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They were together
for twelve years. She
was home in the
social circles of
Rome and was a link
between Louis and
the liberal
intelligentsia.
The same year, revolutionary editor Babeuf published Louis' two
achievements in two edition entitled "Spirit of the Church". Stendhal
thought the contents superb, although tedious for they were quite
detailed. While in Brussels, Louis traveled often to Paris, to discuss
with his publishers.
He was incidentally introduced, by his friend Lamennais to publisher
Babeuf. His family (Armand) and friends also connected him to the
old Lafayette.
In 1821, he became friend with Gregoire in 1821, Bishop of Blois,
who was then seventy-one years old. Gregoire who interested the
young author in editing the manuscripts of his friend, Scipio de Ricci,
in Florence.
Ricci became bishop in 1780 and was an advisor of Leopold of
Habsburg, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Louis published out of Ricci’s
office in Florence from 1820 to 1822. The innovative bishop was a
liberal, who leaned toward French Jansenists and disliked the Jesuits,
he supported many sweeping reforms of the Grand-Duke and Louis
could learn a lot from the powerful men. His most ardent supporters
were Félicité de la Mennais of St Malo, Gregoire of Orléans and
Bellegarde of Utrecht.
The project would have been a natural one for Louis whose family
had been in the service of Austria. Leopold, upon ascending the
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