The Marquis D'Argenson: A Study In Criticism; Being The Stanhope Essay: Oxford, 1893

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Author

Ogle, Arthur, 1871-

Title

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

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Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Brian Wilsden and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco

Subject

Argenson, René-Louis de Voyer, marquis d', 1694-1757

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Text

eBook-No.

47537

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47537

Release Date

December 4, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MARQUIS D'ARGENSON
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.THE MARQUIS D'ARGENSON.
4. 4.I. 1630-1721. D'Argenson's Ancestry.
5. 5.II. 1694-1724. Youth and early manhood—Intendant of Maubeuge.
6. 6.III. 1724-1744. The Entresol—Political struggles—Relations with Cardinal Fleury—D'Argenson and Voltaire.
7. 7.IV. NOVEMBER, 1744—JANUARY, 1747. Foreign Politics—D'Argenson's Ministry—1745: The Convention of Augsburg—The Convention of Hanover—The Imperial Election—The Treaty of Dresden—1746: The Negotiation of Turin—The Saxon Marriage—Review.
8. 8.V. 1747-1757. A momentous decade—The Journal—Private life.
9. 9.VI. 1737-1755. The "Considérations"—The Plan of 1737—The Plan of 1755.
10. 10.APPENDICES.
11. 11.APPENDICES. — A. THE FLASSAN MEMOIR. — B. THE TEXTS OF THE "CONSIDÉRATIONS." — C. D'ARGENSON'S VIEWS ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS PRIOR TO HIS ACCESSION TO THE MINISTRY. (" Journal et Mémoires ," Rathery, I.-IV.)
12. 12.D. INDEX TO THE GREAT PUBLIC QUESTIONS NOTICED IN THE LAST FIVE VOLUMES OF D'ARGENSON'S JOURNAL. The volumes V.—IX. embrace the period 1746-56.
13. 13.NOTES.
14. 14.NOTES.
15. 15.INDEX.
16. 16.INDEX.

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