CHAPTER XXXVI. PRINCES, PARLIAMENTS, AND POWERS

§ 1. Princes and foreign policy 213

§ 2. The English republic 218

§ 3. The Dutch republic 228

§ 4. The break-up and disorder of Germany 232

§ 5. The splendours of Grand Monarchy in Europe 236

§ 6. The growth of the idea of Great Powers 243

§ 7. The crowned republic of Poland and its fate 248

§ 8. The first scramble for empire overseas 251

§ 9. Britain dominates India 254

§ 10. Russia’s ride to the Pacific 259

§ 11. What Gibbon thought of the world in 1780 262

§ 12. The social truce draws to an end 269