Chauvelin, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83, 86, 95, 152, nn. 189, 364. Chavigny, 121, 122, 123. Chesterfield, 114. Choisy (Abbé de), 54, n. 147. Coigny (Marshal de), 102. Colbert, 12, 207. Collège Louis-le-Grand, 24, 25, 87, nn. 242, 399. Condillac, 163. "Considérations sur le Gouvernement de la France," 89-91, 95, 164, Chap. VI. 178-210, Appendix B, nn. 261, 417, 418, 419, 420, 422, 426. Conti (Retreat of), 125, 126. "Contrat Social," 172, 210. Correspondence with Mme. de Balleroy, 35-40; with Voltaire, 87-92. Council of State, 34, 57, 63. Court (Fleury and), 80, 81, 84; d'Argenson and, 147, 148; character of, 209. Diderot, 162, 164, 165. Dresden (Treaty of), 135, 151, n. 376. Dubois, 32, 33, 152. Ecclesiastical Quarrels, 27, 30, 31, 62, 63, 157 _seq._ Elizabeth Farnese, 142, 150. Empire, 83, 106, 110, Chap. IV. _passim_; election to, 127; neutrality of, 143 n. 266. "Encyclopédie," 163, 164, 165. England, Dubois in, 32, 33; influence in Portugal, 79; Voltaire in, 87, 182; d'Argenson's views on, 96, 98, 99, 167, n. 261; Frederick's overtures to (1745), 113, 126, 127; influence on France, 160, 161. Appendix C (A), Appendix D (E). "Entresol" ("Club de l'"), 54-61, nn. 154, 366, 399. "Esprit des Lois," 164, 165. "Essai de l'Exercice du Tribunal Européen par la France seule," 95-96. Fénélon, 89. Finance, 19, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 42, 157, 158, 167, 177, 187, 189, 190, 192, 193, 195, 200, nn. 417, 404. Flanders, 104, 106, 117. Flassan Memoir, 116-18, n. 312, Appendix A. Fleury (Cardinal), 59, 60, 65, 74, 75; d'Argenson and, 77-86, 152. Fontenelle, 16, 17, 54, nn. 79, 419. Fontenoy, 125. France, under Fleury, 85, 86; foreign policy, 97-99; situation on death of Emperor, 107-10; Austrian overtures to, 130, 131, 135; from 1746 to 1756, 155-167; plans for the government of, 173-210. Francis I. (Emperor), 127. Frankfort (Treaty of), 102. Frederick the Great, 90, 91, 92, 101, 102, 103, 105, 109, 112-15, 119-20, 123-25, 126, 127, 130-36, 151, 152, nn. 281, 306, 376. Appendix C (E). Friedbourg, 125, 152. G---- (Mme. de), 44. George II. (of England), 113, 126. Germany, 98, 104, 107, 117. Glatz, 133. Grimaldi (Cardinal), 11. Hanover, 126; Convention of, 109, 127, 129, 130, 134, 135, 151. "Histoire du Droit Public Ecclésiastique," 58, n. 399. Holland, 30, 37, 57, 99, 100, 182. Italy, 75, 99, 138-43. Jansenists, 27, 31, 63, 163. Jesuits, 25, 27, 31, 62, 163, 164, 165, 171, n. 79. Journal (D'Argenson's), 37, 39, 50, 78, 83, 96, 155, 166, 167-70, 222; references to, 223-25. La Bruyère, 50. Lambert (Mme. de), 40. Law (John), 33, 34. "Lettres de cachet," 15, 65, 164, 196-97. "Lettres Persanes," 30, 55. "Lits de Justice," 18, 19, 33, 65.