Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Foreword 7
3. Table Of Contents 9
4. Introduction 11
5. Chapter I. Tacitus—Caesar—The Barbarians 21
6. Chapter II. Gregory of Tours — The Trojan Myth 42
7. Chapter III. The Estates-General—Pasquier—Bodin 59
8. Chapter IV. Hotman—La Boétie — Du Haillan 76
9. Chapter V. Cayet — Loyseau — The Estates Of 1614 95
10. Chapter VI. Mézeray — Audigier — Père Daniel 114
11. Chapter VII. Fénelon—Boulainvilliers 133
12. Chapter VIII. Fréret—Saint-Simon—Leibnitz 148
13. Chapter IX. Abbé Dubos 167
14. Chapter X. D'argenson—Foncemagne—The Academy 184
15. Chapter XI. Montesquieu 198
16. Chapter XII. Hénault—Voltaire—The Encyclopedists 211
17. Chapter XIII. Mably — The Third Estate 228
18. Chapter XIV. Mlle, De Lézardière—Sieyès—Conclusion 243
19. Conclusion 251
20. Bibliography 260
21. Index 271