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- Montesquieu
- Montesquieu
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Note on the Use and Translation of Certain Terms
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Monsieur de Labrède (1689–1705)
- Chapter 2 From Labrède to Secondat de Montesquieu (1705–1713)
- Chapter 3 From Secondat to Montesquieu (1713–1721)
- Chapter 4 Taking Wing (1722–1727)
- Chapter 5 Europe on the Horizon (1728–1731)
- Chapter 6 A New Departure (1731–1738)
- Chapter 7 “A Labor of Twenty Years” (1736–1748)
- Chapter 8 The March to Glory (1749–1755)
- Chapter 9 The Final Battle
- Chronology
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 8 - The March to Glory (1749–1755)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 November 2022
- Montesquieu
- Montesquieu
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Note on the Use and Translation of Certain Terms
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Monsieur de Labrède (1689–1705)
- Chapter 2 From Labrède to Secondat de Montesquieu (1705–1713)
- Chapter 3 From Secondat to Montesquieu (1713–1721)
- Chapter 4 Taking Wing (1722–1727)
- Chapter 5 Europe on the Horizon (1728–1731)
- Chapter 6 A New Departure (1731–1738)
- Chapter 7 “A Labor of Twenty Years” (1736–1748)
- Chapter 8 The March to Glory (1749–1755)
- Chapter 9 The Final Battle
- Chronology
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Publication in Geneva of The Spirit of Law (1748); its distribution and reactions from religious (particularly Jesuit and Jansensist milieux) and governmental sources. Defense of The Spirit of Law. The struggle to avoid condemnation in Paris and Rome. Rereading of Persian Letters and The Spirit of Law in the early 1750s. Project of publication of complete works.
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- MontesquieuLet There Be Enlightenment, pp. 192 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023