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      Goya, Eugracía Lucientes, 300

      Goya, José (Goya’s father), 300

      Goya y Lucientes, Camilo, 300

      Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de (1746–1828), 227, 276, 298–99, 300–9

      caprichos of, 305

      as court painter, 302, 304

      deafness of, 303

      death of, 297, 309

      death of wife, 307

      as director of painting in Academy, 302, 304

      early life and personality of, 300

      growth of, 300–2

      Joseph Bonaparte and, 297

      later years of, 302, 308

      love affairs of, 302–3

      majas of, 291, 303–5

      marriage to Josefa Bayeu, 300

      nudes of, 305

      portraiture of, 305

      rationalism of, 306

      social views of, 306–8

      in Spanish war of liberation, 307–8

      war paintings of, 307–8

      Goya y Lucientes, Javier de (b. 1784), 304, 308

      Goya y Lucientes, Josefa, nee Bayeu, 300–3, 307

      Goya y Lucientes, Mariano de, 308–9

      Gozzi, Bettina, 322

      Gozzi, Carlo (1720–1806), 239, 242–43, 310–11

      Gozzi, Gasparo (1713–86), 242

      Gozzi, Padre (fl. 1740), 322

      Grabowska, Pani, 479

      Gradot café, 99

      Graff, Anton (1736–1813), 524

      ‘Graffigny, Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt de, 78

      Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3d Duke of (1735–1811), 731–32

      Junius’ attacks on, 705–6

      ministry of, (1760–70), 700, 703, 705–6; 710

      Graham, Mrs. (fl. 1777), 756

      “Grains” (Quesnay), 73

      Gramont, Béatrixe de Choiseul, Duchesse de (1731–94), 907

      Gran Consiglio (Great Council) of Venice, 229

      “Grandes Remontrances” of Paris parlement, 91

      Grand Trunk Canal, 672

      Granja, La (Palace of San Ildefonso), 297

      Grasse, Comte François-Joseph-Paul de (1722–1788), 117, 669, 871

      Grattan, Henry (1746–1820), 759, 760, 761–62

      Gravina, Gian Vincenzo (1664–1718), 240

      Gray, Thomas (1716–71), 228, 700, 741–42, 815, 887

      Chatterton’s poem and, 809

      death of, 795

      Samuel Johnson’s views on, 837

      Horace Walpole and, 792

      Graz, university at, 360

      Great Lakes, French control of, 57

      Great Rebellion of 1688, 735

      Greatness and Decadence of the Romans (Montesquieu), 254, 801

      Greco, El (1541?–1614), 227

      Greece, ancient, 21

      art of, 510

      Goethe’s admiration for, 593, 623–24

      influence of, 118

      poetry of, 599

      Winckelmann’s analysis of, 510

      Greece, modern, 411

      Turkish conquest of (1715), 415

      war of liberation (1821), 623

      Greek Orthodox Church, 452, 472, 475, 480

      Greeks, Byzantine, 312

      Greenland, 652

      Grégoire, Abbé Henri (1750–1831), 642

      Greiffenklau, Karl Philipp von, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (fl. 1750), 239

      Grenoble, 849, 947–48

      Grenville, George (1712–70), 696

      ministry of, 700

      policies toward American colonies, 709–710

      Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste (1741–1813), 883, 909–10

      Greuze, Gabrielle, nee Babuti (b. 1726), 112–13

      Greuze, Jean-Baptiste (1725–1805), 111–15 , 116–17, 120, 235, 888, 904, 911

      as Freemason, 939

      portrait of Gluck, 371

      sensuality of, 116

      Grimaldi, Marchese Geronimo de’ (1761), 282, 286, 325

      Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, later Baron von Grimm (1723–1807), 18, 27, 104, 108, 656, 882, 892–93, 908, 910

      on d’Alembert, 127

      attitude toward French music, 909

      on ancient monuments, 110

      becomes baron, 813

      Catherine II and, 447, 449, 452, 463, 466, 894

      death of, 894

      Diderot and, 34

      early life of, 33

      edits Correspondance littéraire, 34–35

      Mme. d’Épinay and, 35–37, 156–57, 159–61, 449

      on French music, 100

      friendship with monarchs, 897

      Mme. Geoffrin and, 120–21

      goes to Seven Years’ War, 36

      on inevitability of revolution in France, 95

      influence in Germany, 507

      later years of, 893–94

      on Lettre sur la musique français, 26

      Mozart and, 384–85, 390, 392

      personality of, 35

      on Prussia after Seven Years’ War, 63

      returns to Germany, 894

      Rousseau and, 3–4, 5*, 18, 23, 153, 159–62, 170, 201, 207–8, 212

      skepticism of, 893–94

      on Voltaire’s visit to Paris, 877

      Gros, Father (fl. 1729), 10

      Gross-Jägersdorf, battle of (1757), 432

      Gross-Jägersdorf, convention of, 48

      Grosskophta, Der (Goethe), 322*

      Grote, George (1794–1871), 739

      Grotius, Hugo (1583–1645), 171, 177, 251, 427

      Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten (Kant), 540–41

      Guadagni, Gaetano (1725?–92), 369

      Guadalajara, 288

      Guadeloupe, 58, 62, 89, 935

      Guardi, Francesco (1712–93), 236, 332

      Guardi, Giovanni Antonio (1698–1760), 332

      Guarini, Giovanni Battista (1537–1612), 637

      Guarneri, Giuseppe Antonio “del Gesù” (1687?–1745), 221

      Guglielmi, Gregorio (1714–73), painter, 345

      Guglielmi, Pietro (1727–1804), composer, 333

      Guibert, Alexandrine-Louise Boutinonde de Courcelles, Comtesse de, 130, 131*

      Guibert, Comte Jacques-Antoine de (1743–90), 128–30, 131*, 892, 906, 908

      Guicciardini, Francesco (1483–1540), 766

      guilds: in Austria, 344, 356

      in England, 676–77

      in France, 72, 862, 932

      in Spain, 289

      Guilford, Francis North, 1st Earl of (1704–90), 701

      Guillard, Nicolas-François (fl. 1778), 372

      Guillemardet, Ferdinand, 305

      guillotine, 899

      Guines, Comte de, later Duc de (fl. 1776), 392, 864

      guitar, 417

      Guizot, François (1787–1874), 97*

      Guldberg, Ove Hoegh- (1731–1808), 653

      Gunpowder Plot (1605), 735

      Gustaf Adolf Adelmod (Gustavus III), 659

      Gustaf Adolf och Ebba Brahe (Gustavus III), 659

      Gustaf Vasa (Gustavus III), 659

      Gustavus I Vasa, King of Sweden (r. 1523–60), 655

      Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden (r. 1611–32), 655

      Gustavus III, King of Sweden (r. 1771–92), 121, 655–66, 883, 897, 941, 964

      army mutiny against, 663

      assassination of, 665

      conflict with nobles, 663–64

      correspondence with Voltaire, 139

      coup against Riksdag, 657

      diplomacy of, 460

      early popularity of, 656

      fear of French Revolution, 662, 664

      Freemasons and, 938

      influence of French culture on, 655–56

      Jews protected by, 635

      later reactionary policies of, 662

      literary works of, 659

      loses confidence of people, 662

      marriage to Princess Sophia Magdalena, 655

      personality and education of, 655–56

      physiocrats and, 76

      reforms of, 657–58

      Swedish Enlightenment and, 658–60

      war against Russia and Denmark, 663–64


      Gustavus Adolphus, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern (fl. 1750), 339

      Gutenberg, Johann (1400?–68), 895

      Gyllenborg, Count Carl (1670–1746), 654

      Gyllenborg, Gustaf Fredrik (1731–1808), 660

      Gymnnasien, 352

      gypsies, 684

      Haarlem, 361

      Hadik, Andreas, Count Hadik von Futak (1710–1790), 49

      Haffner, Sigismund (fl. 1782), 398

      Hafiz (1320–89), Persian poet, 613–14

      Hague, The, 361

      haidamacks, 633

      Haidar Ali (1722–82), Maharajah of Mysore, 717

      Hainaut, 342

      hair styles, 99

      Haiti, 935

      Hales, Stephen (1677–1761), 671

      Halevy, Jehuda (1086?–1141?), 637

      Halifax, George Montagu Dunk, 2d Earl of (1716–71), 702–3

      Haller, Albrecht von (1708–77), 11, 169, 645

      Hamadan, battle of (1731), 418

      Hamann, Johann Georg (1730–88), 518–19, 567

      Hamburg: Freemasonry in, 507

      Jews in, 634

      opera in, 558

      Hamburgische Dramaturgie (Lessing), 511

      Hamilton, Emma, Lady, nee Lyon (1765–1815), 758

      Hamilton, Gavin (fl. 1785), 773

      Hamlet (Shakespeare), 511, 742, 842

      Hamond, Walter (fl. 1640), 31

      Hanbury-Williams, Sir Charles (1708–59), 436, 478

      Handel, George Frederick (1685–1759), 100, 222, 234, 256, 334, 368, 396, 517, 742

      Commemoration Concert (1784), 746

      Haydn on, 377

      Hanover, 653

      England and, 38

      French evacuation of, 53

      in League of Princes (1785), 362

      Seven Years’ War in, 46, 60

      Hanoverian dynasty, 699

      Hansard, Luke (1752–1828), 707

      Hapsburgs, Spanish, last of, 273

      Harewood House, 748

      Hargreaves, James (d. 1778), 673

      harim (harem), 413

      Harlequin (comic figure), 241

      Harmonies de la nature, Les (Bernardin de Saint-Pierre), 916

      Harrach, Count von (fl. 1792), 378

      Harsch, General (fl. 1758), 54

      Haschka, Leopold (fl. 1796), 379

      Hasenkampf, J. C. (fl. 1774), 564

      Hasidism, 636

      Haskalah movement, 641–42

      Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699–1783), 220, 240, 386

      Mozart’s rivalry with, 387

      Hastenbeck, battle of (1757), 48

      Hastings, Warren (1732–1818), 59, 696, 716–18, 943

      exploitation of India, 717–18

      trial of, 719–21, 805

      Hats (Swedish party), 654, 657

      Haugwitz, Count Ludwig (fl. 1753–80), 374

      domestic policies of, 344

      Hauptschulen, 352

      Haüy, Valentin (1745–1822), 905

      Havana, 62

      Havre, Le, 944

      Hawkins, Sir John (1719–89), 827–28, 840

      Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804–64), 889

      Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732–1809), 100, 227, 341, 373–81, 526, 964

      Beethoven and, 378–80

      contribution to music, 380, 528

      death of, 380

      early life and education of, 373

      in England, 377–78, 746

      with Esterházy family, 375–77, 379

      in Kantorei, 374

      marriage, 375

      in Melk, 374

      Mozart and, 376–78, 397

      as music teacher, 373

      Napoleon and, 380

      personality of, 374

      operas of, 376, 379–80

      oratorios of, 377

      religiosity of, 380–81

      social context of music, 381

      string quartets of, 374, 380

      symphonies of, 376–78, 380–81

      in Vienna, 374–77

      writes Schöpfung oratorio, 379

      Haydn, Johann Michael (1737–1806), 374, 385

      Haydn, Maria Anna, 375

      Heathfield, George Augustus Eliott, Baron (1717–90), 752

      Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell (Swedenborg), 658

      Hébert, Jacques-René (1757–94), 890

      Hebrews, 578; see also Jews

      Hebrides: Johnson-Boswell tour of, 785, 835–38, 840

      Macpherson’s tour of, 767

      Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770–1831), 331, 551, 618

      Heine, Heinrich (1797–1856), 543, 880

      Heinse, Wilhelm (1749–1803), 522

      Hell-Fire Club, 702

      Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821–94), 618

      Helvetic Republic, proclaimed (1798), 645; see also Switzerland

      Helvetische Gesellschaft, 643

      Helvétius, Anne-Catherine, nee de Ligniville d’Autricourt (1719–1800), 869, 915

      Helvétius, Claude-Adrien (1715–71), 31, 73, 105, 119, 162, 219, 220, 280, 294, 324, 501, 641, 769

      atheism of, 183

      death of, 892

      equalitarianism of, 141

      ethics of, 739

      Franklin and, 870

      French Revolution and, 84, 940

      Gibbon and, 799

      on Index Expurgatorius, 316

      influence of, 230, 320

      opposition to monarchy, 897

      as tax farmer, 936

      Hénault, Charles-Jean-François (1685–1770), 123, 125

      Henriade (Voltaire), 10, 149, 528, 629, 655

      Henry, Patrick (1736–99), 709

      Henry II, King of France (r. 1547–99), 942

      Henry IV, King of France (r. 1589–1610), 142, 462

      Henry VI, King of England (r. 1422–61, 1470–71), 698

      Henry VIII, King of England (r. 1509–47), 266, 360

      Henry of Prussia, Prince (1726–1802), 54–56, 59, 483

      attitude toward Frederick II, 495

      in battle of Freiberg, 61

      on Louis XVI, 856

      Henry the Navigator, Prince (1394–1460), 142

      Hepplewhite, George (d. 1786), 748

      Herat, 417–18, 421

      Herbert, Lord, 753

      Herculaneum, excavations at, 110, 248, 910

      Herder, Caroline, nee Flachsland (1750–1809), 568–69, 577

      Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744–1803), 503, 506–7, 567–69, 577–80, 589, 628, 639, 641, 645, 815

      death of, 580

      description of Kant, 532

      early life of, 567

      Enlightenment and, 567, 569

      esthetic theories of, 567–68

      Frankfurter gelehrte Anzeigen and, 52

      as Freemason, 507

      on Gluck, 373

      goes to Weimar, 569

      Goethe and, 559, 561–62, 568–69, 577, 580, 591, 600, 608, 613

      hatred of Prussia, 530

      historical theories of, 578–80

      historical writings of, 569

      Kant and, 549, 567

      marriage of, 569

      in Ossian controversy, 768

      philosophical views of, 580

      responsibilities at Weimar, 577

      Rousseau’s influence on, 518, 889

      Sturm und Drang and, 522, 569

      views on religion, 578–79

      visit to Italy, 579–80

      welcomes French Revolution, 590

      Winckelmann’s influence on, 331

      writings on literature, 567

      Hermann und Dorothea (Goethe), 601, 627

      Hermitage, Catherine II’s, 468

      Hermitage, L’, Rousseau’s stay at, see Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, AT HERMITAGE

      Hero of Alexandria (fl. A.D. 200), 673

      Heroic Life of St. Anne (Malagrida), 267

      Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822), 791

      Hertford, Lady, 729

      Hervey, Carr, Lord (1691–1723), 792

      Hervey, Frederick Augustus (1730–1803), bishop of Derry, 761

      Hervey, John, Baron Hervey of Ickworth (1696–
    1743), 792

      Hervey, Mary, Lady, nee Lepell (1700–68), 792

      Herz, Henrietta, nee de Lemos (1764–1847), 640–41

      Herz, Marcus (1747–1803), 640–41

      Herzlieb, Wilhelmine (1789–1865), 611–12

      Hesketh, Harriet, Lady, nee Cowper (1733–1807), 813

      Hesse, Andreas von (fl. 1770), 568

      Hesse-Cassel: in League of Princes (1785), 362

      mercenary troops of, 504

      Hesse-Cassel, Landgrave of (r. 1760–85), see Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel

      Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince [Ludwig] of (fl. 1773), 34, 449

      hidalgos, 274

      “Highland Mary” (Burns), 775

      Hildebrandt, Johann Lukas von (1668–1745), 341

      Hirsch, Abraham (fl. 1750), 509, 630

      Histoire de Jenni (Voltaire), 138

      Histoire de Juliette (Sade), 904

      Histoire de la guerre de Sept Ans (Frederick II), 529

      Histoire de la Russie sous Pierre le Grand (Voltaire), 137, 432

      Histoire du Parlement de Paris (Voltaire), 92–93

      Histoire générale (Voltaire), see Essai sur les moeurs

      Histoire philosophique des deux Indes (Raynal), 902

      Historia del famoso predicador Fray Gerundio (Isla), 295

      Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III (Walpole), 794

      historiography: in England, 795–808, 815

      in Germany, 578–80

      in Scotland, 765–66

      History of Agathon, The (Wieland), 553–55

      History of Ancient Art (Winckelmann), 110, 329, 332, 588

      History of Animated Nature (Goldsmith), 815

      History of Denmark, A (Holberg), 650

      History of England (Hume), 766

      History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, The (Johnson), 819, 825–26, 829

      History of Rome (Niebuhr), 253

      History of Russia (Tatishchev), 427

      History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of James VI (Robertson), 766

      History of the Jews, A (Holberg), 650

      History of the Protestant Variations (Bossuet), 797

      History of the Rebellion (Clarendon), 856

      History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V (Hume), 766

      History of the Religion of the Jews (Basnage), 641

      History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great (Voltaire), see Histoire de la Russie sous Pierre le Grand

      History of the Thirty Years’ War (Schiller), see Geschichte des Dreissigjährigen Krieges

      Hobbema, Meindert (1638–1709), 647

      Hobbes, Thomas (1588–1679), 172, 280, 294

      Hochkirch, battle of (1758), 54

      Hofdemel, Franz (fl. 1789), 405

      Hofer, Franz (fl. 1770), 407–8

      Hoffmeister, music publisher, 402

      Hogarth, William (1697–1764), 524, 724

      Hogland, battle of (1788), 663

      Hohenberg, Johann Friedrich von (1732–1816), 345

      Hohenzollerns, rising power of, 63

      Holbach, Baron Paul-Henri-Dietrich d’ (1723–1789), 104, 118, 168, 220, 496, 572, 618–19, 641, 893

     


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