| BOOK I. |
| CHAPTER I |
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| France in the Sixteenth Century | 3 |
| Extent at the Accession of Francis I. | 3 |
| Gradual Territorial Growth | 4 |
| Subdivision in the Tenth Century | 5 |
| Destruction of the Feudal System | 5 |
| The Foremost Kingdom of Christendom | 6 |
| Assimilation of Manners and Language | 8 |
| Growth and Importance of Paris | 9 |
| Military Strength | 10 |
| The Rights of the People overlooked | 11 |
| The States General not convoked | 12 |
| Unmurmuring Endurance of the Tiers État | 13 |
| Absolutism of the Crown | 14 |
| Partial Checks | 15 |
| The Parliament of Paris | 16 |
| Other Parliaments | 17 |
| The Parliaments claim the Right of Remonstrance | 17 |
| Abuses in the Parliament of Bordeaux | 19 |
| Origin and Growth of the University | 20 |
| Faculty of Theology, or Sorbonne | 22 |
| Its Authority and Narrowness | 23 |
| Multitude of Students | 24 |
| Credit of the Clergy | 25 |
| Liberties of the Gallican Church | 25 |
| Pragmatic Sanction of. St. Louis (1268) | 26 |
| Conflict of Philip the Fair with Boniface VIII. | 27 |
| xivThe "Babylonish Captivity" | 28 |
| Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (1438) | 29 |
| Rejoicing at the Council of Basle | 31 |
| Louis XI. undertakes to abrogate the Pragmatic Sanction | 32 |
| But subsequently re-enacts it in part | 33 |
| Louis XII. publishes it anew | 35 |
| Francis I. sacrifices the Interests of the Gallican Church | 35 |
| Concordat between Leo X. and the French King | 36 |
| Dissatisfaction of the Clergy | 37 |
| Struggle with the Parliament of Paris | 37 |
| Opposition of the University | 39 |
| Patronage of the King | 41 |
| The "Renaissance" | 41 |
| Francis's Acquirements overrated | 42 |
| His Munificent Patronage of Art | 42 |
| The Collége Royal, or "Trilingue" | 43 |
| An Age of Blood | 44 |
| Barbarous Punishment for Crime | 45 |
| And not less for Heresy | 46 |
| Belief in Judicial Astrology | 47 |
| Predictions of Nostradamus | 47 |
| Reverence for Relics | 49 |
| For the Consecrated Wafer | 50 |
| Internal Condition of the Clergy | 51 |
| Number and Wealth of the Cardinals | 51 |
| Non-residence of Prelates | 52 |
| Revenues of the Clergy | 52 |
| Vice and Hypocrisy | 53 |
| Brantôme's Account of the Clergy before the Concordat | 54 |
| Aversion to the Use of the French Language | 56 |
| Indecent Processions—"Processions Blanches" | 59 |
| The Monastic Orders held in Contempt | 60 |
| Protests against prevailing Corruption | 61 |
| The "Cathari," or Albigenses | 61 |
| Nicholas de Clemangis | 63 |
| John Gerson | 64 |
| Jean Bouchet's "Deploration of the Church" | 65 |
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| Changes in the Boundaries of France during the 16th Century | 66 |
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| CHAPTER II. |
| 1512-1525. |
| The Reformation in Meaux | 67 |
| Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples | 67 |
| Restores Letters to France | 68 |
| xvWide Range of his Studies | 68 |
| Guillaume Farel, his Pupil | 68 |
| Devotion of Teacher and Scholar | 69 |
| Lefèvre publishes a Latin Commentary on the Pauline Epistles (1512) | 70 |
| Enters into Controversy with Natalis Beda (1518) | 71 |
| The Sorbonne's Declaration (Nov. 9, 1521) | 71 |
| Briçonnet, Bishop of Meaux | 72 |
| His First Reformatory Efforts | 72 |
| Invites Lefèvre and Farel to Meaux | 73 |
| Effects of the Preaching of Roussel and others | 74 |
| De Roma's Threat | 76 |
| Lefèvre publishes a Translation of the New Testament (1523) | 77 |
| The Results surpass Expectation | 79 |
| Bishop Briçonnet's Weakness | 80 |
| Forbids the "Lutheran" Doctors to preach | 81 |
| Lefèvre and Roussel take Refuge in Strasbourg | 84 |
| Jean Leclerc whipped and branded | 87 |
| His barbarous Execution at Metz | 88 |
| Pauvan burned on the Place de Grève | 89 |
| The Hermit of Livry | 92 |
| Briçonnet becomes a Jailer of "Lutherans" | 92 |
| Lefèvre's Writings condemned by the Sorbonne (1525) | 93 |
| He becomes Tutor of Prince Charles | 94 |
| Librarian at Blois | 94 |
| Ends his Days at Nérac | 95 |
| His Mental Anguish | 95 |
| Michel d'Arande and Gérard Roussel | 96 |
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| CHAPTER III. |
| 1523-1525. |
| Francis I. and Margaret of Angoulême—Early Reformatory Movements and Struggles | 99 |
| Francis I. and Margaret of Angoulême | 99 |
| The King's Chivalrous Disposition | 100 |
| Appreciates Literary Excellence | 101 |
| Contrast with Charles V. | 101 |
| His Religious Convictions | 102 |
| His Fear of Innovation | 102 |
| His Loose Morality | 103 |
| Margaret's Scholarly Attainments | 104 |
| Her Personal Appearance | 105 |
| Her Participation in Public Affairs | 106 |
| Her First Marriage to the Duke of Alençon | 106 |
| Obtains a Safe-Conduct to visit her Brother | 106 |
| xviHer Second Marriage, to Henry, King of Navarre | 107 |
| Bishop Briçonnet's Mystic Correspondence | 108 |
| Luther's Teachings solemnly condemned by the University | 108 |
| Melanchthon's Defence | 109 |
| Regency of Louise de Savoie | 109 |
| The Sorbonne suggests Means of extirpating the "Lutheran Doctrines" (Oct. 7, 1523) | 110 |
| Wide Circulation of Luther's Treatises | 112 |
| François Lambert, of Avignon | 112 |
| Life among the Franciscans | 113 |
| Lambert, the first French Monk to embrace the Reformation | 113 |
| He is also the First to Marry | 114 |
| Jean Châtellain at Metz | 114 |
| Wolfgang Schuch at St. Hippolyte | 115 |
| Farel at Montbéliard | 117 |
| Pierre Caroli lectures on the Psalms | 118 |
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| The Heptameron of the Queen of Navarre | 119 |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
| 1525-1533. |
| Increased Severity—Louis de Berquin | 122 |
| Captivity of Francis I. | 122 |
| Change in the Religious Policy of Louise | 123 |
| A Commission appointed to try "Lutherans" | 124 |
| The Inquisition heretofore jealously watched | 125 |
| The Commission indorsed by Clement VII. | 126 |
| Its Powers enlarged by the Bull | 128 |
| Character of Louis de Berquin | 128 |
| He becomes a warm Partisan of the Reformation | 129 |
| First Imprisonment (1523) | 130 |
| Released by Order of the King | 130 |
| Advice of Erasmus | 131 |
| Second Imprisonment (1526) | 131 |
| Francis from Madrid again orders his Release | 132 |
| Dilatory Measures of Parliament | 132 |
| Margaret of Angoulême's Hopes | 133 |
| Francis violates his Pledges to Charles V. | 134 |
| Must conciliate the Pope and Clergy | 135 |
| Promises to prove himself "Very Christian" | 137 |
| The Council of Sens (1528) | 138 |
| Cardinal Duprat | 138 |
| Vigorous Measures to suppress Reformation | 139 |
| The Councils of Bourges and Lyons | 139 |
| xviiFinancial Help bought by Persecution | 140 |
| Insult to an Image and an Expiatory Procession | 141 |
| Other Iconoclastic Excesses | 143 |
| Berquin's Third Arrest | 143 |
| His Condemnation to Penance, Branding, and Perpetual Imprisonment | 145 |
| He Appeals | 145 |
| Is suddenly Sentenced to Death and Executed | 146 |
| Francis Treats with the Germans | 147 |
| And with Henry VIII. of England | 148 |
| Francis meets Clement at Marseilles | 148 |
| Marriage of Henry of Orleans to Catharine de' Medici | 148 |
| Francis Refuses to join in a general Scheme for the Extermination of Heresy | 149 |
| Execution of Jean de Caturce, at Toulouse | 150 |
| Le Coq's Evangelical Sermon | 151 |
| Margaret attacked at College of Navarre | 152 |
| Her "Miroir de l'Ame Pécheresse" condemned | 152 |
| Rector Cop's Address to the University | 153 |
| Calvin, the real Author, seeks Safety in Flight | 154 |
| Rough Answer of Francis to the Bernese | 155 |
| Royal Letter to the Bishop of Paris | 156 |
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| Elegies on Louis de Berquin | 157 |
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| CHAPTER V. |
| 1534-1535. |
| Melanchthon's Attempt at Conciliation, and the Year of the Placards | 159 |
| Hopes of Reunion in the Church | 159 |
| Melanchthon and Du Bellay | 160 |
| A Plan of Reconciliation | 160 |
| Its Extreme Concessions | 161 |
| Makes a Favorable Impression on Francis | 162 |
| Indiscreet Partisans of Reform | 162 |
| Placards and Pasquinades | 163 |
| Féret's Mission to Switzerland | 164 |
| The Placard against the Mass | 164 |
| Excitement produced in Paris (Oct. 18, 1534) | 167 |
| A Copy posted on the Door of the Royal Bedchamber | 167 |
| Anger of Francis at the Insult | 167 |
| Political Considerations | 168 |
| Margaret of Navarre's Entreaties | 168 |
| Francis Abolishes the Art of Printing (Jan. 13, 1535) | 169 |
| xviiiThe Rash and Shameful Edict Recalled | 170 |
| Rigid Investigation and many Victims | 171 |
| The Expiatory Procession (Jan. 21, 1535) | 173 |
| The King's Speech at the Episcopal Palace | 176 |
| Constancy of the Victims | 177 |
| The Estrapade | 177 |
| Flight of Clément Marot and others | 179 |
| Royal Declaration of Coucy (July 16, 1535) | 179 |
| Alleged Intercession of Pope Paul III. | 180 |
| Clemency again dictated by Policy | 181 |
| Francis's Letter to the German Princes | 182 |
| Sturm and Voré beg Melanchthon to come | 182 |
| Melanchthon's Perplexity | 183 |
| He is formally invited by the King | 184 |
| Applies to the Elector for Permission to go | 184 |
| But is roughly refused | 185 |
| The Proposed Conference reprobated by the Sorbonne | 187 |
| Du Bellay at Smalcald | 188 |
| He makes for Francis a Protestant Confession | 189 |
| Efforts of French Protestants in Switzerland and Germany | 191 |
| Intercession of Strasbourg, Basle, etc. | 191 |
| Unsatisfactory Reply by Anne de Montmorency | 193 |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
| 1535-1545. |
| Calvin and Geneva—More Systematic Persecution by the King | 193 |
| Changed Attitude of Francis | 193 |
| Occasioned by the "Placards" | 194 |
| Margaret of Navarre and Roussel | 195 |
| The French Reformation becomes a Popular Movement | 196 |
| Independence of Geneva secured by Francis | 197 |
| John Calvin's Childhood | 198 |
| He studies in Paris and Orleans | 199 |
| Change of Religious Views at Bourges | 199 |
| His Commentary on Seneca's "De Clementia" | 200 |
| Escapes from Paris to Angoulême | 201 |
| Leaves France | 202 |
| The "Christian Institutes" | 202 |
| Address to Francis the First | 203 |
| Calvin wins instant Celebrity | 204 |
| The Court of Renée of Ferrara | 205 |
| Her History and Character | 206 |
| Calvin's alleged Visit to Aosta | 207 |
| xixHe visits Geneva | 208 |
| Farel's Vehemence | 209 |
| Calvin consents to remain | 210 |
| His Code of Laws for Geneva | 210 |
| His View of the Functions of the State | 210 |
| Heretics to be constrained by the Sword | 211 |
| Calvin's View that of the other Reformers | 212 |
| And even of Protestant Martyrs | 212 |
| Calvin longs for Scholarly Quiet | 213 |
| His Mental Constitution | 214 |
| Ill-health and Prodigious Labors | 214 |
| Friendly and Inimical Estimates | 214 |
| Violent Persecutions throughout France | 216 |
| Royal Edict of Fontainebleau (June 1, 1540) | 218 |
| Increased Severity, and Appeal cut off | 218 |
| Exceptional Fairness of President Caillaud | 219 |
| Letters-Patent from Lyons (Aug. 30, 1542) | 220 |
| The King and the Sacramentarians | 221 |
| Ordinance of Paris (July 23, 1543) | 221 |
| Heresy to be punished as Sedition | 222 |
| Repression proves a Failure | 222 |
| The Sorbonne publishes Twenty-five Articles | 223 |
| Francis gives them the Force of Law (March 10, 1543) | 224 |
| More Systematic Persecution | 224 |
| The Inquisitor Mathieu Ory | 224 |
| The Nicodemites and Libertines | 225 |
| Margaret of Navarre at Bordeaux | 226 |
| Francis's Negotiations in Germany | 227 |
| Hypocritical Representations made by Charles, Duke of Orleans | 228 |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
| 1545-1547. |
| Campaign against the Vaudois of Mérindol and Cabrières, and Last Days of Francis I. | 230 |
| The Vaudois of the Durance | 230 |
| Their Industry and Thrift | 230 |
| Embassy to German and Swiss Reformers | 232 |
| Translation of the Bible by Olivetanus | 233 |
| Preliminary Persecutions | 234 |
| The Parliament of Aix | 235 |
| The Atrocious "Arrêt de Mérindol" (Nov. 18, 1540) | 236 |
| Condemned by Public Opinion | 237 |
| Preparations to carry it into Effect | 237 |
| President Chassanée and the Mice of Autun | 238 |
| xxThe King instructs Du Bellay to investigate | 239 |
| A Favorable Report | 240 |
| Francis's Letter of Pardon | 241 |
| Parliament's Continued Severity | 241 |
| The Vaudois publish a Confession | 242 |
| Intercession of the Protestant Princes of Germany | 242 |
| The new President of Parliament | 243 |
| Sanguinary Royal Order, fraudulently obtained (Jan. 1, 1545) | 244 |
| Expedition stealthily organized | 245 |
| Villages burned—their Inhabitants murdered | 246 |
| Destruction of Mérindol | 247 |
| Treacherous Capture of Cabrières | 248 |
| Women burned and Men butchered | 248 |
| Twenty-two Towns and Villages destroyed | 249 |
| A subsequent Investigation | 251 |
| "The Fourteen of Meaux" | 253 |
| Wider Diffusion of the Reformed Doctrines | 256 |
| The Printer Jean Chapot before Parliament | 256 |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
| 1547-1559. |
| Henry the Second and the Organization of the French Protestant Churches | 258 |
| Impartial Estimates of Francis the First | 258 |
| Henry, as Duke of Orleans | 259 |
| His Sluggish Mind | 260 |
| His Court | 261 |
| Diana of Poitiers | 262 |
| The King's Infatuation | 262 |
| Constable Anne de Montmorency | 263 |
| His Cruelty | 264 |
| Disgraced by Francis, but recalled by Henry | 265 |
| Duke Claude of Guise, and John, first Cardinal of Lorraine | 266 |
| Marriage of James the Fifth of Scotland to Mary of Lorraine | 268 |
| Francis the Dauphin affianced to Mary of Scots | 268 |
| Francis of Guise and Charles of Lorraine | 268 |
| Various Estimates of Cardinal Charles of Lorraine | 270 |
| Rapacity of the new Favorites | 272 |
| Servility toward Diana of Poitiers | 273 |
| Persecution to atone for Moral Blemishes | 274 |
| "La Chambre Ardente" | 275 |
| Edict of Fontainebleau against Books from Geneva (Dec. 11, 1547) | 275 |
| Deceptive Title-pages | 275 |
| The Tailor of the Rue St. Antoine | 276 |
| xxiOther Victims of Intolerance | 278 |
| Severe Edicts and Quarrels with Rome | 278 |
| Edict of Châteaubriand (June 27, 1551) | 279 |
| The War against Books from Geneva | 280 |
| Marshal Vieilleville refuses to profit by Confiscation | 282 |
| The "Five Scholars of Lausanne" | 283 |
| Interpositions in their Behalf ineffectual | 284 |
| Activity of the Canton of Berne | 286 |
| Progress of the Reformation in Normandy | 287 |
| Attempt to establish the Spanish Inquisition | 287 |
| Opposition of Parliament | 288 |
| President Séguier's Speech | 289 |
| Coligny's Scheme of American Colonization | 291 |
| Villegagnon in Brazil | 292 |
| He brings Ruin on the Expedition | 293 |
| First Protestant Church in Paris | 294 |
| The Example followed in the Provinces | 296 |
| Henry the Second breaks the Truce | 297 |
| Fresh Attempts to introduce the Spanish Inquisition | 298 |
| Three Inquisitors-General | 299 |
| Judges sympathize with the Victims | 300 |
| Edict of Compiègne (July 24, 1557) | 301 |
| Defeat of St. Quentin (August 10, 1557) | 302 |
| Vengeance wreaked upon the Protestants | 302 |
| Affair of the Rue St. Jacques (Sept. 4, 1557) | 303 |
| Treatment of the Prisoners | 304 |
| Malicious Rumors | 305 |
| Trials and Executions | 307 |
| Intercession of the Swiss Cantons and Others | 308 |
| Constancy of Some and Release of Others | 311 |
| Controversial Pamphlets | 311 |
| Capture of Calais (January, 1558) | 312 |
| Registry of the Inquisition Edict | 312 |
| Antoine of Navarre, Condé, and other Princes favor the Protestants | 313 |
| Embassy of the Protestant Electors | 313 |
| Psalm-singing on the Pré aux Clercs | 314 |
| Conference of Cardinals Lorraine and Granvelle | 315 |
| D'Andelot's Examination before the King | 317 |
| His Constancy in Prison and temporary Weakness | 318 |
| Paul IV.'s Indignation at the King's Leniency | 320 |
| Anxiety for Peace | 321 |
| Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (April 3, 1559) | 322 |
| Sacrifice of French Interests | 323 |
| Was there a Secret Treaty for the Extermination of Protestants? | 324 |
| The Prince of Orange learns the Designs of Henry and Philip | 325 |
| Danger of Geneva | 320 |
| Parliament suspected of Heretical Leanings | 329 |
| xxiiThe "Mercuriale" | 330 |
| Henry goes in Person to hear the Deliberations (June 10, 1559) | 332 |
| Fearlessness of Du Bourg and Others | 334 |
| Henry orders their Arrest | 335 |
| First National Synod (May 26, 1559) | 335 |
| Ecclesiastical Discipline adopted | 336 |
| Marriages and Festivities of the Court | 338 |
| Henry mortally wounded in the Tournament (June 30, 1559) | 339 |
| His Death (July 10, 1559) | 340 |
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| "La Façon de Genève"—the Protestant Service | 341 |
| Farel's "Manière et Fasson" (1533) | 342 |
| Calvin's Liturgy (1542) | 343 |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
| July, 1559-May, 1560. |
| Francis the Second and the Tumult of Amboise | 346 |
| Epigrams on the Death of Henry | 346 |
| The Young King | 347 |
| Catharine de' Medici | 348 |
| Favors the Family of Guise | 350 |
| Who make themselves Masters of the King | 351 |
| Constable Montmorency retires | 352 |
| Antoine, King of Navarre | 354 |
| His Remissness and Pusillanimity | 355 |
| The Persecution continues | 359 |
| Denunciation and Pillage at Paris | 360 |
| The Protestants address Catharine | 362 |
| Pretended Orgies in "La Petite Genève" | 365 |
| Cruelty of the Populace | 366 |
| Traps for Heretics | 367 |
| Trial of Anne du Bourg | 368 |
| Intercession of the Elector Palatine | 370 |
| Du Bourg's Last Speech | 371 |
| His Execution and its Effect | 372 |
| Florimond de Ræmond's Observations | 374 |
| Revulsion against the Tyranny of the Guises | 375 |
| Calvin and Beza discountenance Armed Resistance | 377 |
| De la Renaudie | 379 |
| Assembly of Malcontents at Nantes | 380 |
| Plans well devised | 381 |
| Betrayed by Des Avenelles | 382 |
| The "Tumult of Amboise" | 383 |
| Coligny gives Catharine good Counsel | 384 |
| xxiiiThe Edict of Amnesty (March, 1560) | 385 |
| A Year's Progress | 386 |
| Confusion at Court | 387 |
| Treacherous Capture of Castelnau | 388 |
| Death of La Renaudie | 389 |
| Plenary Commission given to the Duke of Guise | 389 |
| A Carnival of Blood | 391 |
| The Elder D'Aubigné and his Son | 393 |
| Francis and the Prince of Condé | 393 |
| Condé's Defiance | 394 |
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| An alleged Admission of Disloyal Intentions by La Renaudie | 394 |
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| CHAPTER X. |
| May-December, 1560. |
| The Assembly of Notables at Fontainebleau, and the Close of the Reign of Francis the Second | 397 |
| Rise of the Name of the Huguenots | 397 |
| Their Sudden Growth | 399 |
| How to be accounted for | 400 |
| Progress of Letters | 400 |
| Marot's and Beza's Psalms | 402 |
| Morality and Martyrdom | 402 |
| Character of the Protestant Ministers | 402 |
| Testimony of Bishop Montluc | 403 |
| Preaching in the Churches of Valence | 404 |
| The Reformation and Morals | 406 |
| Francis orders Extermination | 406 |
| Large Congregations at Nismes | 407 |
| Mouvans in Provence | 407 |
| A Popular Awakening | 408 |
| Pamphlets against the Guises | 409 |
| Catharine consults the Huguenots | 409 |
| Edict of Romorantin (May, 1560) | 410 |
| No Abatement of Rigorous Persecution | 411 |
| Spiritual Jurisdiction differing little from the Inquisition | 411 |
| Chancellor Michel de l'Hospital | 412 |
| Continued Disquiet—Montbrun | 414 |
| Assembly of Notables at Fontainebleau (Aug. 21, 1560) | 415 |
| The Chancellor's Address | 416 |
| The Finances of France | 416 |
| Admiral Coligny presents the Petitions of the Huguenots | 416 |
| Bishop Montluc ably advocates Toleration | 418 |
| Bishop Marillac's Eloquent Speech | 420 |
| Coligny's Suggestions | 421 |
| xxivPassionate Rejoinder of the Duke of Guise | 422 |
| The Cardinal of Lorraine more calm | 423 |
| New Alarms of the Guises | 424 |
| The King of Navarre and Condé summoned to Court | 425 |
| Advice of Philip of Spain | 426 |
| Navarre's Irresolution embarrasses Montbrun and Mouvans | 427 |
| The "Fashion of Geneva" embraced by many in Languedoc | 428 |
| Elections for the States General | 430 |
| The King and Queen of Navarre | 431 |
| Beza at the Court of Nérac | 432 |
| New Pressure to induce Navarre and Condé to come | 433 |
| Navarre Refuses a Huguenot Escort | 434 |
| Disregards Warnings | 435 |
| Is refused Admission to Poitiers | 435 |
| Condé arrested on arriving at Orleans | 436 |
| Return of Renée de France | 437 |
| Condé's Intrepidity | 437 |
| He is Tried and Condemned to Death | 439 |
| Antoine of Navarre's Danger | 440 |
| Plan for annihilating the Huguenots | 441 |
| Sudden Illness and Death of Francis the Second | 442 |
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| The "Epître au Tigre de la France" | 445 |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
| December, 1560-September, 1561. |
| The Reign of Charles the Ninth, to the Preliminaries of the Colloquy of Poissy | 449 |
| Sudden Change in the Political Situation | 449 |
| The Enemy of the Huguenots buried as a Huguenot | 450 |
| Antoine of Navarre's Opportunity | 451 |
| Adroitness of Catharine de' Medici | 452 |
| Financial Embarrassments | 453 |
| Catharine's Neutrality | 453 |
| Opening of the States General of Orleans | 454 |
| Address of Chancellor L'Hospital | 455 |
| Cardinal Lorraine's Effrontery | 457 |
| De Rochefort, Orator for the Noblesse | 457 |
| L'Ange for the Tiers État | 458 |
| Arrogant Speech of Quintin for the Clergy | 458 |
| A Word for the poor, down-trodden People | 459 |
| Coligny presents a Huguenot Petition | 461 |
| The States prorogued | 461 |
| xxvMeanwhile Prosecutions for Religion to cease | 462 |
| Return of Fugitives | 463 |
| Charles writes to stop Ministers from Geneva | 463 |
| Reply of the Genevese | 464 |
| Condé cleared and reconciled with Guise | 465 |
| Humiliation of Navarre | 466 |
| The Boldness of the Particular Estates of Paris | 467 |
| Secures Antoine more Consideration | 467 |
| Intrigue of Artus Désiré | 468 |
| General Curiosity to hear Huguenot Preaching | 468 |
| Constable Montmorency's Disgust | 469 |
| The "Triumvirate" formed | 471 |
| A Spurious Statement | 471 |
| Massacres of Protestants in Holy Week | 474 |
| The Affair at Beauvais | 474 |
| Assault on the House of M. de Longjumeau | 476 |
| New and Tolerant Royal Order | 476 |
| Opposition of the Parisian Parliament | 477 |
| Popular Cry for Pastors | 479 |
| Moderation of the Huguenot Ministers | 479 |
| Judicial Perplexity | 481 |
| The "Mercuriale" of 1561 | 481 |
| The "Edict of July" | 483 |
| Its Severity creates extreme Disappointment | 484 |
| Iconoclasm at Montauban | 485 |
| Impatience with Public "Idols" | 487 |
| Calvin endeavors to repress it | 487 |
| Re-assembling of the States at Pontoise | 488 |
| Able Harangue of the "Vierg" of Autun | 489 |
| Written Demands of the Tiers État | 490 |
| A Representative Government demanded | 492 |
| The French Prelates at Poissy | 493 |
| Beza and Peter Martyr invited to France | 494 |
| Urgency of the Parisian Huguenots | 496 |
| Beza comes to St. Germain | 497 |
| His previous History | 497 |
| Wrangling of the Prelates | 498 |
| Cardinal Châtillon communes "under both Forms" | 499 |
| Catharine and L'Hospital zealous for a Settlement of Religious Questions | 499 |
| A Remarkable Letter to the Pope | 500 |
| Beza's flattering Reception | 502 |
| He meets the Cardinal of Lorraine | 503 |
| Petition of the Huguenots respecting the Colloquy | 505 |
| Informally granted | 507 |
| Last Efforts of the Sorbonne to prevent the Colloquy | 508 |
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| xxviCHAPTER XII. |
| September, 1561-January, 1562. |
| The Colloquy of Poissy and the Edict of January | 509 |
| The Huguenot Ministers and Delegates | 509 |
| Assembled Princes in the Nuns' Refectory | 510 |
| The Prelates | 511 |
| Diffidence of Theodore Beza | 512 |
| Opening Speech of Chancellor L'Hospital | 512 |
| The Huguenots summoned | 513 |
| Beza's Prayer and Address | 514 |
| His Declaration as to the Body of Christ | 519 |
| Outcry of the Theologians of the Sorbonne | 519 |
| Beza's Peroration | 520 |
| Cardinal Tournon would cut short the Conference | 521 |
| Catharine de' Medici is decided | 522 |
| Advantages gained | 522 |
| The Impression made by Beza | 522 |
| His Frankness justified | 524 |
| The Prelates' Notion of a Conference | 526 |
| Peter Martyr arrives | 527 |
| Cardinal Lorraine replies to Beza | 528 |
| Cardinal Tournon's new Demand | 529 |
| Advancing Shadows of Civil War | 530 |
| Another Session reluctantly conceded | 531 |
| Beza's Reply to Cardinal Lorraine | 532 |
| Claude d'Espense and Claude de Sainctes | 532 |
| Lorraine demands Subscription to the Augsburg Confession | 533 |
| Beza's Home Thrust | 534 |
| Peter Martyr and Lainez the Jesuit | 536 |
| Close of the Colloquy of Poissy | 537 |
| A Private Conference at St. Germain | 538 |
| A Discussion of Words | 540 |
| Catharine's Premature Delight | 541 |
| The Article agreed upon Rejected by the Prelates | 541 |
| Catharine's Financial Success | 543 |
| Order for the Restitution of Churches | 544 |
| Arrival of Five German Delegates | 544 |
| Why the Colloquy proved a Failure | 546 |
| Catharine's Crude Notion of a Conference | 547 |
| Character of the Prelates | 547 |
| Influence of the Papal Legate, the Cardinal of Ferrara | 548 |
| Anxiety of Pius the Fourth | 548 |
| The Nuncio Santa Croce | 549 |
| xxviiMaster Renard turned Monk | 551 |
| Opposition of People and Chancellor | 551 |
| The Legate's Intrigues | 552 |
| His Influence upon Antoine of Navarre | 554 |
| Contradictory Counsels | 555 |
| The Triumvirate leave in Disgust | 556 |
| Hopes entertained by the Huguenots respecting Charles | 557 |
| Beza is begged to remain | 559 |
| A Spanish Plot to kidnap the Duke of Orleans | 559 |
| The Number of Huguenot Churches | 560 |
| Beza secures a favorable Royal order | 560 |
| Rapid Growth of the Reformation | 561 |
| Immense Assemblages from far and near | 562 |
| The Huguenots at Montpellier | 563 |
| The Rein and not the Spur needed | 565 |
| Marriages and Baptisms at Court "after the Geneva Fashion" | 565 |
| Tanquerel's Seditious Declaration | 566 |
| Jean de Hans | 567 |
| Philip threatens Interference in French Affairs | 567 |
| "A True Defender of the Faith" | 568 |
| Roman Catholic Complaints of Huguenot Boldness | 570 |
| The "Tumult of Saint Médard" | 571 |
| Assembly of Notables at St. Germain | 574 |
| Diversity of Sentiments | 575 |
| The "Edict of January" | 576 |
| The Huguenots no longer Outlaws | 577 |