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Maria Theresa, the queen of Louis XIV., was the child of the first marriage of Philip IV. of Spain; and on her father's death in 1661, Louis, on pretext of an old law in Brabant, which gave the daughters of a first marriage the preference over the sons of a second, claimed the Low Countries from the young Charles II. MARIA THERESA THE QUEEN OF LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH WAS THE CHILD OF THE FIRST MARRIAGE OF PHILIP THE FOURTH OF SPAIN AND ON HER FATHER'S DEATH IN SIXTEEN SIXTY ONE LOUIS ON PRETEXT OF AN OLD LAW IN BRABANT WHICH GAVE THE DAUGHTERS OF A FIRST MARRIAGE THE PREFERENCE OVER THE SONS OF A SECOND CLAIMED THE LOW COUNTRIES FROM THE YOUNG CHARLES TH
existed, and Fénélon, Archbishop of Cambrai, one of the best of men. A reform of discipline, begun in the convent of Port Royal, ended by attracting and gathering together some of the most excellent and able persons in France--among them Blaise Pascal, a man of marvellous genius and depth of thought, and Racine, the chief French dramatic poet. Their chief director, the Abbot of St. Cyran, was however, a pupil of Jansen, a Dutch ecclesiastic, whose views on abstruse questions of grace were condemned by the Jesuits; and as the Port-Royalists would not disown the doctrines attributed to him, they were discouraged and persecuted throughout Louis's reign, more because he was jealous of what would not bend to his will than for any real want of conformity. Pascal's famous "Provincial Letters" were put forth during this controversy; and in fact, the literature of France reached its Augustan age during this reign, and the language acquired its standard perfection. 7. War in the Low Countries.-- T NOTED PREACHERS WHO EVER EXISTED AND FINALON ARCHBISHOP OF CAMBRE ONE OF THE BEST OF MEN A REFORM OF DISCIPLINE BEGUN IN THE CONVENT OF PORT ROYAL ENDED BY ATTRACTING AND GATHERING TOGETHER SOME OF THE MOST EXCELLENT AND ABLE PERSONS IN FRANCE AMONG THEM BLEISE PASCAL A MAN OF MARVELLOUS GENIUS AND DEPTH OF THOUGHT AND HASIN THE CHIEF FRENCH DRAMATIC POET THEIR CHIEF DIRECTOR THE ABBOT OF SAINT SIREN WAS HOWEVER A PUPIL OF JANSEN A DUTCH ECCLESIASTIC WHOSE VIEWS ON ABSTRUSE QUESTIONS OF GRACE WERE CONDEMNED BY THE JESUITS AND AS THE PORT ROYALISTS WOULD NOT DISOWN THE DOCTRINES ATTRIBUTED TO HIM THEY WERE DISCOURAGED AND PERSECUTED THROUGHOUT LOUIS REIGN MORE BECAUSE HE WAS JEALOUS OF WHAT WOULD NOT BEND TO HIS WILL THAN FOR ANY REAL WANT OF CONFORMITY PASCAL'S FAMOUS PROVINCIAL LETTERS WERE PUT FORTH DURING THIS CONTROVERSY AND IN FACT THE LITERATURE OF FRANCE REACHED ITS AUGUSTINE AGE DURING THIS REIGN AND THE LANGUAGE ACQUIRED ITS STANDARD PERFECTION SEVEN WAR IN THE LOW COUNTRIES
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