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THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 1
THE ANCIENT REGIME
by Hippolyte A. Taine
Text Transcriber's Note: The numbering of Volumes, Books, Chapters
and Sections are as in the French not the American edition.
Annotations by the transcriber are initialled SR.
Svend Rom, April 2000.
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include as a prefix to the original footnote number, the book and
chapter numbers. A table of contents has been added with active
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David Widger, June 2008
CONTENTS
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.—These services are not rendered by
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.