France, centralisation of, before Revolution, 10; egalitarianism in, is not due to Roman law or Church, 32; material state of, prior to Revolution, 10; before Revolution, character of centralisation in, 11; imperial tradition in, 16; origins of social constitution in, 12; specially suited to growth of Roman law, 15; Paris the bond of, 31; re-made by the Revolution, 35; effect of Rousseau upon, 28, 29; united by monarchy, led by Paris as the king’s town, 33. Français, Théâtre, _see_ “Section.” Franchise, loss of, by artisans, 21, 22. French, character of, in pursuing political theories, 26, 27, 28, 29; courts of law, nature in Ancien Régime, 48; education, effect of Jesuit influence on, 45; education, effect of on Robespierre and Desmoulins, Danton’s speech on, 46; peasantry, owners of land before Revolution, 18; peasantry, effect of Revolution on, 18; peasantry, condition before Revolution, 17; village community, decay of, in eighteenth century, 18; loss of Church in, 17; nobility, origin of, as a definite class in ninth century, 13. French Revolution, _see_ “Revolution.” Garat, his interview with Danton, 236, 237. Garran Coulon, Danton’s return from England on election of, 149. Girondins, represent the professional class, 24; declare war, 15-18; opposition to Danton from the beginning of the Convention, 192; momentary reconciliation with, 195, 196; failure of, meeting at Sceaux, Guadet rejects him, 199; outbreak of quarrel with Paris, 208; expulsion of, 216-228; description of their character, excess of idealism, unworkable with Danton’s practical policy, 217; their misgovernment, opposition of Paris, 218; bad news from Vendée weakens them in May 1793, 219; Isnard’s menace to Paris, 212; firmness during attack, Lanjuinais’ proposal to “break the Commune,” 221; vote of the twenty-nine arrests, 222; confusion of their fall to be explained by great Committee, 223; Danton’s phrase concerning, 227; Vergniaud and Guadet attacked in St. Just’s report, 234; Danton’s pity for, 236, 239. Gobel, schismatic Bishop of Paris, trial under Robespierre, 291. Great fear, peasants’ rising destroys feudality, 83, 84. Guadet, Girondin, rejects Danton at Sceaux, 199; St. Just’s report on, 234. Guard, National, _see_ “National Guard.” Guard, Swiss, their defence of the Tuilleries, 166-169; demand for vengeance against, by Parisians, 179; special, proposed for the Convention, 191; weak demand for, by Girondins, 220. Hébert, member of the Cordeliers, 81; his character, 220; with Commune against Committee in winter, 1793, 240; Danton’s opposition to his religious persecution, 243; his arrest and execution, 247.