The Ancient Regime

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1. THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 1
2. THE ANCIENT REGIME by Hippolyte A. Taine
3. INTRODUCTION
4. PREFACE:
5. THE ANCIENT REGIME
6. PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR: ON POLITICAL IGNORANCE AND WISDOM.
7. BOOK FIRST. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ANCIENT SOCIETY.
8. CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF PRIVILEGES.
9. I. Services and Recompenses of the Clergy.
10. II. Services and Recompenses of the Nobles.
11. III. Services and Recompenses of the King.
12. CHAPTER II. THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES.
13. I. Number of the Privileged Classes.
14. II. Their Possessions, Capital, and Revenue.
15. III. Their Immunities.
16. IV. Their Feudal Rights.
17. V. They may be justified by local and general services.
18. CHAPTER III. LOCAL SERVICES DUE BY THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES.
19. I. Examples in Germany and England.—These services are not rendered by
20. II. Resident Seigniors.
21. III. Absentee Seigniors.
22. CHAPTER IV. PUBLIC SERVICES DUE BY THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES.
23. I. England compared to France.
24. II. The Clergy
25. III. Influence of the Nobles.
26. IV. Isolation of the Chiefs
27. V. The King's Incompetence and Generosity.
28. VI. Latent Disorganization in France.
29. BOOK SECOND. MORALS AND CHARACTERS.
30. CHAPTER I. MORAL PRINCIPLES UNDER THE ANCIENT REGIME.

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