842 Index
Moniteur, 322, 402, 414, 498, 571, 582, 628–
29, 712
Monroe, James, 536, 550, 739, 763; support of
for the French Convention and the French
Directory, 763
Montepulciano, 206
Montesquieu, 14, 22, 43–51 passim; on the
balance of powers in government, 44; class
consciousness of, 45, 45n4; criticism of for
misunderstanding English government, 46;
dissatisfaction of with the development of
the Bourbon monarchy, 47; on extended
rights for the powerful elements of society,
44; on honor and virtue, 44, 302; influence
of on the monarchists in Poland, 313; on
legislative power, 44–45; on the nobility as
a check against despotism, 341
Montjoie, F. L. C., 330, 559
Montlosier, François Dominique, 541
Morandi, Carlo, 604–4n25, 607
More, Hannah, 717, 733
Moreau, Jean Victor Marie, 369, 573
Morellet, André (Abbé Morellet), 22, 79, 189,
201, 209, 212, 340; conservatism of, 208–9
Morris, Gouverneur, 138, 381
Morse, Jedidiah, 415, 640, 640n57, 769, 771;
“fast day” sermons of, 771
Moscow, 475
Möser, Justus, 705
Mother Society, 398
Mounier, Jean- Joseph, 201, 212, 344, 361–65,
367; followers of (“Monarchicals” and “An-
glomaniacs”), 365; and the French Consti-
tution, 396–99 passim; as the main author
of the Tennis Court Oath, 397; proposal
for the threefold organization of govern-
ment, 365–66; untenable position of, 368–
69
Mozart, Wolfgang, 490, 493, 684
Muir, Thomas, deportation of, 720, 723
Murphy, John, 742
Murray, William Vans, 517
Nancrède, Paul, 770
Naples, 7, 7, 27, 551, 647, 647n8, 649, 652,
728; cruel actions of Nelson in, 660, 661,
661n35, 730, 740; “democratization” of, 17;
French attack on, 576–78; French exploita-
tion of the resources of, 577; French naval
agitation in, 583; peasants in, 581; poverty
and unemployment in, 581; republicaniza-
tion of, 645. See also Kingdom of Naples
Naturalization Act (1798), 767
Neapolitan Republic, 387, 549, 655–66; and
the “abolition of feudalism,” 659, 660; dis-
solution of into anarchy, 661; distrust of the
patriots among the common people in, 659;
weakness of, 659
Necker, Jacques, 84, 103, 139, 234, 337, 342,
352, 355, 358, 369
Nelson, Horatio, 589, 643, 647, 654, 656, 663,
740; cruel actions of in Naples, 660, 61,
661n35, 730, 740; destruction of the
French fleet by, 660; hatred of Jacobins,
658; as a monarchist, 658
Nemours, Dupont de, 201, 210, 238, 347
Neri, Pompeo, 80
Netherlands. See Austrian Netherlands; Hol-
land (Dutch Netherlands); United Prov-
inces
Neufchateau, François de, 565, 624, 643
Neuesten Religionsbegebenheiten, 705
New England, 38, 40, 116, 119, 120, 142–43
New Hampshire, 146; constitution of, 163
New Jersey, 40, 143, 149, 141; during the
American Revolution, 149, 151; provincial
congress of, 152
New Republican Order, 642, 709, 746, 775–
76, 81, 790, 793; comparative view of, 623–
29
New York, 115, 121, 122, 130, 139, 145; con-
stitution of, 174–75
Nicolson, Harold, 220
Niemcewicz, Julian Ursyn, 317–18
nobility, the, 194, 201, 204, 245, 250, 257, 258,
269, 572; the “barefoot” nobility (the go-
lota), 491; and the bourgeoisie, 52–57; as a
check against despotism, 341; corruption
of, 55–56; creation of the noblesse militaire
in France, 57; difference between the En-
glish gentility and the French noblesse, 56;
dislike of Gustavus III of Sweden, 302; he-
redity nobility as a bulwark against despo-
tism, 47; Junker nobility of Prussia, 690;
manipulation of, 55; number of French no-
bility, 292n13; number of Magyar nobility,
292; in Russia, 299; self- interest of, 74;
views on the idea of citizenship, 689, 754;
ways of raising commoners to the nobility,
55, 63. See also aristocracy; aristocrat(s);