See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

CLAUDE See also:

• FLEURY [ABRAHAM JOSEPH BENARD] (1750-.1822)
• FLEURY, ANDRE HERCULE DE (1653-1743)
• CLAUDE FLEURY (1640-1723)

FLEURY (1640-1723)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French ecclesiastical historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 6th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1640 . Destined for the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, he was educated at the aristocratic See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Clermont (now that of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis-le-See also:

• GRAND

Grand) . In 1658 he was nominated an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate to the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of Paris, and for nine years followed the legal profession . But he had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been of a religious disposition, and in 1667 turned from See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law to See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology . He had been some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in orders when Louis XIV., in 1672, selected him as See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor of the princes of See also:

• CONTI, NICOLO
• CONTI, PRINCES OF

Conti, with such success that the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king next entrusted to him the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• VERMANDOIS

Vermandois, one of his natural sons, on whose See also:

• DEATH

death in 1683 See also:

• FLEURY [ABRAHAM JOSEPH BENARD] (1750-.1822)
• FLEURY, ANDRE HERCULE DE (1653-1743)
• FLEURY, CLAUDE (1640-1723)

Fleury received for his services the Cistercian See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Loc-Dieu, in the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Rhodez . In 2689 he was appointed sub-See also:

• PRECEPTOR

preceptor of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou, and of See also:

• BERRY, CHARLES ALBERT (1852-1899)
• BERRY, CHARLES FERDINAND
• BERRY, JOHN, DUKE OF (1340-1416)
• BERRY, or BERRI

Berry, and thus became intimately associated with See also:

• FENELON, BERTRAND DE SALIGNAC

Fenelon, their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tutor . In 1696 he was elected to fill the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of La Bruyerein the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy; and on the completion of the education of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young princes the king bestowed upon him the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich priory of See also:

• ARGENTEUIL

Argenteuil, in the diocese of Paris (1706) . On assuming this See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice he resigned, with rare disinterestedness, that of the abbey of Loc-Dieu . About this time he began his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work, the first of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and one for which he had been See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting materials for See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years—the Histoire ecclesiastique . Fleury's evident intention was to write a See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church for all classes of society; but at the time in which his great work appeared it was less See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion than theology that absorbed the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy and the educated public; and his work accordingly appealed to the student rather than to the popular reader, dwelling as it does very particularly on questions of See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine, of discipline, of supremacy, and of rivalry between the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood and the imperial See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . Nevertheless it had a great success . The first edition, printed at Paris in 20 volumes 4to, 1691, was followed by many others, among which may be mentioned that of See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, in 32 vols .

8vo, 1692, and that of Nismes, in 25 vols . 8vo, 1778 to 1780 . The work of Fleury only comes down to the See also:

• YEAR

year 1414 . It was continued by J . See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude See also:

• FABRE
• FABRE, FERDINAND (183o—1898)

Fabre and See also:

• GOUJET, CLAUDE PIERRE (1697-1767)

Goujet down to 1595, in 16 vols . 4to . In consulting the work of Fleury and its supplement, the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general table of contents, published by See also:

• RONDEL

Rondel, Paris, 1758, 1 vol . 4to will be found very useful . See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

Translations have been made of the entire work into Latin, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian . The Latin See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation, published at See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg . 1758-1759, 85 vols . 8vo, carries the work down to 1684 .

Fleury, who had been appointed See also:

• CONFESSOR

confessor to the young' king Louis XV. in 1716, because, as the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans said, he was neither Jansenist nor Molinist, nor Ultramontanist, but See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, died on the 14th of See also:

• JULY

July 1723 . His great learning was equalled by the modest simplicity of his See also:

• LIFE

life and the uprightness of his conduct . Fleury See also:

• LEFT

left many See also:

• WORKS

works besides his Histoire ecclesiastique . The following deserve See also:

• SPECIAL

special mention:—Histoire du See also:

• DROIT (Fr. for " right," from Lat. directus, straight)

droit See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

francois (1674, I2mo).; Mceurs See also:

• DES

des Israelites (,68,, 12m0) ; Meeurs des Chritiens (1682, I2mo) ; Traite du choix et de la methode des etudes (1686, 2 vols . I2mo) ; See also:

• LES

Les Devoirs des mantes et des domestiques (1688, I2mo) . A number of the smaller works were published in one See also:

• VOLUME

volume at Parie in 1807 . The See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

Congregation of the See also:

• INDEX

Index condemned his Catechisme historique (1679) and the Institution du droit ecclesiastique (1687) . See C . See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

Ernst Simonetti, Der See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character.,eines Geschichtsschreibers en dem Leben and aus den Schriften des Abts C . Fleury (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen,; 1746, 4to); C . F . P .

Jaeger, See also:

• NOTICE

Notice sur C . Fleury, considcre eomme~ historien de l'eglise (See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 1847, 8vo) ; Reichlin-Meldegg, Geschichte des Chrislentums, i .