[302] Engel, _Geschichte des Illuminaten-Ordens_, p. 29. [303] The suppression of the Jesuits by Pope Clement XIV, in 1773, did not greatly diminish the influence and power of the order in Bavaria. Refusing to accept defeat, the new intrigues to which they gave themselves inspired in their enemies a new sense of their cohesion, with the result that they appeared even more formidable than before their suppression. [304] Forestier, _op. cit._, pp. 105 _et seq._ [305] Forestier, _op. cit._, p. 19. [306] _Ibid._, p. 18. _Cf._ Engel, _op. cit._, pp. 19, 28, 29. [307] In the person of Maximilian Joseph, Bavaria found an elector whose earlier devotion to liberal policies gave promise of fundamental reforms. Agriculture and manufactures were encouraged; judicial reforms were undertaken; the despotism of the clergy was resisted. The founding of the Academy of Science at Munich, in 1759, represented a definite response to the spirit of the _Aufklärung_. However, the elector was not at all minded to break with the Catholic faith. All efforts to introduce Protestant ideas into the country were vigorously opposed by the government. In the end the elector’s program of reform miscarried. At the time of his death, in 1777 (the date given by Forestier, p. 106, is incorrect; _cf._ _Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie_, vol. xxi. p. 30; also Brockhaus, _Konversations-Lexikon_, vol. xi. p. 683.), the absolute power of the clergy remained unshattered. [308] Forestier, _op. cit._, p. 107. [309] As a result of this effort, George Weishaupt, father of Adam, came to the University of Ingolstadt as professor of imperial institutions and criminal law. [310] Engel, _op. cit._, pp. 19 _et seq._ [311] Forestier, _op. cit._, pp. 19 _et seq._ _Cf._ Engel, _op. cit._, pp. 20 _et seq._ [312] _Ibid._, pp. 22 _et seq._ [313] Forestier, _op. cit._, pp. 16 _et seq._ [314] Forestier, _op. cit._, p. 18. [315] _Ibid._ [316] Ickstatt withdrew from direct participation in the affairs of the University of Ingolstadt in 1765, but he continued to exercise a controlling influence over the policies of the institution for some time to come. The son of one of his former pupils, Lori, a man of liberal notions, was later chosen co-director of the institution, and with him Weishaupt made common cause in his campaign against the Jesuits. [317] Forestier, _op. cit._, p. 21. _Cf._ Engel, _op. cit._, p. 33.