marks of preference.-Such, in brief, is the history of the privileged
classes, the Clergy, the Nobles, and the King. It must be kept in mind
to comprehend their situation at the moment of their fall; having
created France, they enjoy it. Let us see clearly what becomes of them
at the end of the eighteenth century; what portion of their advantages
they preserved; what services they still render, and what services
they do not render.



Notes :

[1]. "Les Moines d'Occident," by Montalembert, I. 277. St. Lupicin
before the Burgundian King Chilperic, II. 416. Saint Karileff before
King Childebert. Cf. passim, Gregory of Tours and the Bollandist
collection.

[2]. No legend is more frequently encountered; we find it as late
as the twelfth century.

[3]. Chilperic, for example, acting under the advice of Fredegonde
after the death of all their children.

[4]. Montalembert, ibid., II. book 8; and especially "Les Forêts de
la France dans l'antiquité et au Moyen Age," by Alfred Maury. Spinoe
et vepres is a phrase constantly recurring in the lives of the saints.

[5]. We find the same thing to day with the colonies of Trappists
in Algiers.