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The Marquis D'Argenson: A Study in Criticism / Being the Stanhope Essay: Oxford, 1893

Chapter 15: INDEX.
By Arthur Ogle
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The essay follows a prominent aristocrat's progression from youth to high office, charting his successive public roles and administrative responsibilities. It recounts involvement in fiscal and parliamentary conflicts, provincial governance, press regulation, diplomatic affairs, and participation in political and intellectual circles. The author critically examines policy choices, diplomatic maneuvers, and reactions to financial and military crises while weighing personal motives, family ties, and character traits. Narrative chapters are interwoven with documentary correspondence and evaluative commentary, offering both chronological biography and critical assessment of effectiveness and influence.

INDEX.

INDEX.

Académie Française, 41, 163.

Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles Lettres, 171, n. 410.

"Academy" of the Luxembourg, 55.

Aguesseau (d'), 18, 77.

Aix-la-Chapelle (Peace of), 156.

Alary (Abbé), 55, 56, 59, 60.

Alembert (d'), 163, 165.

Alessandria (Siege of), 140, 141.

Amelot, 80, 93, n. 237.

Argenson (René I., Count d'), 10, 11, n. 4.

Argenson (René II., Count d'), 11-3.

Argenson (Marc René, Marquis d'), 14;
chief of police, 15-7, 25, 27, 31;
Chancellor, 18-20, 32, 33, 34;
relations with his son, 22, 28-9, 43, 66, nn. 36, 44, 79.

Argenson (Mme. d'), 23, n. 51.

Argenson (René Louis, Marquis d'), ancestry, 10-21;
youth, 22-28;
early career,28-35;
correspondence with Mme. de Balleroy, 35-40;
Intendant of Maubeuge, 40-47;
at the "Entresol," 54-61;
relations with Chauvelin, 63-76;
with Fleury, 77-87;
correspondence with Voltaire, 87-92;
views on foreign policy, 95-100;
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nov.1744-Jan.1745, 102-107;
Jan.-Dec. 1745, 107-137;
1746, 138-17, 147-153;
in retirement, 154-72;
political ideas: the "Considérations," 173-210.

Argenson (Mme. d'), 35, 43, 70-3, nn. 202, 207.

Argenson (Marc Pierre, Count d'), 22-5, 28, 34;
relations with his brother, 37-40; 43, 45, 76, 93, 120, 132, nn. 131, 217.

Asti (Surprise of), 142.

Aubertin (M., "Esprit Public au XVIII. Siècle"), 48, 52, 167, 170, 172, nn. 1, 413.

Augsburg (Convention of), 122.

Augustus III. (Elector of Saxony and King of Poland), 110, 111, 112, 117, 118, 120, 123, 124, 125, 127, 134, 144, 145.

Austria, 75, 98, 99, 108-109, Chap. IV. passim, nn. 266, 376.

Bachelier, 80.

Balleroy (Marquise de), 30, 35;
correspondence with, 35-40, 45, 71.

Balleroy (Marquis de), 45, n. 72.

Bank, 19, 31, 33.

Barbier, 86.

Bassignano, 139.

Bastille, 15.

Bavaria, 121-22, Chap. IV. passim.

Belleisle (Marshal de), 80, 129, 135.

Bicêtre, 168.

Blenheim, 27.

Bolingbroke, 22, 56.

Bougainville, 168.

Boulainvilliers, 90, 181, n. 422.

Bourbon (Duc de), 44, 45, 46, 55.

Breslau (Treaty of, 1742), 109, 132.

Broglie (M. le duc de), 94-95, 122, 136-137, 199, Appendix A, nn. 1, 266, 281, 295, 296, 306, 312, 354, 363, 420.

Brühl (Count), 130, 134, 145, 146.

Buffon, 162, 163.

Campaign of 1744, 102;
in Saxony (1745), 134, 151;
in Italy (1746), 142.

Carteret, 113.

Caumartin, 15, 23.

Cavalier (The Camisard leader), 27.

Champeaux, 139, 140, n. 366.

Charles VI. (Emperor), 98.

Charles VII. (Emperor), 103, 105, 106, 107, 110, 112, 121.

Charles of Lorraine (Prince), 102, 117, 130.

Charles Edward (The Young Pretender), 126, 140, 156.

Charles Emmanuel (King), 138.

Châteauroux (Mme. de), 104.

Châtelet (Mme. du), 88, 89, 91.

Chatelus (Mme. de), n. 372.

Chaulieu, 87, n. 66.

Chauvelin, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83, 86, 95, 152, nn. 189, 364.

Chavigny, 121, 122, 123.

Chesterfield, 114.

Choisy (Abbé de), 54, n. 147.

Coigny (Marshal de), 102.

Colbert, 12, 207.

Collège Louis-le-Grand, 24, 25, 87, nn. 242, 399.

Condillac, 163.

"Considérations sur le Gouvernement de la France," 89-91, 95, 164,
Chap. VI. 178-210, Appendix B, nn. 261, 417, 418, 419, 420, 422, 426.

Conti (Retreat of), 125, 126.

"Contrat Social," 172, 210.

Correspondence with Mme. de Balleroy, 35-40; with Voltaire, 87-92.

Council of State, 34, 57, 63.

Court (Fleury and), 80, 81, 84;
d'Argenson and, 147, 148;
character of, 209.

Diderot, 162, 164, 165.

Dresden (Treaty of), 135, 151, n. 376.

Dubois, 32, 33, 152.

Ecclesiastical Quarrels, 27, 30, 31, 62, 63, 157 seq.

Elizabeth Farnese, 142, 150.

Empire, 83, 106, 110, Chap. IV. passim;
election to, 127;
neutrality of, 143 n. 266.

"Encyclopédie," 163, 164, 165.

England, Dubois in, 32, 33;
influence in Portugal, 79;
Voltaire in, 87, 182;
d'Argenson's views on, 96, 98, 99, 167, n. 261;
Frederick's overtures to (1745), 113, 126, 127;
influence on France, 160, 161. Appendix C (A), Appendix D (E).

"Entresol" ("Club de l'"), 54-61, nn. 154, 366, 399.

"Esprit des Lois," 164, 165.

"Essai de l'Exercice du Tribunal Européen par la France seule," 95-96.

Fénélon, 89.

Finance, 19, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 42, 157, 158, 167, 177, 187, 189, 190, 192, 193, 195, 200, nn. 417, 404.

Flanders, 104, 106, 117.

Flassan Memoir, 116-18, n. 312, Appendix A.

Fleury (Cardinal), 59, 60, 65, 74, 75;
d'Argenson and, 77-86, 152.

Fontenelle, 16, 17, 54, nn. 79, 419.

Fontenoy, 125.

France, under Fleury, 85, 86;
foreign policy, 97-99;
situation on death of Emperor, 107-10;
Austrian overtures to, 130, 131, 135;
from 1746 to 1756, 155-167;
plans for the government of, 173-210.

Francis I. (Emperor), 127.

Frankfort (Treaty of), 102.

Frederick the Great, 90, 91, 92, 101, 102, 103, 105, 109, 112-15, 119-20,
123-25, 126, 127, 130-36, 151, 152, nn. 281, 306, 376. Appendix C (E).

Friedbourg, 125, 152.