Legislative, elections to, 150;
reconciliation with monarchy, 150, 151;
parties in, 151;
Lafayette’s letter to, 159;
receives the Royal Family, 168;
quarrels with Commune just before massacres, 183;
Danton’s great speech in, 184;
close of, 188.
Louis XVI., age of, compared with Danton, 40;
his coronation seen by Danton, 46;
his attitude to Assembly, 85;
his character, 86;
brought back to Paris from Versailles by mob, 91;
his attitude after this, 92;
thanks presented to, by Danton, 106;
accepts Civil Constitution of clergy, 123;
lost by death of Mirabeau, 137;
his attempt to go to St. Cloud, 137;
effect of his flight, 139, 140;
depends on success of August 10 to receive allies, 168;
takes refuge in Parliament, 168;
his secret payments, 179;
execution of, 202;
effect of, on America, 203.
Mandat Imperatif, 89, 95.
—— head of National Guard, his death, 167.
Manifesto of Brunswick, _see_ “Brunswick.”
Manor or village community alone survives ninth century, 13;
its survival and power, 14.
Manorial relations, their decay, 5.
Manuel, Danton’s chief in municipality of 1791, 153.
Marat, a Bourgeois, 23;
incident of, 97-104;
his character, 98;
warrant for arrest of, 99;
National Guard sent to arrest, 100;
importance of issues involved, Lafayette’s action, 101;
defended by Danton at Bar of Assembly, 103;
his escape, 104;
elected to “Comité de Surveillance” before massacres, 183;
puts Roland on his list of proscribed, 187;
his appearance in the Convention, 192;
accused by Girondins, acquitted, 218;
stabbed by Charlotte Corday, growth of Terror, 233.
Marie Antoinette, age of compared with Danton, 40;
forms a court party against the Parliament, 85;
power over Louis after Mirabeau’s death, 137;
her determination to hold the Tuilleries, 167;
she alone realises the fall of the monarchy, 169;
effect of her death on Danton, 241;
her shocking trial and its influence on Danton, 242.
Marseillais, their march on Paris, 160.
Marseillaise, 160.
Massacres of September, 178, 187;
precipitated by Montmorin’s acquittal, 179;
refusal of National Guard to interfere, 180;
Danton keeps Ministers at their posts just before, 181;
the Comité de Surveillance joined by Marat, 183;
begin at the Carmes, 184;
causes of Danton’s neutrality during, 185-187;
close of the massacres, 188;
effect of on politics, 189.
Medieval Reform, continuity of, 3;
failure of after fifteenth century, 4.
Middle class, _see_ “Bourgeoisie.”
Mirabeau, age of compared with Danton, 40;
calls August 4 “an orgy,” 84;
his reasons for supporting the “Civil Constitution of the clergy,”
121;
death of, 136;
Danton’s sympathy with, and speech on death of, 137;
compared with Danton, 213.
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