The Origins of Contemporary France: The Ancient Regime
The 1st volume of Taine’s 5 part history of modern France, The Origins of Contemporary France, in 6 volumes. They are The Old Regime (1875); The Revolution, vol. 1 Anarchy (1878); The Revolution, vol. 2 The Jacobin Conquest (1881); The Revolution, vol. 3 The Revolutionary Government (1883); and The Modern Regime, in 2 volumes (1890-93).
The Origins of Contemporary France: The Ancien Regime, trans. John Durant (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1876).
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- Author: Hippolyte Taine
- Translator: John Durand
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Table of Contents
- NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR.
- PREFACE.
- BOOK FIRST.: The Structure of Society.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- BOOK SECOND.: Habits and Characters.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- BOOK THIRD.: The Spirit and the Doctrine.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- BOOK FOURTH.: The Propagation of the Doctrine.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- BOOK FIFTH.: The People.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- NOTES.
- Note 1.: On the number of ecclesiastics and nobles.
- Note 2.: On feudal rights and on the state of feudal dominion in 1783.
- Note 3.: Difference between the actual and nominal revenues of ecclesiastical dignitics and benefices.
- Note 4: On the education of princes and princesses.
- Note 5.: On the rate of direct taxation.
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