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Rambouillet (Catherine), Marquise

de. (1588-1665.) French social
leader, vii, 229, 231, 232.
Rameses.-Treasure city of Egypt,
ii, 89.

Rameses II, the Egyptian King
(1300 B. C.), palace of, i, 296;
from whom Moses fled, ii, 89,
99; battle field of, 338.
Rameses the Great, of Egypt, his
immense fleet, iii, 197; his
colossal army, 239; xiv, 377,
382.

Ramillies, Battle of (May, 1706),

vii, 201; viii, 286.
Ramoth-Gilead, ii, 272, 275, 276.
Randolph, Edmund.-(1753-1813.)
American statesman, xi, 156,
191, 266.

Randolph, John.-(17 7 3-1 8 3 3.)
American statesman, xi, 304,
328.

Randolph, Peyton. (1 723-75.)

Speaker of the House of Bur-
gesses (1776), xi, 271, 273.
Ranke, Leopold von.-(1795-1886.)
German historian, xiii, 282.
Rape under Roman law, iii, 69..
Raphael, Santi. (1 4 8 3-15 20.)
Italian painter, i, 311; vi, 194,
196, 197, 199, 212, 430; vii,
113, 291.

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Raphael's Madonnas, vi, 187.
Rapin, Paul de.-(1 6 6 1-1 7 2 5.)

French historian, viil, 281.
Rappahannock, Valley of the, xii,
289; river, 293.

Raritan, passage of the, Alexander
Hamilton at the, xi, 177.
Rassam, Hormuzd.-(b. 1826.) As-
syriologist, xiv, 369, 372, 374.
Räthin, Frau, Goethe's wife, xiii,
397.

Rationalism of Abélard, v, 207.
Ratisbon, Diet of, vi, 342.

Ravenna, Italy, xiii, 167, 180.

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1902.) English Orientalist and
historian, i, 73.

Rawlinson, Sir Henry.-(1810-95.)
English Assyriologist, xiv, 374,
375.

Reade, Charles.-(1814-84.) Eng-
lish novelist, vii, 348.

Reading, England, Abbey of, vi,
261.

Realism in the Middle Ages, v,
204.

Realist, Abélard a, vii, 35.
Reality, what is it? vi, 423.
Reason and Authority, vi, 237.
Rebellion, War of the (American),
xi, 188.

Rebmann, M., discovers Kiliman-
jaro, xiv, 336.

Récamier, Jacques Rose.

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(1751-

1828.) Lyons banker, husband
of Mme. Récamier, vii, 233, 235;
twice loses his fortune, 238, 244.
Récamier, Madame. -(1777-1849.)
French "Woman of Society," vii,
227; birth, 232; marriage and
secluded life for a time, 233;
her beauty, 233; social position,
and friendship with Mme. de
Staël, 235; attracts but later
displeases Napoleon, 236, 237;
her husband loses his fortune
and she sells her jewels, 238;
sought in marriage by Prince
of Russia, 239; clings to her
husband and dismisses the
Prince, 239, 240; friendship
with M. Ballanche, her great
admirer, 241, 242; travels in
Italy, but soon returns to Paris,
242, 243; social triumphs, 244;
second failure of M. Récamier,
244; home at Abbaye-au-Bois,
244; makes friends of Château-
briand and Duke of Montmo-

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vii,

Reformation, Dawn of the.
Wyclif, John.
Reformation, English, vi, 255;
117, 138; viii, 61, 96. See
Cranmer, Thomas.
Reform Bill, English (1832), ix,
254; x, 31, 39, 40, 42, 43, 60,
89, 93, 95, 117; xi, 207; xiii;
225, 255, 264, 273.
Reform movement, English, ix, 267.
Reform Parliament, English, x, 53.
Reformation, Protestant, Luther

head of, vi, 217; great ideas of,
331. See Luther, Martin.
Reformation in England under
Henry VIII, vi, 256; no life
until funeral pyres were lighted,
277;
makes strides after the
death of Queen Mary, 282, 283;
the Counter-Reformation, 295;

under Edward VI, 278; under
Queen Elizabeth, 283.
Reformers, Religious, headed by
Luther, vi, 429.

Reforms, English, x, 25. See Wil-
liam IV.

Reforms, Unsuccessful. See Savon
arola.

Regicides, English, xiii, 368.
Rehoboam-Son of Solomon, King

of Judah (953-932 B. C.), suc
cession to throne, ti, 220; re-
volt of the ten tribes from, 239;
accession of, 288.

Reichstag, Prussian, x, 291, 296,
310.
Reid, Deborah.
xi, 60.

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Franklin's wife,

Reid, Rev. Dr., projects Interna-
tional Institute, xiv, 255.
Reign of Peace, time of prophet
Isaiah, ii, 320.

Reign of Terror (1793-94), tx, 86,
194; xiii, 51.

"Religion of the Fashionable
World," estimate of, vii, 312.
Religion: What is the object in, i,
28;
how do the various re-
ligions compare, 28.
Religious contemplation, v, 138;
faith, il, 27; liberty, vi, 242.
Religious enthusiasm, vii, 109.
See Theresa, Saint.

Religious Freedom, Statute of Vir-
ginia for, Jefferson's, xi, 315,
316.

Religious liberty, Struggle to se
cure, viii, 143.

Religious life, decline of under
Judges, ii, 137; of 14th century
treated of by Chaucer in his
"Canterbury Tales," vi, 85;
liberty, 242.

Religious systems fated to become

corrupt, i, 32; of Arabia, v, 25.
Rembrandt, or Van Rijn.—(1607-
69.) Dutch painter, vii, 364.

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Republican Ringsters of Phila., xi,
249.

Republicans, National, xii, 119.
Republicans for the Civil War,
Democrats become, xii, 291.
Republican State Convention, Illi-,
nois (1860), xii, 271.
Reschid Pasha.

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- Turkish general,
takes Missolonghi by assault
(1826), ix, 311; defeated at
Silistria by Russians, 322.
Ressel, at University of Vienna
(1812), studies screw-propellers,
xiv, 209.

Restoration, English, xiii, 374.
Restoration and Fall of Bourbons,
ix, 187. See Châteaubriand.
Restoration of Catholic religion,
viii, 162.

Resurrection from the dead, ii,
430.

Retribution, penalty of transgres
sion, ii, 301; vi, 44, 369.

Retz, Cardinal de.

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(1614-79.)

French divine, archbishop of
Paris, intrigues of, viii, 260.

Reuben. Joseph's brother, ii, 59,
78, 85.

Revenues and Tariffs, American
questions, xii, 99.

Revival of Art, The, vi, 188. See
Michael Angelo.

Revival of Western Empire, v, 57.
See Charlemagne.

Revocation of Edict of Nantes

(1685), viii, 279.

Revolution, American, xi, 105;
keynote of the "No taxation
without representation," 224;
John Adams prime factor in suc-
cess of, 243. See Washington,
George.

Revolution, English (1688), vii,

192; viii, 211; xiii, 356. See
Cromwell, Oliver.

Revolution, French, ix, 25; Burke's
denunciation of, 88, 92; x, 230.
See Mirabeau.

Revolution, French, Carlyle's "His-
tory of," xiii, 192, 224, 228;
MS. of accidentally destroyed by
J. S. Mill's servant, 219.
Revolution, French, "Remote
Causes of," viii, 293. See Louis
XV.

Revolution, Genius of, viii, 323;
lurid fires of, 396; xiii, 23, 25,
46.

Revolution, Italian, x, 107.
Revolutionary Fathers, xi, 376;
Patriots, 177; Soldiers, 128.
Revolutionary Society of the Car-
bonari, xiii, 180.

Revolutionary sores, Old, xii, 191.
Revolutionary War, Era of, xi, 45,
204, 247; close of the, 188;
xii, 24, 105, 235.

Rewards and Punishments, Belief
in future, i, 35, 41, 122.
Reynolds, General John F. (1820-
65), in Civil War, xii, 335;
killed in battle, 336.

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Richard I, Cœur de Lion.-King of
England (1189-99), leader in
3rd Crusade (1190), v, 338.
Richardson, Samuel.-(1689-1761.)
English novelist, vii, 309.
Richelieu, Armand-Jean Duplessis,
Cardinal de. (1585-1642.)
French statesman, vi, 314; vil,
167, 172; viii, 66, 79, 139, 144,
150, 293, 331, 332, 349, 357;
theme: "Absolutism," 181;
France in 17th cent. during
regency of Marie de Médicis,

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182-184; birth, abilities, and
high rank, 185; elevation, be-
comes prelate of Church, 185;
Cardinal, 186; minister of for-
eign affairs under Louis XIII,
186; loves absolutism and
authority of crown, 189, 190:
rules as prime minister, 191;
wise and enlightened tyrant,
192; suppresses the Huguenots,
194; warrior-priest, 195; cap-
tures La Rochelle, 196; turns
on the nobles, and drives Queen-
mother into exile, 197, 198;
severe attitude towards princes
of the blood, 199; crushes Par-
liament of Paris, 200; diplo-
macy and foreign policy, 203,
204;
services to France, 204;
defects of his character, 205;
the good and bad of absolutism,
206, 207; ix, 205.

Richelieu, Duc de, grand-nephew of
the Cardinal, Ministry of, ix, 88,
95.

Richmond, Duke of (1735-1806),
English statesman, x, 47.
Richmond, Va., capital of the
Southern Confederacy in Civil
War, xii, 284, 289, 324; fall of,
305, 312.

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Richter, Jean Paul.-(1763-1825.)
Carlyle's essay on, xiii, 202.
Ridley, Nicholas. (1500-55.)
Bishop of Rochester, preaches
against papal superstition, vi
274, 275.

"Rienzi," and "Last of the Bar
ons," Bulwer-Lytton's, vii, 372.
"Rienzi," Wagner's opera, xiv, 29,
37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42.
Ries, Philip, invents in 1861 the

speaking telephone, xiv, 433.
Riga, Russia, Wagner at, xiv, 34.
Righteousness, Samuel a preacher
of, ii, 143.

Right of Search, English, xi, 306.

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Ripon, Earl.

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(1782-1859.) Eng-

glish statesman, x, 47, 66.
Ripon, England, Ecclesiastical See
of, viii, 31.

Rites, Religious, of ancient world,
ii, 44; of Jews, 115.
Ritual, Egyptian, i, 38; Jewish,
126; ii, 44, 116.

Rives, W. C. (1793-1868), of Vir-
ginia, American politician, xii,
129.

Robbins, Jonathan (alias Thomas

Nash), Case of, xi, 336.

Robertson, William.

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(1721-93.)

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Rochow, General.-Prussian officer,
X, 276.

"Rocket," Stephenson's locomotive,
xiv, 206.

Rockingham, Council of (1095), v,

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English banker-poet, xiii, 119,
157, 158, 262.

"Rokeby," Sir W. Scott's, xiii, 98,

100.

Roland, Madame.

(1754-93.)

Wife of one of the Girondist
leaders during French Revolu-
tion, vii, 175; ix, 57.

Roman Cardinals, arrogant and
haughty, x, 356.

"Roman Catholic asceticism to
Methodist fervor," George Eliot
a believer in, vii, 385.
Roman Catholic countries, Pope's
sway over, x, 101.

Roman Catholics of Ireland, x, 88.

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