But，whilstbythissortofactionfurtheringtheascendencyofthenewforces，therulingpowers，bothinEnglandandFrance，
betrayedthealarmtheyfeltatthesubversivetendencieswhichappearedinherentinthemodernmovementbytakingupin
theirdomesticpolicyanattitudeofresistance。ReactionbecametriumphantinFranceduringthelatterhalfofthereignof
LouisXIV，underthedisastrousinfluenceofMadamedeMaintenon。InEngland，afterthetransactionof1688，bywhichthe
Governmentwasconsolidatedonthedoublebasisofaristocraticpowerandofficialorthodoxy，thestatepolicybecamenot