The Ancient Regime

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The Ancient Regime

by Hippolyte Taine

EN·~16 hours·123 chapters

Chapters

123 total
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THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 1 - THE ANCIENT REGIME - by Hippolyte A. Taine

0:34
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INTRODUCTION

22:13
3

PREFACE:

1:38
4

THE ANCIENT REGIME

0:01
5

PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR: ON POLITICAL IGNORANCE AND WISDOM.

13:24
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BOOK FIRST. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ANCIENT SOCIETY.

0:03
7

CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF PRIVILEGES.

0:35
8

I. Services and Recompenses of the Clergy.

9:27
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II. Services and Recompenses of the Nobles.

9:45
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III. Services and Recompenses of the King.

4:57

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en

Duration

~16 hours (937K characters)

Release date

2008-06-22

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

France -- CivilizationFrance -- Politics and governmentFrance -- Social life and customsDC

About the author

Hippolyte Taine

Hippolyte Taine

1828–1893

A sharp-eyed French critic and historian, he brought science, psychology, and social history into literary study in a way that changed how many readers thought about books and culture. Best known for his forceful ideas about how character and environment shape human behavior, he was one of the major intellectual figures of 19th-century France.

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