BY
HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
NEW EDITION.
TORONTO:
ROSE-BELFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
60 YORK STREET.
1878.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH INTELLECT FROMTHE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE ACCESSION TO POWER OF LOUIS XIV. | |
| PAGE | |
| Importance of the question, as to whether the historianshould begin with studying the normal or the abnormalcondition of society | 1–3 |
| Greater power of the church in France than in England | 4 |
| Hence in France during the sixteenth century everythingwas more theological than in England | 6–8 |
| Hence, too, toleration was impossible in France | 9–11 |
| But at the end of the sixteenth century scepticism appearedin France, and with it toleration began, as was seen inthe Edict of Nantes | 11–15 |
| The first sceptic was not Rabelais, but Montaigne | 15–18 |
| Continuation of the movement by Charron | 18–21 |
| Henry IV. encouraged the Protestants | 23–24 |
| And they were tolerated even by the queen-regent duringthe minority of Louis XIII. | 24–26 |
| The most remarkable steps in favour of toleration were,however, taken by Richelieu, who effectually humbled the church | 27–34 |
| He supported the new secular scheme of governmentagainst the old ecclesiastical scheme | 34–42 |
| His liberal treatment of the Protestants | 42–46 |
| They are deserted by their temporal leaders, and the managementof the party falls into the hands of the clergy | 46–51 |
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