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History of Europe From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815 Volume 6 - Couverture rigide
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Napoleon seized the reins of power in France, CHAP. VW he found the institutions of civilisation and the bonds of 1society dissolved, to an extent of which the previous his1801 tory of the world aiforded no example. Not only was Deplorable the throne overturned, the nobles exiled, their landed stated estates confiscated, the aristocracy destroyed; but the wh CN apowhole institutions of religion, law, commerce, and educacS cT to tion, had been subverted. There remained neitherthe helmnobles to rule, nor priests to bless, nor teachers to instruct the people. Commerce no more spread its benign influence through the realm; and manufacturing industry, in woeful depression, could not maintain its numerous inhabitants. The great cities no longer resounded with the hammer of the artisan, and the village bells had ceased to call the faithful to the house of God. The chateaus, in ruins, existed only to awaken the melancholy recollection of departed splendour, and the falling churches to attest the universal irreligion of the country; the ocean was no more whitened by the sails of its commerce, nor the mountains enlivened by the song of its shepherds. Even VOL. VI.
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- ÉditeurArkose Press
- Date d'édition2015
- ISBN 10 1344728073
- ISBN 13 9781344728072
- ReliureRelié
- Langueanglais
- Nombre de pages702
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