The Old Regime and the Revolution

that the fundamental and final Object of the Revolution was not, us some have supposed, to destroy religious and to weaken political Authority 18 CHAPTER ni. That the French Revolution, though political, pursued the same Course as a religious Revolution, and why 24 CHAPTER IV. How the same Institutions had been established over nearly all Europe, and were every where falling to pieces 29 CHAPTER V. What did the French Revolution really achieve ? 35 BOOK II. CHAPTER I. Why the feudal Rights were more odious to the People in France than any where else 38 CHAPTER n. That we owe "Administrative Centralization," not to the Revolution or the Empire, as some say, but to the old Regime 50 CONTENTS. CHAPTER m. That what is now called "the Guardianship of the State" {Tutelle Administrative) was an Institution of the old Regime Page 61 CHAPTER IV. That administrative Tribunals Qa Justice Administrative) and official Irresponsibility (Garantie des Functionnaires) were Institutions of the old Regime 73 CHAPTER V. * I have made especial use of the archives of some of the greater intendants' offices, such as those of Tours, which are very complete ; they refer to a very large district (generalite), placed in the centre of France, and containing a million of souls. My thanks are due to the young and able keeper of the archives, M. Grandmaison.…