| CHAPTER XIII. |
| 1562-1563. |
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| The First Civil War | [3] |
| Unsatisfactory Character of the Edict of January | [3] |
| Huguenot Leaders urge its Observance | [3] |
| Seditious Sermons | [5] |
| Opposition of Parliaments | [6] |
| New Conference at St. Germain | [7] |
| Defection of Antoine of Navarre, and its Effects | [9] |
| He is cheated with Vain Hopes | [10] |
| Jeanne d'Albret constant | [10] |
| Immense Crowds at Huguenot Preaching | [11] |
| The Canons of Sainte-Croix | [12] |
| The Guises meet Christopher of Würtemberg at Saverne | [13] |
| Their Lying Assurances | [15] |
| The Guises deceive Nobody | [17] |
| Throkmorton's Account of the French Court | [17] |
| The Massacre of Vassy | [19] |
| The Huguenots call for the Punishment of the Murderers | [23] |
| The Pretence of Want of Premeditation | [24] |
| Louis of Condé appeals to the King | [26] |
| Beza's Remonstrance | [27] |
| An Anvil that had worn out many Hammers | [28] |
| Guise enters Paris | [28] |
| The Queen Mother takes Charles to Melun | [30] |
| Her Letters imploring Condé's Aid | [31] |
| Revolutionary Measures of the Triumvirs | [32] |
| Condé retires to Meaux | [33] |
| La Noue justifies his Prudence | [33] |
| The Huguenot Summons | [34] |
| Admiral Coligny's Reluctance to take up Arms | [34] |
| Guise and Navarre seize the King and bring him to Paris | [36] |
| Montmorency's Exploit at the "Temples" | [37] |
| He earns the Title of "Le Capitaine Brûlebanc" | [37] |
| Condé throws himself into Orleans | [38] |
| His "Justification" | [39] |
| Stringent Articles of Association | [40] |
| The Huguenot Nobles and Cities | [41] |
| Can Iconoclasm be repressed? | [42] |
| An Uncontrollable Impulse | [43] |
| It bursts out at Caen | [44] |
| The "Idol" of the Church of Sainte-Croix | [45] |
| Massacre of Huguenots at Sens | [46] |
| Disorders and War in Provence and Dauphiny | [47] |
| William of Orange and his Principality | [48] |
| Massacre by Papal Troops from Avignon | [49] |
| Merciless Revenge of the Baron des Adrets | [50] |
| His Grim Pleasantry at Mornas | [51] |
| Atrocities of Blaise de Montluc | [51] |
| The Massacre at Toulouse | [52] |
| The Centenary celebrated | [53] |
| Foreign Alliances sought | [54] |
| Queen Elizabeth's Aid invoked | [55] |
| Cecil's Urgency and Schemes | [56] |
| Divided Sympathies of the English | [56] |
| Diplomatic Manœuvres | [57] |
| Condé's Reply to the Pretended "Petition" | [59] |
| Third National Synod of the Protestants | [61] |
| Interview of Catharine and Condé at Toury | [62] |
| The "Loan" of Beaugency | [63] |
| Futile Negotiations | [64] |
| Spasmodic Efforts in Warfare | [65] |
| Huguenot Discipline | [66] |
| Severities of the Parisian Parliament | [68] |
| Military Successes of the "Triumvirs" at Poitiers and Bourges | [71] |
| Help from Queen Elizabeth | [73] |
| Siege of Rouen | [76] |
| Ferocity of the Norman Parliament | [80] |
| Death of Antoine, King of Navarre | [81] |
| The English in Havre | [84] |
| Condé takes the Field and appears before Paris | [85] |
| Dilatory Diplomacy | [90] |
| The Battle of Dreux | [93] |
| Montmorency and Condé Prisoners | [94] |
| Riotous Conduct of the Parisians | [96] |
| Orleans Invested | [98] |
| Coligny again in Normandy | [99] |
| Huguenot Reverses | [101] |
| Assassination of Duke François de Guise | [103] |
| Execution of Poltrot | [105] |
| Beza and Coligny accused | [106] |
| They vindicate Themselves | [106] |
| Estimates of Guise's Character | [109] |
| Renée de France at Montargis | [110] |
| Deliberations for Peace | [113] |
| The "Noblesse" in favor of the Terms—the Ministers against them | [114] |
| The Edict of Pacification | [115] |
| Remonstrance of the English Ambassador | [116] |
| Coligny's Disappointment | [116] |
| Results of the First Civil War | [118] |
| It prevents France from becoming Huguenot | [119] |
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| Huguenot Ballads and Songs | [120] |
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| CHAPTER XIV. |
| 1563-1567. |
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| The Peace of Amboise and the Bayonne Conference | [126] |
| Charles demands Havre of the English | [126] |
| The Siege | [127] |
| How the Peace was received | [128] |
| Vexatious Delays in Normandy | [129] |
| The Norman Parliament protests and threatens | [130] |
| A Rude Rebuff | [131] |
| Commissioners to enforce the Edict | [132] |
| A Profligate Court alienated from Protestantism | [132] |
| Profanity a Test of Catholicity | [134] |
| Admiral Coligny accused of Guise's Murder | [135] |
| His Defence espoused by the Montmorencies | [135] |
| Petition of the Guises | [136] |
| The King adjourns the Decision | [137] |
| Embarrassment of Catharine | [137] |
| Charles's Majority proclaimed | [138] |
| The King and the Refractory Parisian Parliament | [139] |
| The Pope's Bull against Princely Heretics | [141] |
| Proceedings against Cardinal Châtillon | [141] |
| The Queen of Navarre cited to Rome | [141] |
| Spirited Reply of the French Council | [142] |
| Catharine seeks to seduce the Huguenot Leaders | [144] |
| Weakness of Condé | [145] |
| Recent Growth of Protestantism | [146] |
| Milhau-en-Rouergue | [147] |
| Montpellier—Béarn | [148] |
| Jeanne d'Albret's Reformation | [148] |
| Attempt to kidnap her | [150] |
| Close of the Council of Trent | [152] |
| Cardinal Lorraine's Attempt to secure the Acceptance of its Decrees | [154] |
| His Altercation with L'Hospital | [155] |
| General Plan for suppressing Heresy | [156] |
| "Progress" of Charles and his Court | [157] |
| Calumnies against the Huguenots | [159] |
| Their Numbers | [159] |
| Catharine's New Zeal—Citadels in Protestant Towns | [160] |
| Interpretative Declarations infringing upon the Edict | [160] |
| Assaults upon Unoffending Huguenots—No Redress | [162] |
| Condé appeals to the King | [163] |
| Conciliatory Answers to Huguenot Inhabitants of Bordeaux and Nantes | [164] |
| Protestants excluded from Judicial Posts | [165] |
| Marshal Montmorency checks the Parisian Mob | [166] |
| His Encounter with Cardinal Lorraine | [166] |
| The Conference at Bayonne | [167] |
| What were its Secret Objects? | [168] |
| No Plan of Massacre adopted | [169] |
| History of the Interview | [170] |
| Catharine and Alva | [172] |
| Catharine rejects all Plans of Violence | [175] |
| Cardinal Granvelle's Testimony | [176] |
| Festivities and Pageantry | [176] |
| Henry of Béarn an Actor | [177] |
| Roman Catholic Confraternities | [179] |
| Hints of the Future Plot of the "League" | [180] |
| The Siege of Malta and French Civilities to the Sultan | [181] |
| Constable Montmorency defends Cardinal Châtillon | [182] |
| The Court at Moulins | [183] |
| Feigned Reconciliation of the Guises and Coligny | [184] |
| L'Hospital's Measure for the Relief of the Protestants | [185] |
| Another Altercation between Cardinal Lorraine and the Chancellor | [186] |
| Progress of the Reformation at Cateau-Cambrésis | [187] |
| Insults and Violence | [192] |
| Huguenot Pleasantries | [192] |
| Alarm of the Protestants | [193] |
| Attempts to murder Coligny and Porcien | [194] |
| Alva sent to the Netherlands | [195] |
| The Swiss Levy | [196] |
| Condé and Coligny remonstrate | [197] |
| Discredited Assurances of Catharine | [198] |
| "The very Name of the Edict employed to destroy the Edict itself" | [199] |
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| The Huguenot Attempts at Colonization in Florida | [199] |
| The First and Second Expeditions (1562, 1564) | [199] |
| Third Expedition (1565) | [200] |
| Massacre by Menendez | [200] |
| Indignation of the French Court | [201] |
| Sincere Remonstrances | [201] |
| Sanguinary Revenge of De Gourgues | [202] |
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| CHAPTER XV. |
| 1567-1568. |
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| The Second Civil War and the Short Peace | [203] |
| Coligny's Pacific Counsels | [203] |
| Rumors of Plots to destroy the Huguenots | [203] |
| D'Andelot's Warlike Counsels prevail | [204] |
| Cardinal Lorraine to be seized and King Charles liberated | [205] |
| The Secret slowly leaks out | [206] |
| Flight of the Court to Paris | [207] |
| Cardinal Lorraine invites Alva to France | [208] |
| Condé at Saint Denis | [209] |
| The Huguenot Movement alienates the King | [210] |
| Negotiations opened | [210] |
| The Huguenots abate their Demands | [211] |
| Montmorency the Mouthpiece of Intolerance | [211] |
| Insincerity of Alva's Offer of Aid | [212] |
| The Battle of St. Denis (Nov. 10, 1567) | [213] |
| Constable Montmorency mortally wounded | [215] |
| His Character | [216] |
| The Protestant Princes of Germany determine to send Aid | [217] |
| The Huguenots go to meet it | [219] |
| Treacherous Diplomacy | [220] |
| Catharine implores Alva's Assistance | [221] |
| Condé and John Casimir meet in Lorraine | [222] |
| Generosity of the Huguenot Troops | [223] |
| The March toward Orleans | [223] |
| The "Michelade" at Nismes | [224] |
| Huguenot Successes in the South and West | [226] |
| La Rochelle secured for Condé | [226] |
| Spain and Rome oppose the Negotiations for Peace | [228] |
| Santa Croce demands Cardinal Châtillon's Surrender | [229] |
| A Rebuff from Marshal Montmorency | [229] |
| March of the "Viscounts" to meet Condé | [230] |
| Siege of Chartres | [231] |
| Chancellor L'Hospital's Memorial | [232] |
| Edict of Pacification (Longjumeau, March 23, 1568) | [234] |
| Condé for and Coligny against the Peace | [235] |
| Condé's Infatuation | [235] |
| Was the Court sincere? | [236] |
| Catharine short-sighted | [238] |
| Imprudence of the Huguenots | [238] |
| Judicial Murder of Rapin at Toulouse | [239] |
| Seditious Preachers and Mobs | [240] |
| Treatment of the Returning Huguenots | [241] |
| Expedition and Fate of De Cocqueville | [242] |
| Garrisons and Interpretative Ordinances | [244] |
| Oppression of Royal Governors | [245] |
| "The Christian and Royal League" | [246] |
| Insubordination to Royal Authority | [247] |
| Admirable Organization of the Huguenots | [247] |
| Murder runs Riot throughout France | [248] |
| La Rochelle, etc., refuse Royal Garrisons | [250] |
| Coligny retires for Safety to Tanlay, Condé to Noyers | [251] |
| D'Andelot's Remonstrance | [252] |
| Catharine sides with L'Hospital's Enemies | [254] |
| Remonstrance of the three Marshals | [255] |
| Catharine's Intrigues | [255] |
| The Court seeks to ruin Condé and Coligny | [256] |
| Téligny sent to remonstrate | [256] |
| The Oath exacted of the Huguenots | [257] |
| The Plot Disclosed | [259] |
| Intercepted Letter from Spain | [259] |
| Isabella of Spain her Husband's Mouthpiece | [261] |
| Charles begs his Mother to avoid War | [262] |
| Her Animosity against L'Hospital | [263] |
| Another Quarrel between Lorraine and the Chancellor | [263] |
| Fall of Chancellor L'Hospital | [264] |
| The Plot | [265] |
| Marshal Tavannes its Author | [266] |
| Condé's Last Appeal to the King | [267] |
| Flight of the Prince and Admiral | [268] |
| Its Wonderful Success | [269] |
| The Third Civil War opens | [270] |
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| The City of La Rochelle and its Privileges | [270] |
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| CHAPTER XVI. |
| 1568-1570. |
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| The Third Civil War | [274] |
| Relative Advantages of Huguenots and Roman Catholics | [274] |
| Enthusiasm of Huguenot Youth | [274] |
| Enlistment of Agrippa d'Aubigné | [275] |
| The Court proscribes the Reformed Religion | [275] |
| Impolicy of this Course | [277] |
| A "Crusade" published at Toulouse | [278] |
| Fanaticism of the Roman Catholic Preachers | [279] |
| Huguenot Places of Refuge | [280] |
| Jeanne d'Albret and D'Andelot reach La Rochelle | [281] |
| Successes in Poitou, Angoumois, etc. | [282] |
| Powerful Huguenot Army in the South | [284] |
| Effects a Junction with Condé's Forces | [284] |
| Huguenot Reprisals and Negotiations | [287] |
| William of Orange tries to aid the Huguenots | [288] |
| His Declaration in their behalf | [290] |
| Aid sought from England | [291] |
| Generously accorded by Clergy and Laity | [292] |
| Misgivings of Queen Elizabeth | [294] |
| Her Double Dealing and Effrontery | [295] |
| Fruitless Sieges and Plots | [297] |
| Growing Superiority of Anjou's Forces | [298] |
| The Armies meet on the Charente | [299] |
| Battle of Jarnac (March 13, 1569) | [301] |
| Murder of Louis, Prince of Condé | [302] |
| The Prince of Navarre remonstrates against the Perfidy shown | [305] |
| Exaggerated Bulletins | [307] |
| The Pope's Sanguinary Injunctions | [308] |
| Sanguinary Action of the Parliament of Bordeaux | [310] |
| Queen Elizabeth colder | [310] |
| The Queen of Navarre's Spirit | [311] |
| The Huguenots recover Strength | [312] |
| Death of D'Andelot | [312] |
| New Responsibility resting on Coligny | [314] |
| The Duke of Deux Ponts comes with German Auxiliaries | [315] |
| They overcome all Obstacles and join Coligny | [317] |
| Death of Deux Ponts | [318] |
| Huguenot Success at La Roche Abeille | [319] |
| Furlough of Anjou's Troops | [320] |
| Huguenot Petition to the King | [320] |
| Coligny's Plans overruled | [324] |
| Disastrous Siege of Poitiers | [324] |
| Cruelties to Huguenots in the Prisons of Orleans | [326] |
| Montargis a Safe Refuge | [327] |
| Flight of the Refugees to Sancerre | [328] |
| The "Croix de Gastines" | [329] |
| Ferocity of Parliament against Coligny and Others | [330] |
| A Price set on Coligny's Head | [330] |
| The Huguenots weaker | [332] |
| Battle of Moncontour (Oct. 3, 1569) | [333] |
| Coligny wounded | [334] |
| Heavy Losses of the Huguenots | [335] |
| The Roman Catholics exultant | [336] |
| Mouy murdered by Maurevel | [337] |
| The Assassin rewarded with the Collar of the Order | [338] |
| Fatal Error committed by the Court | [338] |
| Siege of St. Jean d'Angely | [340] |
| Huguenot Successes at Vézelay and Nismes | [344] |
| Coligny encouraged | [347] |
| Withdrawal of the Troops of Dauphiny and Provence | [348] |
| The Admiral's Bold Plan | [348] |
| He Sweeps through Guyenne | [349] |
| "Vengeance de Rapin" | [351] |
| Coligny pushes on to the Rhône | [351] |
| His Singular Success and its Causes | [351] |
| He turns toward Paris | [353] |
| His Illness interrupts Negotiations | [353] |
| Engagement of Arnay-le-Duc | [354] |
| Coligny approaches Paris | [356] |
| Progress of Negotiations | [356] |
| The English Rebellion affects the Terms offered | [358] |
| Better Conditions proposed | [360] |
| Charles and his Mother for Peace | [360] |
| The War fruitless for its Authors | [361] |
| Anxiety of Cardinal Châtillon | [363] |
| The Royal Edict of St. Germain (Aug. 8, 1570) | [363] |
| Dissatisfaction of the Clergy | [365] |
| "The Limping and Unsettled Peace" | [366] |
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| CHAPTER XVII. |
| 1570-1572. |
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| The Peace of St. Germain | [367] |
| Sincerity of the Peace | [367] |
| The Designs of Catharine de' Medici | [369] |
| Charles the Ninth in Earnest | [370] |
| Tears out the Parliament Record against Cardinal Châtillon | [371] |
| His Assurances to Walsingham | [371] |
| Gracious Answer to German Electors | [372] |
| Infringement on Edict at Orange | [373] |
| Protestants of Rouen attacked | [374] |
| The "Croix de Gastines" pulled down | [375] |
| Projected Marriage of Anjou to Queen Elizabeth of England | [377] |
| Machinations to dissuade Anjou | [379] |
| Charles indignant at Interference | [379] |
| Alençon to be substituted as Suitor | [380] |
| Anjou's new Ardor | [380] |
| Elizabeth interposes Obstacles | [381] |
| Papal and Spanish Efforts | [382] |
| Vexation of Catharine at Anjou's fresh Scruples | [383] |
| Louis of Nassau confers with the King | [384] |
| Admiral Coligny consulted | [386] |
| Invited to Court | [387] |
| His Honorable Reception | [389] |
| Disgust of the Guises and Alva | [390] |
| Charles gratified | [391] |
| Proposed Marriage of Henry of Navarre to the King's Sister | [392] |
| The Anjou Match falls through | [396] |
| The Praise of Alençon | [398] |
| Pius the Fifth Alarmed | [400] |
| Cardinal of Alessandria sent to Paris | [400] |
| The King's Assurances | [400] |
| Jeanne d'Albret becomes more favorable to her Son's Marriage | [403] |
| Her Solicitude | [403] |
| She is treated with Tantalizing Insincerity | [404] |
| She is shocked at the Morals of the Court | [405] |
| Her Sudden Death | [407] |
| Coligny and the Boy-King | [408] |
| The Dispensation delayed | [410] |
| The King's Earnestness | [411] |
| Mons and Valenciennes captured | [412] |
| Catharine's Indecision | [413] |
| Queen Elizabeth inspires no Confidence | [414] |
| Rout of Genlis | [415] |
| Determines Catharine to take the Spanish Side | [416] |
| Loss of the Golden Opportunity | [416] |
| The Admiral does not lose Courage | [417] |
| Charles and Catharine at Montpipeau | [418] |
| Rumors of Elizabeth's Desertion of her Allies | [419] |
| Charles thoroughly cast down | [420] |
| Coligny partially succeeds in reassuring him | [421] |
| Elizabeth toys with Dishonorable Proposals from the Netherlands | [422] |
| Fatal Results | [423] |
| The Mémoires inédits de Michel de la Huguerye | [423] |
| His View of a long Premeditation | [423] |
| Studied Misrepresentation of Jeanne d'Albret | [424] |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| 1572. |
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| The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day | [426] |
| The Huguenot Nobles reach Paris | [426] |
| The Betrothal of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois | [427] |
| Entertainment in the Louvre | [429] |
| Coligny's Letter to his Wife | [430] |
| Festivities and Mock Combats | [431] |
| Huguenot Grievances to be redressed | [432] |
| Catharine and Anjou jealous of Coligny's Influence over the King | [433] |
| The Duchess of Nemours and Guise | [434] |
| Was the Massacre long premeditated? | [435] |
| Salviati's Testimony | [435] |
| Charles' Cordiality to Coligny | [436] |
| Coligny wounded | [437] |
| Agitation of the King | [439] |
| Coligny courageous | [440] |
| Visited by the King and his Mother | [441] |
| Catharine attempts to break up the Conference | [443] |
| Charles writes Letters expressing his Displeasure | [444] |
| The Vidame de Chartres advises the Huguenots to leave Paris | [445] |
| Catharine and Anjou come to a Final Decision | [446] |
| They ply Charles with Arguments | [447] |
| The King consents reluctantly | [449] |
| Few Victims first selected | [450] |
| Religious Hatred | [452] |
| Precautionary Measures | [452] |
| Orders issued to the Prévôt des Marchands | [454] |
| The First Shot and the Bell of St. Germain l'Auxerrois | [455] |
| Murder of Admiral Coligny | [456] |
| His Character and Work | [460] |
| Murder of Huguenot Nobles in the Louvre | [465] |
| Navarre and Condé spared | [468] |
| The Massacre becomes general | [470] |
| La Rochefoucauld and Téligny fall | [470] |
| Self-defence of a few Nobles | [471] |
| Victims of Personal Hatred | [472] |
| Adventures of young La Force | [472] |
| Pitiless Butchery | [474] |
| Shamelessness of the Court Ladies | [476] |
| Anjou, Montpensier, and others encourage the Assassins | [476] |
| Wonderful Escapes | [477] |
| Death of the Philosopher Ramus | [478] |
| President Pierre de la Place | [479] |
| Regnier and Vezins | [480] |
| Escape of Chartres and Montgomery | [481] |
| Charles himself fires on them | [482] |
| The Massacre continues | [484] |
| Pillage of the Rich | [485] |
| Orders issued to lay down Arms | [487] |
| Little heeded | [487] |
| Miracle of the "Cimetière des Innocents" | [488] |
| The King's First Letter to Mandelot | [490] |
| Guise throws the Responsibility on the King | [491] |
| Charles accepts it on Tuesday morning | [492] |
| The "Lit de Justice" | [492] |
| Servile Reply of Parliament | [493] |
| Christopher De Thou | [493] |
| Ineffectual Effort to inculpate Coligny | [495] |
| His Memory declared Infamous | [496] |
| Petty Indignities | [496] |
| A Jubilee Procession | [498] |
| Charles declares he will maintain his Edict of Pacification | [498] |
| Forced Conversion of Navarre and Condé | [499] |
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| CHAPTER XIX. |
| 1572. |
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| The Massacre in the Provinces, and the Reception of the Tidings Abroad | [501] |
| The Massacre in the Provinces | [501] |
| The Verbal Orders | [502] |
| Instructions to Montsoreau at Saumur | [503] |
| Two Kinds of Letters | [504] |
| Massacre at Meaux | [505] |
| At Troyes | [507] |
| The Great Bloodshed at Orleans | [508] |
| At Bourges | [511] |
| At Angers | [512] |
| Butchery at Lyons | [513] |
| Responsibility of Mandelot | [517] |
| Rouen | [519] |
| Toulouse | [521] |
| Bordeaux | [522] |
| Why the Massacre was not Universal | [524] |
| Policy of the Guises | [525] |
| Spurious Accounts of Clemency | [525] |
| Bishop Le Hennuyer, of Lisieux | [525] |
| Kind Offices of Matignon at Caen and Alençon | [526] |
| Of Longueville and Gordes | [526] |
| Of Tende in Provence | [527] |
| Viscount D'Orthez at Bayonne | [528] |
| The Municipality of Nantes | [529] |
| Uncertain Number of Victims | [530] |
| News of the Massacre received at Rome | [530] |
| Public Thanksgivings | [532] |
| Vasari's Paintings in the Vatican | [533] |
| French Boasts count for Nothing | [535] |
| Catharine writes to Philip, her son-in-law | [536] |
| The Delight of Philip of Spain | [537] |
| Charles instigates the Murder of French Prisoners | [539] |
| Alva jubilant, but wary | [540] |
| England's Horror | [541] |
| Perplexity of La Mothe Fénélon | [541] |
| His Cold Reception by Queen Elizabeth | [543] |
| The Ambassador disheartened | [546] |
| Sir Thomas Smith's Letter | [546] |
| Catharine's Unsuccessful Representations | [547] |
| Briquemault and Cavaignes hung for alleged Conspiracy | [548] |
| The News in Scotland | [550] |
| In Germany | [550] |
| In Poland | [552] |
| Sympathy of the Genevese | [554] |
| Their Generosity and Danger | [557] |
| The Impression at Baden | [558] |
| Medals and Vindications | [559] |
| Disastrous Personal Effect on King Charles | [560] |
| How far was the Roman Church Responsible? | [562] |
| Gregory probably not aware of the intended Massacre | [564] |
| Paul the Fifth instigates the French Court | [564] |
| He counsels exterminating the Huguenots | [565] |
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| A New Account of the Massacre at Orleans | [569] |
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| CHAPTER XX. |
| 1572-1574. |
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| The Sequel of the Massacre, to the Death of Charles the Ninth | [572] |
| Widespread Terror | [572] |
| La Rochelle and other Cities in Huguenot Hands | [573] |
| Nismes and Montauban | [573] |
| La Rochelle the Centre of Interest | [576] |
| A Spurious Letter of Catharine | [577] |
| Designs on the City | [577] |
| Mission of La Noue | [579] |
| He is badly received | [580] |
| The Royal Proposals rejected | [581] |
| Marshal Biron appears before La Rochelle | [582] |
| Beginning of the Fourth Religious War | [582] |
| Description of La Rochelle | [582] |
| Resoluteness of the Defenders | [583] |
| Their Military Strength | [584] |
| Henry, Duke of Anjou, appointed to conduct the Siege | [585] |
| The Besieged pray and fight | [585] |
| Bravery of the Women | [586] |
| La Noue retires—Failure of Diplomacy | [587] |
| English Aid miscarries | [588] |
| Huguenot Successes in the South | [589] |
| Sommières and Villeneuve | [589] |
| Beginning of the Siege of Sancerre | [589] |
| The Incipient Famine | [590] |
| Losses of the Army before La Rochelle | [591] |
| Roman Catholic Processions | [592] |
| Election of Henry of Anjou to the Crown of Poland | [593] |
| Edict of Pacification (Boulogne, July, 1573) | [593] |
| Meagre Results of the War | [594] |
| The Siege and Famine of Sancerre continue | [595] |
| The City capitulates | [597] |
| Reception of the Polish Ambassadors | [598] |
| Discontent of the South with the Terms of Peace | [599] |
| Assembly of Milhau and Montauban | [600] |
| Military Organization of the Huguenots | [600] |
| Petition to the King | [601] |
| "Les Fronts d'Airain" | [603] |
| Catharine's Bitter Reply | [604] |
| The Huguenots firm | [604] |
| Decline of Charles's Health | [605] |
| Project of an English Match renewed | [606] |
| Intrigues with the German Princes | [608] |
| Death of Louis of Nassau | [610] |
| Anjou's Reception at Heidelberg | [610] |
| Frankness of the Elector Palatine | [611] |
| Last Days of Chancellor L'Hospital | [613] |
| The Party of the "Politiques" | [615] |
| Hotman's "Franco-Gallia" | [615] |
| Treacherous Attempt on La Rochelle | [616] |
| Huguenots reassemble at Milhau | [617] |
| They complete their Organization | [618] |
| The Duke of Alençon | [619] |
| Glandage Plunders the City of Orange | [620] |
| Montbrun's Exploits in Dauphiny | [621] |
| La Rochelle resumes Arms (Beginning of the Fifth Religious War) | [622] |
| Diplomacy tried in Vain | [623] |
| The "Politiques" make an Unsuccessful Rising | [625] |
| Flight of the Court from St. Germain | [626] |
| Alençon and Navarre examined | [627] |
| Execution of La Mole and Coconnas | [628] |
| Condé retires to Germany | [629] |
| Reasons for the Success of the Huguenots | [630] |
| Montgomery lands in Normandy | [631] |
| He is forced to Surrender | [632] |
| Delight of Catharine | [632] |
| Execution of Montgomery | [633] |
| Last Days of Charles the Ninth | [635] |
| Distress of his Young Queen | [636] |
| Death and Funeral Rites of Charles | [638] |
| Had Persecution, War and Treachery Succeeded? | [639] |