II. Thunderous Applause, Discreet Dissent: The Intellectual Reaction to the Revocation

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE. THE REVOCATION IMPOSED, 1685-1715
7. Realpolitik under a mask of piety: A Protestant caricature of Louis XIV at the time of the Revocation 6
8. I. The Edict of Fontainebleau: The Rationalization of Intolerance 7
9. II. Thunderous Applause, Discreet Dissent: The Intellectual Reaction to the Revocation 19
10. III. A Three-way Impasse: The Huguenots, The Clergy, and The State 35
11. PART TWO. THE REVOCATION ATTACKED, 1715-1760
12. Canton of La Henriade: Voltaire's indictment of Catholic intolerance 48
13. IV. An Abstract Combat: Voltaire's First Battles Against Intolerance, 1713-1750 49
14. V. Montesquieu and the Huguenots: A Conservative's View of Minority Rights 61
15. VI. A Friend in the Enemy Camp: The Abbe Prevost 75
16. VII. Controller-General Machault Provokes a Public Debate on Huguenot Rights, 1751-1760 87
17. VIII. Encyclopedists and Calvinists: An Exercise in Mutual Aid 103
18. IX. A Case Study in Incompatibility: The Philosophe Voltaire and the Calvinist La Beaumelle, 1750-1756 119
19. X. Mutual Disenchantment: Voltaire and the Genevans, 1755-1762 135
20. XI. Distant Cousins: Rousseau and the French Calvinists 147
21. XII. The Stage in the Service of Huguenot Emancipation: Voltaire, Fenouillot de Falbaire, and Mercier 165
22. XIII. Reaction Put to Rout: The Dictionnaire Philosophique, the Last of the Encyclopedie and the Belisaire Affair, 1764-1767 179
23. PART THREE. THE REVOCATION UNDONE, 1760-1787
24. Paul Rabaut, dean of the underground pastorate 196
25. XIV. The 1760s: From Words to Deeds 197
26. XV. The Calas Affair: A Catalyst for the National Conscience, 1762-1765 211
27. XVI. Large Expectations, Limited Gains: The Reform Efforts of Turgot and Malesherbes, 1774-1776 231
28. XVII. Conservatives and Pragmatists Try Their Hand: Necker, Armand, and the Parlementaires, 1776-1784 247
29. XVIII. Genteel Conspirators: Breteuil and Malesherbes Set the Stage for Reform, 1784-1787 265
30. XIX. Spurs to Action: The D'Anglure Affair and the Dutch Crisis, 1787 285
31. XX. Toleration Triumphant: The Edict of 1787 295
32. Epilogue 307
33. Selected Bibliography 311
34. Index 331
35. SUPPLEMENTS 337