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by Will Durant


  Of Population, an Answer to Malthus (Godwin), 402

  Oldenburg, duchy of, 206, 236, 688

  Oldenburg, Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Duke of (1755–1829), 688

  Old Mortality (Scott), 506

  O’Meara, Barry Edward (1786–1836), 758–59, 761–62, 767, 773–74

  On Marriage (Hippel), 604

  “On the Admission of Women to the Rights of the State” (Condorcet), 133

  On the Constitution of the Church and the State (Coleridge), 447

  opera: in Austria, 575

  in France, 137, 278–79

  in Germany, 612, 613–14

  Italian, 278, 552, 553, 612, 613–14

  origin of leitmotif in, 137*

  Opéra, Paris, 30, 73, 137, 198, 278

  Opéra-Comique, Paris, 137

  Oporto, 222, 532, 538

  Orange, France, Terror in, 69

  Orange Society, 509

  Orbiton, Scotland, 351

  Ordener, Michel (1755–1811), 191

  Orders in Council (British), 219

  Orgon, France, 727, 736

  Oriani, Barnaba (1752–1832), 101

  Origin de tous les cultes, L’ (Dupuis), 184

  Origin of Species, The (Darwin), 403

  Orinoco River, 609

  Orléans, 8, 420

  Orléans, Louis- Philippe- Joseph (“Philippe Égalité”), Duc d’ (1747–93), 18, 370, 774–75

  ambitious to be king, 10–11, 152

  in States General, 13

  joins Assembly, 17

  in Convention, 47

  and trial of Louis XVI, 51, 52

  death of, 67

  Orlov, Aleksei Grigorievich (1737–1809), 675

  Orlov, Grigori Grigorievich (1734–83), 675

  Oroonoko (Behn), 368

  Orpheus and Eurydice (Canova), 554

  Orsha, 708

  Orvieto, 542, 611

  Osnabrück, bishopric of, 588

  “Ossian” (Macpherson), 93, 146, 242, 290, 413, 629

  Ostend, 189, 522

  Otto I the Great, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 936–73), 558

  Ottoman Empire (Turkey), 105, 107, 669–71

  Catherine II’s and Joseph II’s designs on, 513, 559, 670

  Peace of Jassy with Russia (1792), 670

  New Organization in, 670

  Bonaparte’s expedition against, 108–14, 170, 174*

  in Second Coalition against France (1799), 115–16, 521, 670, 676

  Neapolitan ports closed to, 177

  peace with France (1802), 179, 670

  N.’s designs on (1805), 201, 241

  war with Russia (1806–12), 212, 671

  and Peace of Tilsit, 687

  resists Continental Blockade, 222

  Peace of Bucharest with Russia, 671, 689, 697

  Greeks revolt against, 497–500, 669–70

  Oubril, Count Peter, 207, 208

  Oudinot, Nicolas-Charles (1767–1847), 699, 709, 717, 722–23, 726

  Ouinette, Deputy, 751

  Ouvrard, Gabriel-Julien (1770–1846), 263

  Overbeck, Johann Friedrich (1789–1869), 611–12

  Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso; 43 B.C.-A.D. 17), 532

  Owen, Caroline, nee Dale, 347, 350–51

  Owen, Robert (1771–1858), 346–51, 361, 399, 504

  agnosticism of, 347, 350, 358

  calls for improvement of factory conditions, 345, 349, 402

  and child labor, 349, 350, 447

  Owen, Robert Dale (1801–77), 350–51

  Oxford, Countess of, 461, 462

  Oxford University, 354, 362–63, 392

  Oxford University and City Herald, 469

  “Ozymandias” (Shelley), 482

  Pache, Jean-Guillaume (1740?–1823), 63

  Paderborn, bishopric of, 588, 590

  Paestum, 682

  Paganel, Pierre (1745–1826), 52

  Paganini, Niccolò (1782–1840), 220, 553–54

  Paget, Arthur (1771–1840), 521

  Pahlen, Count Peter von (1745–1826), 676, 678

  Paine, Thomas (1737–1809), 43, 316, 386, 394–97, 515–16

  and Christianity, 358, 394–97, 414

  in Convention, 47, 52, 394

  in Joseph Johnson’s circle, 366, 409, 413

  and rights of man, 515–16

  “Pains of Sleep, The” (Coleridge), 437–38

  painting: in England, 380–85

  in France, 140–41, 281–83

  German, 611–12

  in Russia, 683–84

  in Spain, 533

  Paisiello, Giovanni (1740–1816), 278

  Palafox y Melzi, José (1775–1847), 229

  Palais-Royal, Paris, 11, 17, 26, 34, 132, 139

  Palazzo Braschi, Rome, 554

  paleontology, 326, 387

  Palermo, 116, 520, 541, 543, 545

  Paley, William (1743–1805), 394, 397, 448

  Palm, Johann Philipp (1766–1806), 208

  Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount (1784–1865), 353, 775

  Panin, Count Nikita Petrovich (1770–1837), 676, 678

  Panthéon, Paris, 30–31, 58, 79, 682

  Paoli, Pasquale di (1725–1807), 91, 93, 94

  papal infallibility, 336

  Papal Legations, 183

  Papal States, 360, 542–43, 549–50

  in 1789, 541, 542, 557

  Directory orders N. to conquer, 101

  and Treaty of Tolentino (1797), 104, 544

  subjection of by French (1798), 108, 545

  regained by Papacy (1799), 548

  and the Concordat, 546

  N.’s designs on, 202, 243

  under French Empire, 236, 253, 549–50

  returned to Papacy, 733

  Parini, Giuseppe (1729–99), 543

  Paris: amusements in, 135–36, 271–72

  architecture in, 177, 279–80

  capitulations of (1814, 1815), 724–25, 752

  clubs in, 32, 33–34, 136

  journals in, 20, 24, 32, 33, 128, 152

  opera in, 553

  paupers in (1789–91), 7, 8

  population of, 3, 135

  public works in, 261

  salons in, 136, 272, 288–89

  street lighting in, 125

  theaters in, 86, 137–39, 283–84

  tourist capital (1802), 180

  see also Paris Commune Paris, Parlement of, 5, 9, 10, 130

  Paris, Treaties of: First (1814), 730

  Second (1815), 754

  Paris, University of, 265

  Paris Commune, 38, 47, 53, 130, 132, 135

  captures Tuileries, 39–40

  closes churches, 73

  and Girondins, 56–57

  and Massacres, 42–45

  radical demands of, 51, 54, 63, 65

  subjugation of, 83

  Parker, Sir Hyde (1739–1807), 664

  parlements, 5, 130, 152

  abolished, 27, 131

  Parliament, British, 354–55 corruption in, 346, 367

  and debts of Prince of Wales, 357, 358

  and divorce, 364

  and Ireland, 508, 510

  and labor legislation, 343–45, 350, 402

  and Reform Bill, 447

  slave trade ended by, 368, 526

  supports war with France, 53, 339; see also

  Commons, House of

  Lords, House of Parliament, Houses of, 384

  Parliament, Irish, 507–10

  Parliamentary Reform Catechism (Bentham), 367

  Parma, 294, 558, 772

  art expropriated from, 279

  under French, 101, 221, 546

  Parma, Duke of, see Ferdinand III

  Parmenides (5th cent, B.C.), 657

  Parthenopean Republic, 116, 117, 545

  Pascal, Blaise (1623–62), 389

  Patriote français, Le, 20

  Patterson, Elizabeth, see Bonaparte, Elizabeth

  Paul, Saint (d. 67), 396

  Paul I (Pavel
Petrovich), Czar of Russia (r. 1796–1801), 178, 675–76

  arts under, 683

  death of, 176, 192, 665, 676

  his designs on India, 664, 676

  and Malta, 116, 676

  and Naples, 116, 676

  reforms of, 675

  in 2d League of Armed Neutrality, 176, 663–64

  Paul et Virginie (Bernardin/Lesueur), 137

  Pavia, 544

  Pavia, University of, 551, 552, 608

  Peacock, Thomas Love (1785–1866), 474, 494

  Peel, Sir Robert (1788–1850), 447

  Peep-of-Day Boys, 509

  Peninsular War, 222–25, 228–30, 457, 537–39, 695

  Penthesilea (Kleist), 617–18

  Pepin the Short, King of the Franks (r. 751–68), 542, 548

  Perceval, Spencer (1762–1812), 526–27

  Percier, Charles (1764–1838), 280

  Percy, Thomas (1729–1811), 413, 416, 505

  Père Duchesne, 54

  Peregrinus (Wieland), 227

  Pericles (d. 429 B.C.), 141, 290

  Perpignan, 62

  Perseus (Canova), 555

  Persuasion (Austen), 411

  Perugia, University of, 550

  Perugino, II (Pietro Vanucci; 1446–1523), 611

  Peschiera, 102–3

  Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich (1746–1827), 43, 642, 653, 660

  Peter I the Great, Czar of Russia (r. 1682–1725), 672–74, 681, 683

  Peter III (Piotr Feodorovich, orig. Karl Friedrich Ulrich of Holstein-Gottorp), Czar of Russia (r. 1762), 675

  Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (Chamisso), 626

  Pétion de Villeneuve, Jerome (1756–94), 31, 36, 45, 47, 57, 67

  Petit, Jean-Martin (1772–1856), 727

  Petworth, 376, 384

  Pforr, Franz (1788–1812), 611–12

  Phänomenologie des Geistes (Hegel), 647, 650–52, 658

  Phèdre (Racine), 294

  Phélippeaux, Antoine de (1768–99), 113

  Philharmonic Society, London, 585

  Philip II, King of Spain (r. 1556–98), 533, 621

  Philippe-Égalité, see Orléans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, Due d’

  Philippeville, 754

  philology, 591, 606–7, 632, 634, 635

  Philosophical Dictionary (Voltaire), 629

  “philosophical radicalism,” 405, 407

  Philosophical View of Reform, A (Shelley), 492

  Philosophique zoologique (Lamarck), 328

  Philosophy of History (Hegel), 655–57

  Philosophy of Religion (Hegel), 655

  Phosphorists, 662

  Physical, Moral, and Political Regeneration of the Jews, The (Grégoire), 275

  physics, 322–24, 387–89, 603

  Physiocrats, 5, 10, 13, 126, 154, 405, 406

  physiological psychology, 143

  Physiologie du goût, La (Brillat-Savarin), 272

  physiology, 142

  Piacenza, 173, 221, 546, 772

  pianoforte, 570, 582

  Piccini, Niccolò (1728–1800), 553

  Pichegru, Charles (1761–1804), 64, 74, 80, 84, 85

  conspires against N., 185–86, 190

  death of, 192, 321

  Picton, Sir Thomas (1758–1815), 747

  Piedmont, 97, 104, 541

  N.’s 1796 campaign in, 98, 544

  taken by French (1798), 116, 174

  annexed to France, 187, 188, 189, 201, 241, 546

  Pietists, 350, 601, 631

  Pillnitz, Declaration of (1791), 36, 559

  Pindar (522–442 B.C.), 607

  Pinel, Philippe (1745–1826), 325

  Pinkie (Lawrence), 381

  Pinney, John, 421

  Piombino, 219–20, 554

  Pirch, General, 747

  Pissarro, Camille (1830–1903), 385

  Pitt, William, the Elder, Earl of Chatham (1708–78), 512

  Pitt, William, the Younger (1759–1806), 147, 160, 245, 367, 394, 512–13, 517–18

  1st ministry of (1783–1801), 53, 357, 361, 512–13

  supports bill against slave trade, 368, 512

  gives laureateship to Pye, 450

  orders Paine’s arrest, 516

  opens negotiations for 1st Coalition (1793), 517

  war measures of, 425, 517–18

  forms 2d Coalition (1798), 521

  withdraws poor-relief bill, 402

  opposed by George III on Catholic emancipation, 360, 509–10, 512

  resigns (1801), 510, 521

  and execution of Enghien, 192

  begins 2d ministry (1804), forms 3d Coalition, 201, 522

  receives news of Austerlitz, 205, 525

  death of, 525, 536

  Pius VI (Giovanni Angelo Breschi), Pope (r. 1775–99), 104, 127, 542, 544, 559

  Pius VII (Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti), Pope (r. 1800–23), 232, 235, 282, 319, 542–43, 548–50, 555, 713

  signs Concordat with N., 183

  at N.’s coronation, 197–99

  N.’s imprisonment of, 185, 321, 542–43, 549, 550, 557, 712

  death of, 550

  protects N.’s mother, 770

  Place, Francis (1771–1854), 362, 403

  Plague at Jaffa, The (Gros), 282

  Plain, the, 34, 47, 83

  Plato (427?–347 B.C.), 348, 493, 636, 657

  plebiscites (France), 168 (1799), 186–87 (1802), 195–97 (1804)

  Pleisse River, 719

  Pleisswitz, Armistice of (1813), 716–17

  Pleyel, Ignaz (1757–1831), 278

  Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus; A.D. 23–79), 467

  Plumptre, Anne (1760–1818), 133

  Plutarch (A.D. 46?–120?), 35, 57, 66, 92–93

  Pneumatic Institute, Bristol, 386

  Poetical Sketches (Blake), 413

  Poetiske Skriften (Oehlenschläger), 666

  poetry: Danish, 666–67

  English, 413–16, 417–501

  German, 416, 626–28

  Scottish, 416

  Spanish, 534

  Swedish, 662

  Poland, 667–68, 713

  grand duchy of Warsaw established in, 213, 233, 276, 593, 668

  kingdom of (1815 ff.), 733

  PARTITIONS OF, 210–11, 233, 596, 667, 688, 697

  First (1772), 593

  Second (1792), 46, 53, 593, 594

  Third (1795), 85, 116, 593, 594

  by Congress of Vienna (1815), 733

  Polignac, Armand de (1771–1847), 190, 192–93

  Polignac, Jules de (1780–1847), 190, 192–93

  political economy, 660–61

  Political Register, 408

  Pollard, Jane, 419

  Pombal, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello, Marquês de (1699–1782), 531

  Pomerania, 627, 661, 663, 733

  Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de (1721–64), 95

  Pompeii, 139, 140, 480, 611

  Poncelet, Jean-Victor (1788–1867), 323

  Poniatowski, Prince Józef Antoni (1763–1813), 699, 718–19

  Ponsonby, Sir William (1772–1815), 747

  Pontine Marshes, 550

  Poole, Thomas (1765–1837), 426, 427, 439

  Poor Laws (England), 343, 344–45, 349, 362

  Poor Lisa (Karamzin), 685

  Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), 368, 412, 456

  porcelain, French, 280–81

  Po River, 102, 113, 173

  Portalis, Jean-Étienne-Marie (1745–1807), 162, 180, 239

  Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3d Duke of (1738–1809), 509, 526, 536

  Portoferraio, Elba, 734

  Portugal, 3, 531–33

  alliance with England, 213, 222, 225, 532

  colonies of, 532, 539

  and Continental Blockade, 533

  and Convention of Cintra, 536

  in First Coalition against France (1793), 517, 532

  invaded by French (1807), 222–23, 532, 693

  peace with France (
1797), 114

  Peninsular War in, 225, 229, 457, 537–38

  in Second Coalition (1799), 116, 521

  Posen, 710, 733

  Potsdam, 209, 595

  Poussin, Nicolas (1594–1665), 140

  Pradt, Abbé Dominique de (1759–1837), 711

  Prague, 559

  Congress of (1813), 717

  Prelude, The (Wordsworth), 419, 428, 432, 443–45, 446

  Pre-Raphaelites, 380, 611

  Pressburg, Treaty of (1805), 205, 560

  Price, Richard (1723–91), 513, 514

  Pride and Prejudice (Austen), 411–12

  Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804), 43, 47, 165, 391, 406

  Prieur, Pierre-Louis (Prieur of the Marne; 1756–1827), 60

  Prieur-Duvernois, Claude-Antoine (Prieur of the Côte d’ Or; 1763–1827), 60

  Prince, The (Machiavelli), 93, 251

  Princesses Luise and Friederike (Schadow), 611

  Principles of Morals and Legislation, The (Bentham), 405–7

  Principles of Political Economy (Malthus), 346

  Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (Ricardo), 346

  Prisoner of Chillon, The (Byron), 477, 478

  Prix de Rome, 140, 279

  Prolegomena ad Homerum (Wolf), 607

  Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus), 482

  Prometheus Unbound (Shelley), 482–83, 493

  “Prophecy of Dante, The” (Byron), 489

  “Proposed Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen” (Robespierre), 61

  Proserpina (Paisiello), 278

  Protestantism: in Austria, 559

  in France, 4, 10, 23, 27–28, 126, 184

  in Germany, Mme. de Staël’;s view of, 299

  Provence, Comte de, see Louis XVIII

  “Proverbs from Hell” (Blake), 415

  Prud’hon, Pierre-Paul (1758–1823), 139, 281, 282–83

  Prussia, 3, 593–99, 600–601, 603

  in 1st Partition of Poland (1772), 593, 667

  in 1st Coalition against France (1792), 36, 44, 46, 48, 54, 517, 593

  in 2d and 3d Partitions of Poland (1792, 1795), 46, 53, 85, 116, 593, 594, 667

  in Peace of Basel with France (1795), 85, 97, 114, 126, 594

  in 2d League of Armed Neutrality (1800), 178, 208, 663–65

  relationship to Empire (1800), 587, 588

  and Rhineland reorganization (1801–03), 188, 589

  treaty with France (1802), 179

  and French seizure of Hanover (1803), 595

  in 3d Coalition (1805), 201–2, 595, 686–87

  penalized in Treaty of Schönbrunn (1805), 205, 595

  alliance with France (1805–06), 205, 207–8, 595

  England and Sweden declare war on (1806), 207, 595

  in new disastrous war against France (1806–07), 208–12, 276, 593, 506, 617

  dismembered and occupied under Peace of Tilsit (1807 ff.), 212–13, 593, 596, 613, 617, 618, 641, 650, 698

  reconstruction of, 596, 713

  in unwelcome alliance with France (1812), 697, 712

 

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