500, 531–47, 585, 590, 597, 657

  and alchemy, 531–32, 661

  and astronomy, 497, 503, 504, 505, 524, 529, 542, 547, 676

  and binomial theorem, 533

  at Cambridge, 293, 531–32, 543–44

  death of (Mar. 20, 1727), 545–46

  and the Enlightenment, 74, 679, 681

  and gravitation, 503, 532, 536–40, 541–42, 547

  and Hooke, 507, 535, 537, 539

  and Leibniz, controversy over calculus, 533–34, 662–63, 678

  and mathematics, 499, 532–34, 544–45, 66–63, 678

  and physics, 263, 511, 513, 514, 515, 534–36, 539–41, 547, 588, 675

  and religion, 491, 524, 542–44, 546–47, 566, 567, 676

  and sextant, 498

  and Swift satire on, 359

  and telescope, 498, 504, 535

  New Voyage round the World (Dampier), 336, 509

  New York, 172, 174, 259

  Nice, France, 714

  Nicole, Pierre (1625–95), 52, 59, 68, 85, 134, 153

  Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle), 653

  Nicomède (Corneille), 107, 131

  Niemirov, Poland, 467

  Nienskans (Petersburg), 385

  Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844–1900), 645*, 656

  Nijmegen, Treaty of (1678–79), 44, 97, 164, 179

  Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow (1605–81), 376

  Nîmes, France, 72

  Nithard, Johannes Eberhard (1607–81), 452

  Noailles, Louis Antoine de, Archbishop of Paris (1651–1729), 68, 697

  Noble, William, physicist (fl. 1673), 513

  Normandy, 8, 47

  North America, see America

  Northern Mark of the Saxons, 412

  Norway, 365, 367, 389

  Notes pour servir aux Mémoires (Louis XIV), 15*

  Notre Dame de la Trappe, 47, 79

  Notre Dame de Paris, 94, 101, 149, 689, 717

  Nottingham, Daniel Finch, 2d Earl of (1647–1730), 299, 301, 351

  Nottingham, England, 197, 297, 306

  Nouveaux Essais sur l’entendement humain (Leibniz), 667, 680

  Nouvelles de la République des Lettres (periodical), 484, 607, 615, 617

  Novalis, see Hardenberg, Baron Friedrich von

  Nova Scotia, 699, 715

  Novgorod, 375, 394

  Numa Pompilius (716–673 B.C.), 558

  Nuremberg, 411, 661

  Nymphenburg Palace, 418

  Nystad, Treaty of (1721), 390

  Oates, Titus (1649–1705), 279*, 280–83, 287, 289, 302

  Observations upon Aristotle’s Politiques (Filmer), 579

  occupational diseases, 525

  Oceana (Harrington), 564–66

  Oder river, 411, 412, 414

  Odyssey (Homer), 162, 562

  Oedipe (Corneille), 132

  Of Ancient and Modern Learning (Temple), 331, 491

  “Of Human Bondage” (Spinoza), 646

  “Of Human Liberty” (Spinoza), 648

  Of Reformation Touching Church Discipline in England (Milton), 218–19

  Öland, 368

  Old Bachelor, The (Congreve), 319

  Oldenburg, Henry (1615?–77), 497, 498, 533, 534, 535, 662

  correspondence with Spinoza, 472, 512, 625, 632, 635, 655

  meeting with Spinoza, 625

  Old Pretender, see James III

  Oliva, Peace of (1660), 367, 371

  On the Improvement of the Intellect (Spinoza), 636, 638

  “On the Late Massacher in Piedmont” (Milton), 232, 430

  On the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (Milton), 555

  Oostenburg, shipyards at, 381

  opera: in Austria, 421

  in England, 267–68

  in France, 33, 125, 690

  in Germany, 419

  in Italy, 444–45

  Oporto, wine from, 446

  Oppenheim, sacked by French (1689), 692

  Oppenheimer, Samuel (1635–1703), 464

  Opressa, Ukraine, 387

  Opticks (Newton), 533, 534, 536

  optics, 501, 507, 530, 531, 538, 546, 593

  Oracles of Reason, The (Blount), 567

  Orange, house of, 173, 176–78

  Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris (Tyson), 523

  “Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista” (Stradella), 444

  Oratory, Congregation of the, 69, 493, 598, 602

  Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck), 445

  Origen, Adamantius (185?–254?), 490, 570

  Origine des fables, L’ (Fontenelle), 614, 618

  Origin of Species, The (Darwin), 540

  Orkneys, 188

  Orléans, Anne Marie Louise d’ (“La Grande Mademoiselle”), see Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise . . . , Duchesse de

  Orléans, Charlotte Elisabeth, Duchesse d’, see Charlotte Elisabeth

  Orléans, Gaston Jean Baptiste, “Monsieur,” Due d’ (1608–60), 4, 9, 10, 36

  Orléans, “Madame” Henrietta, Duchesse de, see Henrietta Anne

  Orléans, Marguerite de Lorraine, Duchesse d’ (d. 1673), 145

  Orléans, Marie de Bourbon de Montpensier, Duchesse d’ (d. 1627), 9

  Orléans, Philippe I, “Monsieur,” Due d’ (1640–1701), 35, 36, 107, 115, 417

  Orléans, Philippe II, Due d’ (1674–1723), 694, 716, 718, 719

  Orléans, France, 9, 89

  Ormonde, James Butler, 12th Earl of, 1st Duke of (1610–88), 186, 269

  Ormonde, James Butler, 2d Duke of (1665–1745), 310, 713

  ornithology, 519

  Oroonoko (Behn), 335

  Osborne, Dorothy, later Lady Temple (1627–1695), 271, 331

  Osijek (Eszék), Slavonia, 423

  Osuna, Pedro Téllez y Giron, Duke of (1574?–1624), 314

  Ostend, 708

  Othon (Corneille), 132

  Ottoboni, Pietro, Cardinal, see Alexander VIII, Pope

  Ottoman Empire, 274, 387–88, 433

  and Austria, 41, 44, 45, 373, 420–25, 664–65, 691, 699

  decline of, 421, 425–26

  and France, 373, 422, 661–62

  and Hungary, 421–22, 424–25

  Jews in, 455, 456, 473–74

  and Poland, 371–74, 423–424

  religious freedom in, 425, 455, 570

  and Russia, 375, 377, 379, 380, 382, 383, 386, 388

  siege of Vienna (1684), 45, 423–24, 665

  Otway, Thomas (1652–85), 314–15

  Ouderkerk, Holland, 623

  Overijssel, province of, 176, 179

  Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso: 43 B.C.-A.D. 17?), 327

  Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of (1689–1711), 307–9, 310, 336, 353, 355–56, 357, 713

  Oxford, England, 35, 168, 255, 261

  Parliament session at (1681), 285

  Oxford Gazette, 313

  Oxford University, 338, 341, 347, 487, 496, 502, 505, 506, 512, 564, 589

  Arabic chair at, 492

  Bodleian Library, 484, 490

  Catholic ineligible for degree at, 292–93

  honorary degree to Czar Peter, 382

  Locke at, 576, 577

  Wallis at, 500

  Wood’s history of, 330

  Wren’s work at, 263, 265

  Wycherley at, 315

  Padua, University of, 474

  painting: Dutch, 89, 165, 168–71

  English, 170, 195, 265–66

  Flemish, 89, 165

  French, 88–90, 95–99, 162, 163

  genre, 168–71

 
German, 419

  Italian, 88, 90, 170, 433–38

  landscape, 170–71

  miniature, 95

  in Poland, 374

  portrait, 95, 98–99, 195, 265–66, 435

  in Russia, 404

  in Spain, 436–37, 450–52

  Palais-Cardinal, Paris, 96

  Palais de Justice, Paris, 6

  Palais-Royal, Paris, 6, 8

  plays performed at, 110, 114, 115, 118, 120, 124, 125

  Palatinate (Rhineland): devastation of (1674, 1688), 14, 43–44, 417, 631, 692, 715, 720

  in Grand Alliance, 706

  in Great Coalition, 43

  War of the (1688–89), 425, 426, 691–92, 699

  Palatine, Elector, see Frederick V (r. 1610–1623)

  Charles Louis (r. 1648–80)

  Palatine, Princess, see Charlotte Elisabeth (1652–1722)

  Elizabeth (1618–80)

  Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 101

  Palazzo Colonna, Rome, 434

  Palazzo Corsini, Rome, 441

  Palazzo Doria, Rome, 434

  Palazzo Durazzo, Genoa, 433

  Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 436

  Palazzo Marucelli, Florence, 433

  Palazzo Pesaro, Venice, 433

  Palazzo Reale, Genoa, 433

  Palazzo Rezzonico, Venice, 433

  Palestine, 471, 472, 473

  Palmer, Barbara Villiers, see Castlemaine,

  Countess of Palmer, Herbert, 224

  Palmer, Roger, see Castlemaine, Earl of Palmstruh, Johann, 366

  pantheism, 569, 605, 641

  Pantheisticus (Toland), 569

  Papal States, 430–32, 456, 708

  Papin, Denis (1647–1712), 517

  Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus (1493?–1541), 526

  Paradise Lost (Milton), 234–38, 243, 343, 492

  Paradise Regained (Milton), 240–41

  Paradiso, Christoph (17th cent.), 419

  Paradiso (Dante), 238

  Parc, Thérèse du, see Du Parc

  Paris: Council of, glorifies Louis XIV, 45

  Fronde in, 6–8, 9–10

  hails Louis as boy, 10, 12–13

  Huguenots spared in, 72

  Louis’ bitterness toward, 7, 91, 711

  observatory in, 508

  Parlement, see Parlement of Paris

  police system in, 16–17

  population statistics, 502

  protests against wartime conditions, 696, 709

  rejoices at Louis’ funeral, 719–20

  Paris, Treaty of (1670), 278

  Paris, University of, 49, 527, 599

  Paris Gazette, 34*

  Parkány, battle of, 424

  Parker, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford (1640–88), 493, 567

  Parlement of Paris, 5–8, 9, 10, 15, 50, 115, 703, 716

  parlements, 5, 49

  Parliament, English:

  LONG (1640–53): 204, 245, 549

  anti-Catholic legislation, 189, 194

  and army, 183, 189

  and commerce and shipping, 199

  Commonwealth set up (1649), 183

 

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