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    The Age of Louis XIV

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      guilds, 23–24, 71, 258, 263

      Guise, Chevalier de (fl. 1646), 33

      Guise, Henri II de Lorraine, Duc de (1614–1664), 440

      Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume (1787–1874), 125

      Gulliver’s Travels (Swift), 338, 358–60, 497

      Gunpowder Ploz (1605), 251, 281, 289, 296

      Gustavus II Adolphus, of Sweden (r. 1611–1632), 366, 375

      Guyon, Jeanne Marie de La Motte- (1648–1717), 82–83, 690

      Gwyn, Nell (1650–87), 249, 266, 274, 287, 314

      Gyllenstierna, Count Johan (1635–80), 368

      Haarlem, 166, 171, 458

      habeas corpus, right of, 192, 272, 282, 566

      Habeas Corpus Act, 290

      Hadley, George (fl. 1735), 506

      Hadrian, Emperor of Rome (r. 117–38), 99

      Hague, The, 43, 176, 177, 178, 205–6, 331, 710, 713

      book publishing in, 168, 231

      Jews in, 458

      Pepys’s praise of, 166

      Spinoza’s residence in, 630, 631, 632, 663

      Treaty of (1701), 705

      Hainaut, province of, 42, 175

      Halberstadt, bishopric of, 412

      Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of (1661–1715), 304, 305, 319, 327, 341, 342, 352, 545, 566, 578

      Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of (1633–1695), 251, 282, 283, 284, 289, 290, 292, 295, 296, 297, 299–300

      Hall, Bishop Joseph (1574–1656), 218–20, 222

      Hallam, Henry (1777–1859), 251, 438

      Halle, Saxony, 485

      University of, 414, 485, 486, 660

      Halle au Poisson, Marseilles, 101

      Haller, Albrecht von (1708–77), 522

      Halley, Edmund (1656–1742), 498, 503, 504–5, 513, 514, 545

      and mortality tables, 304, 502

      and comets, 505, 528, 541, 606

      essay on trade winds, 506

      formula of inverse squares, 538, 539

      quoted on Christian doctrine, 529

      Hals, Frans (1580–1666), 170, 171, 632

      Hamburg, 395, 411, 439, 441

      leadership in German opera, drama, 419

      Jews of, 439, 463, 470, 472, 473, 475

      Hamilton, Anthony (1646?–1720), 249, 271

      Hamlet (Shakespeare), 142

      Hampden, John (fl. 1683), 285

      Hampton Court Palace, 103, 189, 265, 266, 433

      Handel, George Frederick (1685–1759), 268, 419, 443, 444

      Hanover, city of, 415, 506, 663, 666, 678

      Christian unity conference at (1683), 664–65

      Hanover, Electorate of, 309, 310, 342, 389, 415, 706

      Hanover, house of, 310, 342, 415, 678

      see also George I, King of England

      Hapsburg, house of, 3, 452

      Austrian, faces internal and external threats, 420–21, 423, 425, 426

      and Catholicism, 296, 420

      Empire-Spain union under (1711), 713

      France gains ascendancy over, 3, 8, 11, 411

      and James Il’s deposition, 296

      conflict with Bourbons, 3, 350, 702–14

      passim

      Hardenberg, Baron Friedrich von (“Novalis”: 1772–1801), 641, 656

      Hardouin-Mansard, Jules (1646–1708), 89, 90, 92

      Harkány, Hungary, 424

      Harlay de Champvallon, François de, Archbishop of Paris (1625–95), 127

      Harley, Robert, see Oxford, 1st Earl of

      Harrington, James (1611–77), 483, 564–66

      Harrison, Maj. Gen. Thomas (1606–60), 190, 191, 245, 461

      Hartlib, Samuel (d. c.1670), 230, 487

      Harvey, William (1578–1657), 374, 520, 528

      Hauksbee, Francis (fl. 1706), 514

      Hauranne, Jean Duvergier de, see Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean

      Hautefort, Marie de (1616–91), 155

      Hawkins, Admiral Sir John (1532–95), 172, 200

      Haymarket, Queen’s Theatre at, 314, 343

      heat, 512–13

      Hebrew language, 168, 458, 475, 489, 576, 622, 623

      Hegel, Gcorg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770–1831), 656

      Heidelberg, 692, 707

      University of, 631, 658

      Heinsius, Antonius (1641–1720), 703, 707

      Heinsius, Daniel (1580–1655), 129

      Helmont, Frans van (1614–99), 669

      Hclmont, Jan Baptista van (1577?–1644?), 515, 526, 669

      Héloïse (d. c.1164), 686

      Heist, Bartholomeus van der (1613–70), 168*

      Helvétius, Claude Adrien (1715–71), 619, 656

      Henrietta Anne (“Madame” Henrietta), Duchesse d’Orléans (1644–70), 35–36, 92, 115, 132, 135, 150, 161, 289, 417, 716

      Bossuet’s funeral oration on, 76–77

      and brother Charles II, 35–36, 204, 246, 247, 249, 250, 276, 277

      Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I of England (1609–69), 35, 188, 204, 215, 289

      Bossuet’s funeral oration for, 76–77

      Henry VIII, King of England (r. 1509–47), 250, 399, 432, 563

      Henry IV (Henry of Navarre), King of France (r. 1589–1610), 12, 15, 35, 50, 52, 69, 247, 350, 563

      Henry I (the Fowler), Holy Roman Emperor (r. 919–936), 412

      Heraclius (Corneille), 131

      Herbelot de Molainville, Barthélemy d’ (1625–1695), 492

      Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron (1583–1648), 357

      Herder, Johann Gottfried von (1744–1803), 593, 656

      Hero of Alexandria (3d? cent.), 516–17

      “Heroic Stanzas” (Dryden), 322

      Herrera, Francisco de, “El Mozo” (1622–85), 449

      Herrera, Gerónimo (fl. 1725), 450

      Herrera, Nicolás (fl. 1725), 450

      Hesse-Darmstadt, 463

      Hevelius, Johannes (1611–87), 490, 502–3

      Heyden, Jan van der (1637–1712), 381

      Highland Rogue, The (Defoe), 337

      Hildesheim, bishopric of, 691

      Hind and the Panther, The (Dryden), 327

      Hippocrates (460?–377? B.C.), 527

      Hispaniola, 200

      Histoire amoreuse des Gaules (Bussy-Rabutin), 160–61

      Histoire critique du Nouveau Testament (Simon), 494

      Histoire Critique du Vieux Testament (Simon), 493–94

      Histoire des oracles (Fontenelle), 86, 618

      history, philosophy of, 78

      History of Colonel Jacque, The (Defoe), 337

      History of England (Macaulay), 254*

      History of England in the Eighteenth Century (Lecky), 254*

      History of His Own Time, The (Burnet), 330

      History of Philosophy, (Stanley), 492

      History of the Rebellion (Clarendon), 330

      History of the Reformation of the Church of England (Burnet), 330

      History of the Royal Society (Sprat), 497

      History of the Worthies of England (Fuller), 330

      Hobbema, Mcindcrt (1638–1709), 170

      Hobbes, Thomas (1588–1679), 13, 66, 85, 482, 483, 486, 497, 548–64, 576

      on Catholic Church, 559, 560

      and Charles II, 251, 549, 561

      on church and state, 529, 557–59, 628, 652

      ecclesiastical attacks on, 251, 560, 561, 587, 597

      exile in Paris, 549, 560

      and Leibniz, 661

      and Locke, 551, 576, 580–81, 584, 585, 587

      and mathematics, 500, 548–49, 550, 562

      and Milton, 228–29, 239

      on mind and matter, 239, 574, 584, 587, 604, 613, 642, 654

      political philosophy, 529, 549, 554–59, 563, 565, 572, 680–81, 650–52, 654, 658

      psychology, 550–53, 562, 574, 584, 588, 590, 592, 604, 642, 644, 646

      religion, personal, 558, 562, 570

      and Spinoza, 613, 621, 628, 642, 644, 646, 650–652, 654

      his work, evaluation of, 331, 562–564, 588, 613, 680

      Höchstädt, Bavaria, 707

      Hocquincourt, Maréchal Charles d’ (1599–1658), 161


      Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, 286

      Hogarth, William (1697–1764), 266

      Hohenzollern, house of, 412, 413

      Holbach, Paul Henri Dietrich, Baron d’ (1723–1789), 563, 587, 614, 656

      Holbein, Hans, the Younger (1497?–1543), 250

      Holland (present Netherlands), see United Provinces

      Holland, province of, 73, 84, 173, 175, 178, 405, 461, 463

      Locke, exile in, 484, 577, 578, 589

      Holland House, London, 346

      Holowczyn, 387

      Holstein, duchy of, 387

      Holy League (Austria, Poland, Venice; 1684–1690), against the Turks, 424–25

      Holy Roman Empire, 3, 8, 411–27, 658

      Catholicism and Protestantism in, 420–23, 665, see also under Germany; in Grand Alliance (1689, 1701),

      against France, 693, 705–7

      in Great Coalition against France (1672f), 43–45, 175, 178, 179

      in Holy League (1684), 424–25

      and Hungary, 421–26, 706

      and Jews, 464

      in League of Augsburg (1686f.) against France, 180, 691

      in Palatinate War (1688f.), against France, 425, 699

      and Spanish-succession conflict with France (1701–14), 414, 464, 699–708, 710–15

      and Turks, 41, 45, 420–425, 691, 705, 706–7

      weakness of, 41, 411–12, 426, 663

      Home, Henry, see Kames, Henry Home, Lord

      Homer (9th cent, B.C.), 142, 147, 23;, 241, 243, 327, 492

      in Fontenelle’s Dialogues, 615

      Homme machine, L’ (La Mettrie), 599

      homosexuality, 28, 271

      Hooch, Pieter de (1629–77), 168*, 170

      Hooke, Robert (1635–1703), 496, 498, 506–7, 510, 512–14, 518–19, 523, 528, 535, 537–39

      Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus: 65–8 B.C.), 147, 148, 162, 327

      Horologium oscillatorium (Huygens), 510

      horse racing, 195, 271, 286, 307

      Horton, England, 213, 216

      Hospice de la Charité, Marseilles, 101

      Hospital de la Caridad, Seville, 450

      Howard, Lady Elizabeth, wife of John Dryden, 322

      Howard, Sir Robert (1626–98), 322

      Howard Castle, 319

      Huddleston, Father John (fl. 1651–85), 287

      Hudibras (Butler), 328–29, 497

      Hudson Bay, 713

      Huet, Pierre Daniel (1630–1721), 459, 490, 599

      Hughes, Margaret (fl. 1660), 314

      Huguenots, 5, 38, 46, 48, 53, 69–75, 161, 432, 483, 582, 605, 720

      Mazarin’s toleration of, 5, 69

      Bossuet and, 75–76, 80, 82

      Louis XIV’s policy toward, 70, 71, 72, 163, 291, 606, 686–687

      persecution of, 50, 71–75, 82, 163, 291, 606, 607, 691

      Cromwell’s intercession for, 194

      emigration of, 72–75, 141, 589, 690

      exiles from France, 73–75, 85, 166–67, 179, 296, 302, 414, 690, 692

      Humble Remonstrance to the High Court of Parliament, An (Hall), 218

      Hume, David (1711–76), 551, 571, 574, 586, 587, 593, 597, 604, 641, 642

      quoted, on French theater, 143

      —on Newton’s genius, 546

      —on Berkeley’s view of matter, 596

      —on Spinoza’s “atheism,” 656

      Hungary, 3, 420–26

      passim, 706

      Hunyadi János (c.1387–1456), 421

      Hutchinson, Colonel John (1615–74), 330

      Hutchinson, Lucy Apsley (1620?–80), 202, 330

      Hutten, Ulrich von (1488–1523), 485

      Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95), 655

      Huygens, Christian (1629–95), 168, 171, 498, 544, 630, 662

      subsidized by Louis XIV, 129, 496, 499

      his work in astronomy, 504

      in mathematics, 57, 499–500, 662

      in physics, 510–14

      passim, 517, 528, 535, 536*

      marine clock, 510

      laws of motion, 510–11

      velocity of sound, 513

      wave theory of light, 514, 535–536*

      Huygens, Constantijn, father of Christian (1596–1687), 499

      Huygens, Constantijn, brother of Christian (fl. 1650), 504

      Hyde, Anne, Duchess of York (1637–71), 269–70, 279

      Hyde, Edward, see Clarendon, 1st Earl of

      Hyde, Henry, see Clarendon, 2d Earl of

      Hyde Park, London, 275

      hygrometer, 506

      ibn Ezra, Abraham (1092–1167), 620, 621, 626, 653

      ichthyology, 519

      Idea of a Patriot King (Bolingbroke), 307

      Iliad, The (Homer), 162, 343

      Pope’s translation, 492

      Hobbes’s rendering in rhyme, 562

      Illustre Théâtre, Paris, 106

      “Il Penseroso” (Milton), 214–15

      Impartial History of Peter Alexoivitz, the Present Czar of Muscovy (Defoe), 337

      Impeachment of High Treason against Cromwell and Ireton (Lilburne), 184

      Incognita (Congreve), 319

      Independents (republican Puritans), 183, 246, 253, 590

      see also Puritans

      India, 26, 172, 259, 409, 509, 662, 699

      Indian Emperor, The (Dryden), 322

      Indian Queen, The (Dryden and Howard), 268, 322

      Indians, American, 256, 447, 459, 509

      Industrial Revolution, 512, 518

      Ingria, 369, 375, 383, 384, 390

      Innocent X (Giovanni Battista Pamfili), Pope (r. 1644–55), 67, 204, 432, 434

      Mignard portrait of, 98

      Velazquez’ portrait of, 98, 431, 435

      character of, 431

      Innocent XI (Benedetto Odescalchi), Pope (r. 1676–89), 49, 291, 293, 424, 429, 431–32, 447, 666

      Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli), Pope (r. 1691–1700), 49, 83, 432, 453, 523

      and Spanish succession problem, 700–1

      Innsbruck, 439, 506

      University of, 486

      Inquiry concerning Human Liberty (Collins), 571

      Inquisition, Catholic: in Italy, 429–30, 447, 456

      in Portugal, 447, 454–55, 456, 476, 477

      in Spain, 251, 256, 449, 452, 454, 620

      Inquisition, Protestant, 166, 167, 608

      international language, 677

      international law, 655, 658–59

      Invalides, Hôtel des, 90, 95, 143

      Inverse squares, law of, 499, 507, 536–41

      passim

      “Invisible College,” 496, 512

      see also Royal Society of London

      Iphigénie (Racine), 138, 143

      Iran, Sephardic exiles in, 455

      Ireland, 190, 203, 251, 252, 348, 356, 357, 361, 568

      anti-Catholic legislation in, 187, 303

      rebellion against Cromwell in, 183, 185, 186–87, 191, 201, 230

      rebellion against William III in, 302, 303, 347, 483, 693

      trade restrictions against, 259, 303

      Ireton, Henry (1611–51), 184, 186, 245

      Israel, Jewish state, 629

      as Promised Land, 472

      Italy, 83, 163, 216, 426, 428–32, 663

      and art, 88, 90, 92, 95, 102, 104, 432–38

      population of, 3, 257

      war for Spanish possessions in, 699, 700, 704, 705, 706, 708, 714

      see also Italian states by name

      Iuvara, Filippo (1676–1735), 433

      Ivan IV the Terrible, Czar of Russia (r. 1533–1584), 404, 468

      Ivan V, Czar of Russia (r. 1682–99), 377, 378

      Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich (1743–1819), 656

      Jamaica, British colony, 200, 253, 255, 275

      James I, King of England (r. 1603–25), 218, 228, 415, 461

      James II, King of England (r. 1685–88), 35, 174, 263, 265, 266, 267, 288–99, 304, 313, 694, 706, 708

      and Anglican Church, 253, 285, 289, 291–94, 299, 580

      Catholic faith and partisanship of, 179–80, 257, 277–87
    r />   passim, 288–98, 432

      character of, 269–70, 288–89

      and Charles II, 277, 282, 283, 287, 288

      and daughters, Mary and Anne, 179, 279, 280, 295, 297, 306

      death of, 705

      deposing of, 74, 179–80, 295–99, 578

      Ecclesiastical Commission revived by, 291, 293, 294, 297

      helps Huguenots, Quakers, 73, 255–56

      Louis XIV’s influence on, 14, 290, 296, 302, 693, 699, 705

      marriages of, 269–70, 279, 294–95

      and Monmouth, 283, 285, 286, 289–90, 295

      and navy, 174, 270, 287, 333, 335

      and parliamentary-supremacy issue, 288, 290, 291, 294, 297–98, 299

      portraits of, 265, 288

      and “Popish Plot,” 280, 281, 287

      religious-toleration attempts of, 255, 256, 289, 291–292

      and restoration attempts, 305, 693

      his succession to throne, opposition to, 282, 284–85

      and theater, 314, 316, 326

      and women, 266, 269–270, 288

      “James III” of England (James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender: 1688–1766), 14, 307, 310, 705, 706, 713

      birth of, 294–95, 296

      James, William (1842–1910), 645

      Janissaries, 388, 425–26

      Jansen, Cornelis (1585–1638), 53, 60, 67, 96

      Jansenists, 30, 50, 53–55, 63, 74, 79, 85, 96, 132, 156, 161, 599

      conflict with Jesuits, 48, 52–55, 59, 60, 67, 68, 81, 431, 483

      Pascal’s championship of, 55, 57, 59, 60, 67

      King’s persecution of, 68, 69, 163, 686, 720

      and Gallicanism, 69

      see also Port-Royal

      Jasna Gora, Monastery of, 371

      Java, 275, 509

      Jaworów, Poland, 374

      Jean Baptiste de La Salle, Saint (1651–1719), 486

      Jeffreys, George, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1644–89), 250, 290, 296

      Jennings, Sarah, see Marlborough, Duchess of Jerusalem, 472

      Jesuits, 149, 201, 204, 209, 251, 277, 582

      in Austria, 382, 420

      and casuistry, 47–48, 59, 60, 79

      and education, 106, 486

      in England, 257, 280, 281, 293, 294, 295

      in France, 30, 47–48, 50, 52–55, 59–61, 67, 68, 74, 79, 81, 85, 161, 486, 490, 599, 605, 718, 719

      in Germany, 414, 415, 526

      in Italy, 4, 48, 429, 435

      Louis XIV’s association with, 85, 718, 719

      and Pascal’s Provincial Letters, 59–60, 61, 67, 85, 149

      in Poland, 465, 468

      in Portugal, 447, 476

      in Russia, 399

      and science, 507, 508, 526

      in Spanish Netherlands, 164

      Jews, 69, 454–78, 493, 607, 608, 653

      in America, 467, 483

      Ashkenazim, 458–59, 463–69

      in Austria and Bohemia, 464

      education among, 466

      in England, 194, 459–63, 470, 472, 589

     
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