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| CHAPTER IV. |
| THE PROTECTIVE SPIRIT CARRIED BY LOUIS XIV. INTO LITERATURE. EXAMINATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE INTELLECTUAL CLASSES AND THE GOVERNING CLASSES. |
| The protective spirit in France, having produced these political evils, was carried into literature under Louis XIV., and caused an alliance between literature and government |
176–177 |
| Servility in the reign of Louis XIV. |
177–181 |
| Men of letters grateful to Louis XIV. |
182 |
| But his system of protecting literature is injurious |
183–188 |
| Its first effect was to stop the progress of science |
188–192 |
| Even in mechanical arts nothing was effected |
192–194 |
| Decline in physiology, in surgery, and in medicine |
194–197 |
| Also in zoology and in chemistry |
197 |
| Nor was anything done in botany |
198–202 |
| Intellectual decay under Louis XIV. was seen in every department of thought, and was the natural consequence of patronage |
202–205 |
| Illustrations from the history of French art |
205–208 |
| And from every branch of literature |
208–210 |
| Universal decline of France during the latter part of the reign of Louis XIV. |
210–212 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| DEATH OF LOUIS XIV. REACTION AGAINST THE PROTECTIVE SPIRIT, AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. |
| English literature unknown in France in the reign of Louis XIV. |
213–214 |
| But began to be studied after his death, when the most eminent Frenchmen visited England. This caused a junction of French and English intellects |
215–227 |
| Admiration of England expressed by Frenchmen |
228–229 |
| Hence liberal opinions in France, which the government attempted to stifle |
229 |
| Consequent persecution of literary men by the French government |
230–242 |
| Violence of the government |
242–246 |
| In France literature was the last resource of liberty |
246–247 |
| Reasons why literary men at first attacked the church and not the government |
247–253 |
| Hence they were led to assail Christianity |
254–258 |
| But until the middle of the reign of Louis XV. the political institutions of France might have been saved; after that period all was over |
258–259 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| STATE OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE IN FRANCE FROM THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. |
| Historical literature in France before the end of the sixteenth century |
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