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XX. Toleration Triumphant: The Edict of 1787

  • Geoffrey Adams
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The Huguenots and French Opinion, 1685-1787
This chapter is in the book The Huguenots and French Opinion, 1685-1787
© 1992 Wilfrid Laurier Press

© 1992 Wilfrid Laurier Press

Chapters in this book

  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
https://doi.org/10.51644/9780889209046-026

Chapters in this book

  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
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