CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME FIRST.

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]
The "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]
Changes in the Boundaries of France during the 16th Century[66]
CHAPTER II.
1512-1525.
The Reformation in Meaux[67]
Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples[67]
Restores Letters to France[68]
Wide 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]
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]
Her 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]
The Heptameron of the Queen of Navarre[119]
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]
Financial 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]
Elegies on Louis de Berquin[157]
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]
The 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]
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]
He 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]
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]
The 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]
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]
Other 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]
The "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]
"La Façon de Genève"—the Protestant Service[341]
Farel's "Manière et Fasson" (1533)[342]
Calvin's Liturgy (1542)[343]
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]
The 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]
An alleged Admission of Disloyal Intentions by La Renaudie[394]
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]
Passionate 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]
The "Epître au Tigre de la France"[445]
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]
Meanwhile 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]
CHAPTER 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]
Master 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]