Etats-généraux, cf. page 15, note

Page 183. — 1. Assemblée des notables, assemblage of members of the three estâtes, convoked by the king as a purely consulting body.

Page 184. — 1. Bastille, large fortified castle at Paris, much used as a state-prison. Its destruction was the prélude to the Révolution.

Page 185. — 1. la question préparatoire, torture applied to the accused in order to extract a confession.

2. corvée en nature, actual day-labor imposed by law as a species of tax. A money-tax was ultimately substituted.