Landry, St., fair of, 98; gifts by scholars, 98; port of, 282, 283 Latini Brunetto, 99 Laurens, J. P., paintings at Luxembourg and Panthéon, 48, _note_, 240 Law, John, his financial scheme, 227, 228 League, the, 175; its ecclesiastical army, 179 Leaguers, their triumph, 176; their violence, 181 Lebrun, 312 Leczynski, Marie, her marriage to Louis XV., 229; her death, 233 Legros, 290 Lemercier continues the Louvre, 198; designs Palais Cardinal, 199 Lemoine, Cardinal, college of, 93 Lescot, Pierre, designs new Louvre, 157; designs Fontaine des Innocents, 164 Lesueur, 311 Levau, his suspension, 221 Lorrain, Claude, 312 Lorraine, Cardinal of, 177 Louis VI. chastises rebellious vassals, 54; pioneer of the monarchy, 58 Louis VII., 60; birth of an heir, 61 Louis VIII. invades England, 62 Louis XI., his shabby dress, 138; his policy, 139; at Paris, 139, 140; meets Edward IV. of England, 140; institutes the Angelus, 140; his death, 142 Louis XII. invites Leonardo da Vinci to France, 149; his wise rule, 149, 150 Louis XIII., his accession, 192; his _coup d'état_, 193 Louis XIV., his accession, 209; his small attainments, 211; his hatred of Paris, 212; court of, 210, 211, 219; secret marriage with Mme. Scarron, 213; death of his heirs, 219; his death, 220; state of France and Paris at end of his reign, 226; his vandalism, 236 Louis XV., his majority, 228; his sickness and recovery, 231; his vicious life, 231; his disastrous reign, 233, 234; his death, 233 Louis XVI., his accession, 243; state of Paris under, 243; his vacillation, 253; intrigues with foreign courts, 254; his trial and sentence, 259, 260; execution of, 261 Louis Philippe, 273 Louis, St., his early youth, 67; his love of justice, 67, 77; redeems the crown of thorns, 68; his views on the treatment of Jews and infidels, 69; builds the Sainte Chapelle, 69; his hatred of blasphemy, 71; his death, 77 Louviers, the island of, 6 Louvois and Vauban, inventors of bayonet, 210 Louvre, building of, 62; its position, 65; demolition of keep, 156; west wing completed, 164; continued by Lemercier, 198; continued by Levau, 220; Perrault, base of, 222; neglect of, by Louis XIV., 223; and by Louis XV., 234; repair of, 235; during the Revolution, 275; under Napoleon I., 276; under Napoleon III., 276; paintings in, 304; sculpture in, 305, 306 Loyola, Ignatius, founds Society of Jesus at Paris, 156 Luini, 307 Lulli, his musical genius, 329 Lulli, Hôtel, 316 Lutetia, its origin, 3 Lutetius, hill of, 4 Lutherans, their violence and iconomachy, 158; persecution of, 159, 160 Luxembourg, palace and gardens of, 197, 290; museum of, 290 Luxor, Column of, 278 Luynes, his rise and fall, 193, 194 M Madeleine, the, 277 Maillotins, the, 123 Maintenon, Mme. de, her ascendency over Louis XIV., 213, 214, 216, 217; the Protestants and, 214 Malouel, 309