the, 722. Value of the pro- 
SS tear 190 
Manures, system of, 705 
Marat stabbed by Charlotte Cor- 
dé, 633 
Marche, its divisions, 676 
Marciano, battle of, 566 
Marengo, battle of, 640 
Margaret, Queen of Henry Iv. 
her character, 586. Divor- 
ced from the King, 587 
Marignaro, battle of, 556 
Marilla, Archbishop of Vienne, 
speaks against the errors and 
corruptions of the church of 
the King, ib. Is crowned, 
589. Made regent, 590. Be-. 
comes the dupe of her Italian 
favourites, ib: Her plan a- 
FRANCE. 
Millet, eultivation of, 703 
Mineralogy and geology of 
France, 685 
Mineral waters, 691 
Mines in France, 689. Ac- 
count of them in 1814, 690 
Mississippi scheme begun, 613 
Montauban, siege of, 593 
Mont Capel, battle of, 605 
Monteoncour, battle of, 577 
Monteleri, battle of, 552 
Montluc, Bishop of Valence, 
speaks against the errors and 
corruptions of the church of 
Rome, 573 © 
Montmartre, battle of, 663. 
Gypsum quarry of, 686 
Montmorency, the Constable, 
recalled by Henry II. 563. 
His character, 571. Has great 
influence with the King, 569. 
/ Killed in the battle of St De-” 
by Bonaparte, 
655. Burnt by the Russians, 
ADEA sii 
Most Christian, this title given 
by the Pope to Louis XI. 552 
Mountain party, the, 632 
Mountainous district of France, 
Nails, manufacture of, 722 
Nantes, edict of, passed, 585 
Nantes, revocation of the edict 
of, 606 
Naples subdued by the French,” 
639 
628. Discuss and negative 
the King’s veto, ib. Suppress 
hereditary titles, 629. 
National Convention assemble, 
632 
Natural history of Fsance, 685 
Naval force, 735 
Navarre invaded by the French, 
557. Saved by the rashness 
of the French general, ib. 
King of, his character, 571. 
Killed, 575 
Neckar succeeds Turgot, 619. 
unsuccessful nego- 
ciations at, 605. Treaty of, 
ib. 
Nivernois, its divisions, 675 
Nordlingen, battle of, 598 
Normandy, kingdom of, esta- 
blished, 544 
Normandy, its divisions, 674. 
R Sa" of, celebrated for milk, 
Normans, invasion of the, 544 
Notables, the, in France, as- 
sembled in 1787, 623. Dis-' 
missed, 624. 
bled, 625 
Noyon, treaty at, between Fran- 
cis L. and Charles V. 557 
: re) 
Again assem- 
Olives, 712 
Orange, Prince of, saves Hol- 
land from Louis XIV. 604. 
Rejects Louis’s proposals, ib. 
Reduces Naarden, ib. Re- 
fuses the mediation of - Eng- 
- land, ib. 
Orange trees, 711 
Orchilla weed found in” aus 
vergne, 704 : 
Orleannois, its divisions, 675 
Orleans, canal of, 680 
Orleans, Duke of, rebels against 
the regent Anne of France, 
Orleans, Duke of, regent of’ 
France after the death of 
Louis X1V. 612 
Orleans, Duke of, protests a- 
gainst a command of Louis 
XVI. 625. Encourages the 
~ revolution, 628. eee. 
635 
Orleans, forest of, 710 
' Orleans, States. General meet 
at, 574: 
Orthes, battle of, 662 
Orthes, Viscount, refuses- to 
massacre the Protestants in 
Bayonne, 578 
Oudenarde, battle of, 610 
Oxen generally used in the 
ee 698. Feeding, &c. 
708 . 
ote, fisheries of, 729 
P 
Paissi, conference of, 574 
Palatinate laid waste by the 
French, 604. Laid waste a-- 
gain by them, 607° 
Papal forces defeated by Fran= 
cis I. 556 
Paper, mauufacture of, 721 
Papilionaceous plants, 693 
Paris, the basin of, 685. Strata 
of, i. Organic remains in, 
686. Blockaded by: Henry 
IV. 682. IS relieved’ by the 
Duke of Parma, ib. Its 
’ dreadful situation during the 
faction of the Sixteen, 583. 
Meeting of the states there in 
1593, ib. Peace of, 618. In- 
fluence of, 644. Insurrection 
in, 626. Entered by the al- 
lies, 663. "Surrenders to the 
British and Prussians, 672 
Parliament, change of its con- 
stitution in the reign of Phi- 
lip de Valois, 549. Of France 
banished by Louis XVI. 625, 
And recalled, ib. 
Parliaments, origin of, 544 
Parma, war of, 564 
Parsnips, cultivation of, 702. 
Partition treaty, 608 
Passau, treaty of, 565 
Pastures, account of the, 707 
Pays d’Aunis, its divisions, 676 
Peat earth abundant, 691 
People, French, condition, 732. 
Their character, 736 
. 789 
Picardy, its divisions, 674 
Pilnitz, treaty of, 630 
le I. succeeds to the crown, 
Philip I. his reign, 546. Un. 
dertakes an expedition to the 
Holy Land, 546. Prepares 
to invade England, 547. War 
apnemeed him and the empire, 
Philip III. His reign, 548° 
Philip IV. his reign, ib, 
Philip V. succeeds ‘his’ prettier; 
549 
Philip Il. of Spain invades- 
France, 568. Loses the ad- 
vantage he obtained by the 
victory at St Quintin, 568, 
His reconciliation with the 
"Pope, 569 
Plums, 711 : 
Poitou, its divisions, 675 
Poltrot assassinates the Duke “g 
Guise, 575. 
Poor, state of the, 732 
Population of Sraleey view of: 
the, 730. 
Posts established in France by 
Louis XI. 552 : 
piece cultivation of, 701 - 
Poultry extensively used, 710 
Pragmatic ere: war of the, . 
613. 
Prague, siege of, 614 
Presburg, treaty of, 646. 
Property, landed, its state be. 
fore the Revolution, 695 
Protestants of Cabrieres and Me- 
rindo] massacred, 563. Their 
state in Germany, 564. In 
France, measures taken pre- 
’ paratory to their persecution, 
571. Severely persecuted, 
572. Increase in spite of 
Opposition, ib:- Makeva trea- 
ty of peace-with: the govern-- 
ment, 576. Have apprehen- 
sions of renewed persecution, 
ib. Defeated at Jarnac, 577: 
and at Montconcour, ih. 
Fight bravely in the battle 
of Jarnac, but are defeated, 
ib, Make a favourable trea» 
ty with the- government, ib. 
Massacre of, on St Bartholo- 
' mew’s day, 578. Origin of 
the famous league against 
the, 579. Hostilities between 
them and the Catholics in 
» 1681, 580. Alarmed by the 
plans of Mary de Medicis, 
590. Finally reduced, 594, 
Roused again by the Duke of 
Rohan, but soon crushed, 595. 
Persecuted by Louis XIV. 
607 
Provence, its divisions, 676. 
Coal strata in, 690 
Prussia, King of, makes peace 
with the National Conven- 
tion, 636. Declares war a- 
gainst France, 647 
Prussians desert Bonaparte, 656. 
Defeated at Ligny, 671 
Pultusk, battle of, 647 
Pyrenees, treaty of the, 601. 
Mountains of the, 677. Geo- 
logy of the, 687. Rare plants 
in the, 694. Rotation of crops 
-in the district of the, 699,. 
Irrigation in the, 706 . 
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