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    The Age of Louis XIV

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      Tilbury, England, 336

      Tillemont, Sébastien Le Nain de (1637–98), 161

      Tillotson, John (1630–94), Archbishop of Canterbury (1691–94), 254, 570

      Tindal, Matthew (1657–1733), 571

      Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti (1518–94), 433

      Tirol, 420

      Tirso de Molina (Gabriel Téllez: 1571?–1648), 118

      Tite et Bérénice (Corneille), 132

      Titian (Tiziano Vecelli: 1477–1576), 87, 250, 436

      Titus (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus), Roman emperor (r. A.D.78–81), 132, 137

      tobacco, 275

      Toland, John (1670–1722), 568–69, 570

      Toledo, Spain, 47, 437, 448

      Archbishop of (1700), 453

      Toleration, Act of, see Act of Toleration Torah, 621

      Torbay, 296

      Torcy, Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de (1665–1746), 701, 710, 713

      Torgau, Saxony, 405, 406, 419

      Tories, 305, 308, 309, 313, 327, 343, 345, 346, 582

      beginning of, 247, 279

      oppose Hanoverian succession, 310

      and Swift’s adherence to, 331, 352–54, 356, 357

      urge peace in War of Spanish Succession, 309, 330, 353, 713

      Torricelli, Evangelista (1608–47), 56, 495, 498, 500, 511

      Toulon, 101, 710

      Toulouse, Louis Alexandre, Comte de (1678–1737), 716

      Touraine, province of, 695

      Tournai, Hainaut, 42, 43, 164, 712

      Tours, 23, 36, 74, 89, 695

      Tour through England and Wales (Defoe), 336

      Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain (Defoe), 337

      Tourville, Anne Hilarión de Cotentin, Comte de (1642–1701), 693

      Towneley, Richard (fl. 1662), 512

      Tractatus de Motu Corporum ex Percussione (Huygens), 510

      Tractatus theologico-politicus (Spinoza), 484, 494, 625–30, 631, 635, 636, 640, 650, 656, 657

      Traité de la lumière (Huygens), 514

      Traité de l’éducation des filles (Fénelon), 82, 487

      Traité de l’homme (Descartes), 602

      Traité des sensations (Condillac), 599

      Transylvania, 421–23, 425

      Trappe, La, Monastery of, 47, 79

      Trappist order, 47

      Travels in Persia (Chardin), 508

      Travendal, Peace of (1700), 384

      Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, A (Berkeley), 593

      Treatise of True Religion, A (Milton), 239

      Treatise on the Immortality of the Soul, A (Silva), 477

      Treatises on Government (Locke), 579

      Trent, Council of, 104, 431, 666

      Trier, 692

      Trinity College, Cambridge, 265, 322, 487, 490, 492, 519, 531

      Trinity College, Dublin, 319, 346, 593, 594

      Trinity College, Oxford, 265

      Triple Alliance (England, Sweden, United Provinces, 1668), 43, 175, 331

      Tromp, Cornells, Admiral (1629–91), 179

      Tromp, Maarten Harpertszoon, Admiral (1597–1653), 171, 172

      Troupe de Monsieur (later Troupe du Roi), 107, no, 115, 126, 132

      Troupe Royale, 105, 109, 111, 113, 114, 134–35

      Troy, Jean François de (1679–1752), 98

      True-born Englishman, The (Defoe), 336

      True Intellectual System of the Universe, The (Cudworth), 482, 574

      True Leveller’s Standard Advanced, The (Winstanley), 185

      Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad), Russia, 375

      Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, 397

      Tschirnhaus, Count Ehrenfried Walter von (1651–1708), 498, 513, 632

      Tubingen, University of, 520

      Tuby, Jean Baptiste (1630–1700), 99

      Tudor, house of, 313

      Tudor, Mary, see Mary I

      Tuileries, Jardins des, 92, 100

      Palais des, 23, 32, 91

      Tulchyn, Ukraine, 467

      Tuln, 423

      tuning fork, 513

      Turenne, Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de (1611–75), 36, 41, 96, 98, 151

      conversion to Catholicism, 76

      and the Fronde, 8, 9, 10

      Netherlands campaign (1674–75), 43–44, 176

      Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l’Aulne (1727–81), 78, 690

      Turin, 433, 444, 708

      Turkey, see Ottoman Empire

      Tuscany, grand duchy of, 455, 508, 708

      Two Sicilies, kingdom of the, 700

      Tyrannic Love (Dryden), 314

      Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, Earl of (1630–91), 302

      Tyson, Edward (1650–1708), 523

      Überweg, Friedrich (1826–71), 655

      Uccello, Paolo (1397–1475), 435

      Udine, Giovanni da (Giovanni Ricamatore: 1499–1564), 94

      Ukraine, 370, 371, 373, 374, 386, 387, 425, 467, 468, 472

      Ulacq, Adrian (fl. 1652), 230, 231–32

      Ulcinj, Albania, 474

      Ulozhenie of 1649, 375

      Ultramontanes, 49, 81, 83, 85

      Unigenitus (papal bull), 69

      Union Jack, 308

      Unitarians, 80, 167, 194, 301, 414, 567, 589, 590

      United Kingdom of Great Britain, 308, 311

      United Provinces (Dutch Republic), 3, 84, 164, 165–68, 177–80, 411, 412, 577, 578, 718

      colonies, 166, 171, 172, 174, 259

      economic conditions in, 166, 173

      education and learning in, 483, 485, 486, 591, 605

      and England, 175, 178, 179, 205, 261, 295, 367, 692, see also wars of England against below

      foreign commerce and shipping, 24, 44, 166, 171–76

      passim, 205, 259, 261, 448, 690, 700, 705, 714

      French designs on, 41, 42, 426, see also wars of France against below

      in Grand Alliance against France (1689, 1701), 178, 693, 703, 705, 706, 713

      in Great Coalition against France (1672–74), 43, 179

      Jews of, 457–59, 461

      in League of Augsburg (1686), 180, 691, 693

      navy, 171, 174, 176, 262, 693

      Perpetual Edict (1667) against house of Orange, 175, 178

      and Peter the Great’s visit to, 380–382, 405

      religion and freedom of worship, 53, 71, 73, 75, 80, 167, 301, 302, 458, 484, 589, 620, 622, 625, 630, 631

      and Spanish Netherlands “barrier towns,” 703, 708, 710, 713

      and Spanish succession, 700–5

      passim, see also War of Spanish Succession below

      States General, 165, 172, 173, 174, 178, 179, 205, 296, 692, 703, 704, 705, 707

      in Triple Alliance (1668) against France, 43, 175

      wars of England against (1652–54, 1664–67, 1672–1674), 172–76

      passim, 179, 276–77, 286

      war of France against (1672–78), 36, 43–44, 93, 175–79

      passim , 278, 279, 295, 368, 632, 661, 662, 720

      in War of Grand Alliance (1689–1697), 693, 699

      in War of Spanish Succession (1701–13), 706, 707, 708, 710, 713, 714

      wars with Sweden (1658, 1672), 367, 368

      United States, 566, 583

      universities, 486–87, 495, 497, 692

      Uppsala, 495

      Uraniborg, 503

      Urban II (Odo of Lagcry), Pope (r. 1088–99), 76

      Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini), Pope (r. 1623–44), 54

      Urfé, Honoré d’ (1568–162;), 142

      Urquhart, Sir Thomas (1611–60), 207

      Ussher, James (1581–1656), Archbishop of Armagh (1625–56), 78, 493

      Utande, Gregorio (17th cent.), 450–51

      Utrecht (city), 168, 176, 632

      Peace of (1713), 713–15

      passim; Union of (1579), 620

      Utrecht (province), 179

      Utrecht Te Deum (Handel;, 268

      Uzès, France, 133

      vacuum, 511, 516–18

      Vaga, Perino del (Pietro Buonaccorsi: 1501–1547), 94

      Val-de-Grace, Church of, Paris, 90, 98, 264

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    sp; Valdés Leal, Juan de (1630–90), 451–52

      Valencia, Spain, 448

      Valenciennes, Hainaut, 44, 164

      Valenzuela, Fernando (fl. 1670), 452

      Valladolid, Spain, 280

      Museum of, 450

      Valois, house of, 3

      Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664–1726), 317–19, 320

      Vandyck, Sir Anthony (1599–1641), 87, 165, 265, 266, 288

      Vane, “Sir Harry” (1613–62), 192, 246

      Vanhomrigh, Hester (Swift’s “Vanessa”: 1687–1723), 356, 357–58, 360

      Vanhomrigh, Mrs., 357, 386

      Vanity of Dogmatizing, The (Glanvill), 574

      Variations des églises protestantes (Bossuet), 666

      Varro, Marcus Terentius (116–27? B.C.), 570

      Vatican Palace, 94, 428, 435, 436, 439

      Library, 441, 666

      Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de (1633–1707), 17, 24, 41, 42, 74, 100, 176, 709, 712

      Vaudois (Waldenses), 73, 194, 232, 430

      Vauxhall Gardens, London, 275

      Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chateau, 19, 87, 92, 96, 101

      Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y (1599–1660), 450

      Innocent X portrait by, 98, 431, 435

      Velde, Adriaen van der (1636–72), 169*

      Velde, Willem II van der (1633–1707), 169*

      Velen, Widow van (fl. 1670), 630

      Velthuysen, Lambert van (fl. 1670), 630

      Venables, Robert (fl. 1654), 200

      Vendôme, Louis Joseph, Duc de (1654–1712), 525, 694, 710, 712, 714

      Venice, 48, 433, 434, 436, 444, 484, 708

      Jews of, 456, 475

      and Turks, 424, 425, 433

      Venice Preserved (Otway), 314–15

      Venner, Thomas (fl. 1661), 246

      Ventadour, Duchesse de (fl. 1714), 719

      Verden, province of, 367, 389

      Vermandois, Comte de, 37

      Vermeer, Jan (1632–75), 169–71

      Veronese, Paolo (Paolo Caliari: 1528–88), 87, 97, 433

      Versailles, 17, 89, 91–93, 162, 709

      architecture of, 90–93

      art works at, 45, 87, 88, 93, 94, 96–101

      passim, 103, 496, 689

      court life at, 15, 31–34, 40, 72, 160, 685, 711

      extravagant cost of, 21, 92, 101, 711, 720

      Hall of Mirrors (Galerie des Glaces), 32, 93, 95, 97, 433

      landscaping of, 91–92

      theatrical presentations at, 114, 120, 138

      Verteuil, 155, 156

      Vesalius, Andreas (1514–64), 481

      Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (r. 1675–1732), 430, 699, 709–10, 714

      Vieira, Antonio (1608–97), 447–48

      Vienna, 382, 407, 420, 435, 455, 464, 481, 664, 665

      architecture of, 418, 426–27

      French-Bavarian drive on, 706–7

      Leibniz in, 669, 678

      music, opera in, 419, 421

      plague in (1679), 525

      Turks’ attacks on, 45, 373, 420, 422, 423–24, 438, 665, 704

      Viète or Vieta, François (1540–1603), 533*

      Vignola, Giacomo (Giacomo Barocchio: 1507–1573), 264

      Villa Borghese, Rome, 100

      Villa Nova, Countess of (fl. 1644), 446

      Villars, Claude, Duc de (1653–1734), 73, 711, 713, 714, 717

      Villaviciosa, battle of (1710), 712

      Villeroi, François de Neufville, Duc de (1644–1730), 704, 706–8

      passim

      Villiers, Barbara, see Castlemaine, Countess of Villiers, Elizabeth (1567?–1633), 179, 295

      Vincennes, 8

      fortress of, 15, 54

      Vincent de Paul, Saint (1581?–1660), 76, 79, 85

      Vinci, Leonardo da (1452–1519), 507, 510*, 514, 517

      Vindication (Manasseh ben Israel), 462

      Vineam Domini (papal bull), 68

      Virgil (70–19 B.C.), 147, 153, 241, 342

      Virginia colony, 253

      Vitali, Tommaso (fl. 1666), 443

      Vitart, Nicolas (fl. 1657), 133

      Vitebsk, 467

      Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus (1st cent. B.C.), 264

      Vivaldi, Antonio (1680?–1743), 419, 433

      Vladimir, Russia, 385

      Volga river, 402, 405

      Voltaire (François Marie Arouet: 1694–1778):

      LIFE AND WORK: 161, 307, 321, 391, 487, 571, 601, 613, 619

      and Bayle, 613

      Frederick II’s letters to, 161, 391

      and Leibniz, 663, 672, 677

      Ninon de Lenclos’s bequest to, 30

      Locke’s influence on, 582, 667

      religious, philosophic outlook, 86, 128, 547, 571, 582, 597, 613, 651, 656, 667

      writings of, 337, 547, 564, 614, 672, 677

      OPINIONS, NOTES, COMMENTS: 8, 11, 37, 48, 104–5, 176, 309*, 312, 423, 505, 527, 572, 687*, 704

      on Addison’s Cato, 345

      on Charles II of England, 206, 251

      on Christina, 440

      on Corneille, 143

      on Innocent XI, 431–32

      on Locke, 587–88

      on Louis XIV, 88, 162, 689, 702, 719

      on Molière, 106, 107

      on Newton, 536, 541, 542, 545, 546

      on Palatinate, French devastation of, 692

      on Provincial Letters, 60

      on Racine, 138, 141

      on Swift, 351

      Voorburg, Holland, 625

      Voronezh, 379

      Vossius, Dionysius (fl. 1630), 459

      Vossius, Isaac (Isaac Voss: 1618–89), 129

      Vouet, Simon (1590–1649), 96

      Voyer d’Argenson, see Argenson

      Vries, Simon de (1633?–67), 623

      Wadham College, Oxford, 263

      Wakeman, Sir George (fl. 1680), 283

      Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, 198

      Waldeck, Count George Frederick of (fl. 1654), 412

      Waldenses, see Vaudois

      Wales, 257

      Wall, English physicist (fl. 1708), 515

      Wallachia, 423

      Waller, Edmund (1606–87), 265, 496

      Wallis, John (1616–1703), 57, 496, 498, 500, 510, 512, 533, 562

      Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797), 265

      Walsingham, Sir Francis (1530?–90), 460

      Walter, Lucy (1630?–58), 247, 284

      Walton, Izaak, (1593–1683), 207

      Waring, Jane (fl. 1695), 347, 348

      Warmbrunn, Silesia, 419

      War of Devolution (1667–68), 21, 42–43, 175, 422

      War of the Mantuan Succession (1628–31), 4, 456

      War of the Palatinate, see Palatinate

      War of the Spanish Succession (1701–13), 11, 437, 445, 704–5, 706–15, 717

      effects of Huguenot suppression on France in, 73, 75

      Jews and, 457, 464

      Marlborough accused of profiting by, 307, 353, 713

      and the Pope, 432, 700–1, 708

      Warsaw, 366, 367, 371, 374, 506

      Wars of Charles XII, The (Defoe), 336

      Wars of Religion, see Religious Wars

      Washington family, in America, 183

      Washington, George (1732–99), 341

      Waterford, Ireland, 186

      Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684–1721, 99

      Way of the World, The (Congreve), 315, 319–20

      Weenix, Jan II (1640?–1719), 169*

      Weimar, duchy of, 485

      Wends, 412

      Wenham, Jane (fl. 1712), 482

      Werff, Adriaen van der (1659–1722), 169*

      Wertheimer, Samson (1658–1724), 464

      West Africa, 26

      West Indies, 25, 26, 200, 290, 458, 700, 705

      West Jersey colony, 256

      Westminster, 190, 260, 263

      Treaty of (1674), 279

      Westminster Abbey, 161, 245, 246, 265, 267, 321, 327, 329, 334, 545

      Westminster Confession, 589

      Westminster Hall, 245, 563

      Westminster Palace, 193, 203

      Westmins
    ter School, 321, 576

      Westphalia, Peace of (1648), 200, 372, 412, 416, 432, 464, 483, 714

      Mazarin and French gains from, 4, 129

      Dutch gains from, 164, 171, 458

      West Prussia, 366–67

      West Riding, Yorkshire, 257

      Wexford, county of, Ireland, 186, 187

      Wharton, Thomas, Earl of (1648–1715), 353

      Whichcote, Benjamin (1609–83), 573

      Whigs, 282, 305, 308, 313, 326, 342, 343, 345, 346

      begining of, 247, 279*

      for Hanoverian succession, 310

      against James as successor to Charles II, 282–86

      and Locke’s philosophy, 580, 582

      and Swift, 331, 352–54, 356

      and War of Spanish Succession, 330, 353, 713

      Whiston, William (1667–1752), 571

      White, ex-priest, author (fl. c. 1666), 561

      Whitehall Palace, 190, 191, 206, 260, 281, 297, 334, 462

      Whitehead, Alfred North (1861–1947), 528

      Whitelocke, Bulstrode (1605–75), 190

      Wicklow, county of, Ireland, 187

      wigs, 27, 273

      Wilanów, Poland, 374

      Wild Gallant, The (Dryden), 322

      William I the Silent of Orange and Nassau, Dutch Stadholder (r. 1579–84), 165–66, 177

      William II of Orange, Dutch Stadholder (r. 1647–50), 166, 173, 177

      William III of Orange, Dutch Stadholder (r. 1672–1702) and King of England (r. 1689–1702), 171, 177–80, 254, 265, 266, 295–305, 306, 312, 313, 336, 505, 525

      and alliances against France, 178–80

      passim, 305, 691–93

      passim, 703, 705

      birth of, 166

      Catholic powers’ support of against James II, 296, 432

      character and manners of, 177, 305

      death of, 305, 705

      and dethronement of James II, 179–80, 295–99, 335, 458, 578, 579

      and exclusion from office in Holland, 173, 175, 177, 178

      and Huguenots, 74, 179, 296

      and Ireland, 302–3, 305, 693

      Jacobite attempts against, 302, 305, 705

      and Jews, 458, 463

      liaison of with Elizabeth Villiers, 179, 295

      and Mary, 179–80, 280, 295, 297–98, 331, 578

      military campaigns of against France, 178–79, 693, 694

      and Parliament, 297–99, 301–3, 305, 310, 581, 692, 699, 703, 705

      and Peter the Great, 380, 382

      and religious toleration, 295, 301–3, 463

      and Ryswick, Peace of, 699, 705

      and Spanish-succession problem, 700, 704, 705

      and the theater, 318, 321

      and the de Witts, 173, 177, 178, 631

      William II, Emperor of Germany (r. 1888–1918), 412

      Williams, Roger (1603?–83), 483

      Willis, Thomas (1621–75), 263–64, 522

      Will’s Tavern (coffeehouse), London, 326, 339, 342

      Willughby, Francis (1635–72), 519

      Wilno, Poland, 371, 374, 465, 467, 468

     


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