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    The Age of Louis XIV

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      Molesworth, Robert, 1st Viscount Moles-worth (1656–1725), 569

      Moldavia, 373, 423

      Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin: 1622–73), 28, 92, 105–28, 404, 529, 599, 600, 614, 690

      acting career of, 106–7, 110, 114, 121, 124–27

      passim; appraisal of work of, 127–28, 129, 153, 163

      and Boileau, 105, 126, 128, 144, 146–49

      passim; Bossuet denounces, 79

      and Pierre Corneille, 107, 125, 131, 132

      death of, 127

      English theater influenced by, 312, 315, 316

      and Festin controversy, 118–20

      and the Four Friends, 126, 144, 146

      Louis XIV’s support of, 12, 97, 107, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 120, 130, 163, 720

      Lully’s collaboration with, 33, 124–25

      marriage of, 110–11, 113, 121–27

      passim; and medical men, 120, 126–27, 528

      and Mignard, 98, 125

      and the précieuses, 31, 108–9, 125, 148, 150

      and Racine, 126, 133, 134, 137

      and Tartuffe controversy, 114–17, 118

      Molina, Luis (1535–1600), 47, 60

      Molina, Tirso de, see Tirso de Molina

      Molinos, Miguel de (1640–97), 82, 429–30

      Moll Flanders (Defoe), 337

      Molmenti, Pompeo Gherardi (1852–1928), 444

      Molyneux, William (1656–98), 594

      Monadologie, La (Leibniz), 669

      Monaldeschi, Giovanni, Márchese (d. 1657), 441

      Monck, George (1608–70), 189, 203–6

      passim, 232

      Monde Le (Descartes), 617

      Mongolia, 508

      Monmouth, Anne Scott, Duchess of 277

      Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of (1649–85), 247, 283–86

      passim; and armed revolt against James II, 295, 335, 577

      is beheaded, 290

      portrayed in Absalom and Achitophel, 289–290

      Mons, Hainaut, 693, 711

      Montagu, Sir Edward, see Sandwich, 1st Earl of

      Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689–1762), 481

      Montagu House, London, 507

      Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de (1533–92), 29, 58, 66, 85, 128, 130, 153, 161, 299, 457, 488, 570, 615–16

      Monte Cassino, monastery at, 437

      Montecucculi, Count Raimondo di (1609–81), 421–22

      Montemor o Novo, Portugal, 455

      Montespan, Françoise Athénaïs de Rochecouart, Marquise de (1641–1707), 28, 32, 33, 34*, 37–38, 98, 123, 685

      her children by Louis XIV, 38, 40, 716

      implicated in poison case, 140

      Montespan, Marquis de (fl. 1663), 37, 38

      Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de (1689–1755), 14, 161, 509, 566, 582, 583, 613

      Monteverdi, Claudio (1567–1643), 444

      Montfleury (Zacharie Jacob: 1640–85), 111

      Montmorency, Charlotte de, Princesse de Condé (b. 1593), 350

      Montmorency, Château de, 89

      Montpellier, France, 72

      University of, 526

      Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchesse de, “La Grande Mademoiselle” (1627–93), 9–10, 30, 33, 36

      Montpensier, Marie de Bourbon de, Duchesse d’Orléans (d. 1627), 9

      Montrose, James Graham, 1st Marquis of (1612–50), 188

      Monvoisin, Catherine, see La Voisin

      More, Henry (1614–87), 482, 573, 575

      Morea (Peloponnesus), 424, 425

      Moreri, Louis (1643–80), 609

      Moriscos, 448

      Morland, Samuel (1625–95), 517

      “Morning of Christ’s Nativity, The” (Milton), 212

      Morosini, Francesco (1618–94), 424, 433

      Morsztyn, Andrzej (17th cent.), 374

      Mort d’Agrippine, La (Cyrano de Bergerac), 600

      Morteira, Saul Levi (c. 1596–1660), 459, 620, 622, 623

      Mortemart, Duchesse de (fl. 1690), 83, 689

      Morus, Alexander (fl. 1653), 230–32

      Mosaic Law, 195, 223, 461, 475, 476, 477, 558, 569, 622, 629

      Moscow, 375, 378, 382, 384, 406, 407

      Western innovations in, 375–77, 397, 398, 400–4

      Peter’s court in, 394

      crime in (1718), 404–405

      Jewish colony in, 468

      Moselle river, 707

      Moses ben Maimon, see Maimonides

      motion, laws of, 263, 510–11, 539–41, 547, 551, 675

      Motteux, Pierre Antoine (1660?–1718), 207*

      Motteville, Françoise Bertaut de (1621?–89), 4, 14, 160, 440, 525

      Moulin, Pierre de (fl. 1652), 232

      Moustiers, France, 95

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91), 143, 445

      Mulgrave, John Sheffield, 3d Earl of (1648–17), 324

      Müller, Johannes Peter (1801–58), 646

      Mundus subterraneus (Kircher), 507

      Munich, 418, 419

      Münster, bishopric of, 176, 178, 179, 691, 706

      Munster, Ireland, 255

      Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617–82), 451, 452

      Museo Nazionale, Naples, 435

      music: Austrian, 445

      English, 195, 266–68

      French, 33–34, 445

      German, 419

      Italian, 435, 442–45

      Russian, 375–76, 404

      musical instruments, 442–43

      Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (r. 1695–1703), 425

      Mysteries of Magic, The (Defoe), 338

      Naarden, Holland, 179

      Nabi, Turkish poet, 421

      Namur, 694, 714

      Nantes, Edict of (1598), 5, 69, 70, 71, 483, 605

      revocation of (1685), 72–75, 101, 162, 430, 483, 617

      revocation approved by Catholics, 80–81, 82, 290, 687

      revocation, foreign reaction to, 167, 179, 290, 414, 430, 442, 607, 666

      Nanteuil, Robert (1623–78), 95

      Napier, John (1550–1617), 499

      Naples, 216, 407, 448

      art in, 435, 437

      opera in, 444, 445

      Jews of, 455

      under Austrian rule, 708, 715

      Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (r. 1805–1814

      1815), 13, 16, 26, 122, 381, 646, 714, 721

      Narva, 403, 406

      battles at (1700, 1704), 384, 385

      Nassi, Joseph, Duke of Naxos (fl. 1566), 455

      Natalia, sister of Peter the Great, 407

      Natalia Naruishkina, mother of Peter the Great, 376, 377, 398

      Nathan Ghazati (1644–80), 472, 473

      National Covenant, 188

      National Gallery, London, 95

      National Portrait Gallery, London, 266

      Nattier, Jean Marc (1685–1766), 405

      Natural and Political Observations ... upon the Bills of Mortality (Graunt), 501

      navigation, 503, 504, 509–10, 529

      Navigation Act (England, 1651), 172, 174, 199, 460

      Naxos, Joseph Nassi, Duke of (fl. 1566), 455

      Nayler, James (1617?–60), 198–99

      Nazarenus (Toland), 569

      Near East, trade with, 26

      Neer, Aert van der (1603–83), 169*

      Neerwinden, battle of (1693), 694

      Negroes, at court of Peter the Great, 393

      Nemours, Duc de (fl. 1652), 8, 156

      Nero (Handel), 419

      Netherlands, 83, 89, 164–80 , 426, 691

      revolt against Spain in (1568–1648), 41, 164

      see also Spanish Netherlands and United Provinces

      Neustadt, Palatinate, 691

      Neva river, 383, 385, 397

      origin of name, 396

      canal to the Dvina, 402

      Nevers, Duc de (fl. 1703), 86

      Nevers, France, 95, 372

      New Amsterdam (New York), 172, 174, 259

      New Atlantis (Bacon), 359, 496

      New Chains Discovered (Lilburne), 227

      New Church, The Hague, 636

      Newcomen, Matthew (1610?–69),
    218*

      Newcomen, Thomas (1663–1729), 518

      New England, religious freedom in, 483

      Newfoundland, 710, 713, 715

      New Jersey, 256, 259

      Newmarket, horse races at, 286

      Newport, Rhode Island, 596

      Newson, Colonel (fl. 1650), 195

      newspapers, 312, 313, 403, 484

      “New Theory about Light and Colors” (Newton), 535

      Newton, Isaac (1642–1727), 304, 311, 331, 382, 498, 500, 531–47, 585, 590, 597, 657

      and alchemy, 531–32, 661

      and astronomy, 497, 503, 504, 505, 524, 529, 542, 547, 676

      and binomial theorem, 533

      at Cambridge, 293, 531–32, 543–44

      death of (Mar. 20, 1727), 545–46

      and the Enlightenment, 74, 679, 681

      and gravitation, 503, 532, 536–40, 541–42, 547

      and Hooke, 507, 535, 537, 539

      and Leibniz, controversy over calculus, 533–34, 662–63, 678

      and mathematics, 499, 532–34, 544–45, 66–63, 678

      and physics, 263, 511, 513, 514, 515, 534–36, 539–41, 547, 588, 675

      and religion, 491, 524, 542–44, 546–47, 566, 567, 676

      and sextant, 498

      and Swift satire on, 359

      and telescope, 498, 504, 535

      New Voyage round the World (Dampier), 336, 509

      New York, 172, 174, 259

      Nice, France, 714

      Nicole, Pierre (1625–95), 52, 59, 68, 85, 134, 153

      Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle), 653

      Nicomède (Corneille), 107, 131

      Niemirov, Poland, 467

      Nienskans (Petersburg), 385

      Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844–1900), 645*, 656

      Nijmegen, Treaty of (1678–79), 44, 97, 164, 179

      Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow (1605–81), 376

      Nîmes, France, 72

      Nithard, Johannes Eberhard (1607–81), 452

      Noailles, Louis Antoine de, Archbishop of Paris (1651–1729), 68, 697

      Noble, William, physicist (fl. 1673), 513

      Normandy, 8, 47

      North America, see America

      Northern Mark of the Saxons, 412

      Norway, 365, 367, 389

      Notes pour servir aux Mémoires (Louis XIV), 15*

      Notre Dame de la Trappe, 47, 79

      Notre Dame de Paris, 94, 101, 149, 689, 717

      Nottingham, Daniel Finch, 2d Earl of (1647–1730), 299, 301, 351

      Nottingham, England, 197, 297, 306

      Nouveaux Essais sur l’entendement humain (Leibniz), 667, 680

      Nouvelles de la République des Lettres (periodical), 484, 607, 615, 617

      Novalis, see Hardenberg, Baron Friedrich von

      Nova Scotia, 699, 715

      Novgorod, 375, 394

      Numa Pompilius (716–673 B.C.), 558

      Nuremberg, 411, 661

      Nymphenburg Palace, 418

      Nystad, Treaty of (1721), 390

      Oates, Titus (1649–1705), 279*, 280–83, 287, 289, 302

      Observations upon Aristotle’s Politiques (Filmer), 579

      occupational diseases, 525

      Oceana (Harrington), 564–66

      Oder river, 411, 412, 414

      Odyssey (Homer), 162, 562

      Oedipe (Corneille), 132

      Of Ancient and Modern Learning (Temple), 331, 491

      “Of Human Bondage” (Spinoza), 646

      “Of Human Liberty” (Spinoza), 648

      Of Reformation Touching Church Discipline in England (Milton), 218–19

      Öland, 368

      Old Bachelor, The (Congreve), 319

      Oldenburg, Henry (1615?–77), 497, 498, 533, 534, 535, 662

      correspondence with Spinoza, 472, 512, 625, 632, 635, 655

      meeting with Spinoza, 625

      Old Pretender, see James III

      Oliva, Peace of (1660), 367, 371

      On the Improvement of the Intellect (Spinoza), 636, 638

      “On the Late Massacher in Piedmont” (Milton), 232, 430

      On the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (Milton), 555

      Oostenburg, shipyards at, 381

      opera: in Austria, 421

      in England, 267–68

      in France, 33, 125, 690

      in Germany, 419

      in Italy, 444–45

      Oporto, wine from, 446

      Oppenheim, sacked by French (1689), 692

      Oppenheimer, Samuel (1635–1703), 464

      Opressa, Ukraine, 387

      Opticks (Newton), 533, 534, 536

      optics, 501, 507, 530, 531, 538, 546, 593

      Oracles of Reason, The (Blount), 567

      Orange, house of, 173, 176–78

      Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris (Tyson), 523

      “Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista” (Stradella), 444

      Oratory, Congregation of the, 69, 493, 598, 602

      Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck), 445

      Origen, Adamantius (185?–254?), 490, 570

      Origine des fables, L’ (Fontenelle), 614, 618

      Origin of Species, The (Darwin), 540

      Orkneys, 188

      Orléans, Anne Marie Louise d’ (“La Grande Mademoiselle”), see Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise . . . , Duchesse de

      Orléans, Charlotte Elisabeth, Duchesse d’, see Charlotte Elisabeth

      Orléans, Gaston Jean Baptiste, “Monsieur,” Due d’ (1608–60), 4, 9, 10, 36

      Orléans, “Madame” Henrietta, Duchesse de, see Henrietta Anne

      Orléans, Marguerite de Lorraine, Duchesse d’ (d. 1673), 145

      Orléans, Marie de Bourbon de Montpensier, Duchesse d’ (d. 1627), 9

      Orléans, Philippe I, “Monsieur,” Due d’ (1640–1701), 35, 36, 107, 115, 417

      Orléans, Philippe II, Due d’ (1674–1723), 694, 716, 718, 719

      Orléans, France, 9, 89

      Ormonde, James Butler, 12th Earl of, 1st Duke of (1610–88), 186, 269

      Ormonde, James Butler, 2d Duke of (1665–1745), 310, 713

      ornithology, 519

      Oroonoko (Behn), 335

      Osborne, Dorothy, later Lady Temple (1627–1695), 271, 331

      Osijek (Eszék), Slavonia, 423

      Osuna, Pedro Téllez y Giron, Duke of (1574?–1624), 314

      Ostend, 708

      Othon (Corneille), 132

      Ottoboni, Pietro, Cardinal, see Alexander VIII, Pope

      Ottoman Empire, 274, 387–88, 433

      and Austria, 41, 44, 45, 373, 420–25, 664–65, 691, 699

      decline of, 421, 425–26

      and France, 373, 422, 661–62

      and Hungary, 421–22, 424–25

      Jews in, 455, 456, 473–74

      and Poland, 371–74, 423–424

      religious freedom in, 425, 455, 570

      and Russia, 375, 377, 379, 380, 382, 383, 386, 388

      siege of Vienna (1684), 45, 423–24, 665

      Otway, Thomas (1652–85), 314–15

      Ouderkerk, Holland, 623

      Overijssel, province of, 176, 179

      Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso: 43 B.C.-A.D. 17?), 327

      Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of (1689–1711), 307–9, 310, 336, 353, 355–56, 357, 713

      Oxford, England, 35, 168, 255, 261

      Parliament session at (1681), 285

      Oxford Gazette, 313

      Oxford University, 338, 341, 347, 487, 496, 502, 505, 506, 512, 564, 589

      Arabic chair at, 492

      Bodleian Library, 484, 490

      Catholic ineligible for degree at, 292–93

      honorary degree to Czar Peter, 382

      Locke at, 576, 577

      Wallis at, 500

      Wood’s history of, 330

      Wren’s work at, 263, 265

      Wycherley at, 315

      Padua, University of, 474

      painting: Dutch, 89, 165, 168–71

      English, 170, 195, 265–66

      Flemish, 89, 165

      French, 88–90, 95–99, 162, 163

      genre, 168–71

     
    German, 419

      Italian, 88, 90, 170, 433–38

      landscape, 170–71

      miniature, 95

      in Poland, 374

      portrait, 95, 98–99, 195, 265–66, 435

      in Russia, 404

      in Spain, 436–37, 450–52

      Palais-Cardinal, Paris, 96

      Palais de Justice, Paris, 6

      Palais-Royal, Paris, 6, 8

      plays performed at, 110, 114, 115, 118, 120, 124, 125

      Palatinate (Rhineland): devastation of (1674, 1688), 14, 43–44, 417, 631, 692, 715, 720

      in Grand Alliance, 706

      in Great Coalition, 43

      War of the (1688–89), 425, 426, 691–92, 699

      Palatine, Elector, see Frederick V (r. 1610–1623)

      Charles Louis (r. 1648–80)

      Palatine, Princess, see Charlotte Elisabeth (1652–1722)

      Elizabeth (1618–80)

      Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 101

      Palazzo Colonna, Rome, 434

      Palazzo Corsini, Rome, 441

      Palazzo Doria, Rome, 434

      Palazzo Durazzo, Genoa, 433

      Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 436

      Palazzo Marucelli, Florence, 433

      Palazzo Pesaro, Venice, 433

      Palazzo Reale, Genoa, 433

      Palazzo Rezzonico, Venice, 433

      Palestine, 471, 472, 473

      Palmer, Barbara Villiers, see Castlemaine,

      Countess of Palmer, Herbert, 224

      Palmer, Roger, see Castlemaine, Earl of Palmstruh, Johann, 366

      pantheism, 569, 605, 641

      Pantheisticus (Toland), 569

      Papal States, 430–32, 456, 708

      Papin, Denis (1647–1712), 517

      Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus (1493?–1541), 526

      Paradise Lost (Milton), 234–38, 243, 343, 492

      Paradise Regained (Milton), 240–41

      Paradiso, Christoph (17th cent.), 419

      Paradiso (Dante), 238

      Parc, Thérèse du, see Du Parc

      Paris: Council of, glorifies Louis XIV, 45

      Fronde in, 6–8, 9–10

      hails Louis as boy, 10, 12–13

      Huguenots spared in, 72

      Louis’ bitterness toward, 7, 91, 711

      observatory in, 508

      Parlement, see Parlement of Paris

      police system in, 16–17

      population statistics, 502

      protests against wartime conditions, 696, 709

      rejoices at Louis’ funeral, 719–20

      Paris, Treaty of (1670), 278

      Paris, University of, 49, 527, 599

      Paris Gazette, 34*

      Parkány, battle of, 424

      Parker, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford (1640–88), 493, 567

      Parlement of Paris, 5–8, 9, 10, 15, 50, 115, 703, 716

      parlements, 5, 49

      Parliament, English:

      LONG (1640–53): 204, 245, 549

      anti-Catholic legislation, 189, 194

      and army, 183, 189

      and commerce and shipping, 199

      Commonwealth set up (1649), 183

     


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