King Henry II.—Executions at Paris.—Edict of Châteaubriant. —Spoliations.—Project of establishing the Inquisition in France. —Attack upon an assembly of the Reformed in the Rue Saint Jacques at Paris.—Odious calumnies.—Fresh executions.—Intervention of the Protestant States.—[Page 57-63.]
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Successive developments of the Ecclesiastical organization.—Formation of regular churches.—First national synod in 1559.—Confession of faith.—Discipline.—Analysis of its first articles.—[Page 63-67.]
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Divisions in the Parliament of Paris.—Anne Dubourg in the Bastille. —His trial and his martyrdom.—Francis II.—Catherine de Medicis. —The Cardinal de Lorraine.—The Duke François de Guise.—Antoine de Bourbon.—Louis de Condé.—François d’Andelot.—Coligny.—His education, his piety, and domestic habits.—The Cardinal Odet de Châtillon.—[Page 67-79.]
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Tyranny of the Guises.—Persecutions.—Fanaticism of the Parisian populace.—The malcontents and the Huguenots.—The conspiracy of Amboise.—Terrible executions.—The Baron de Castelnau.—Edict of Romorantin in 1560.—[Page 79-84.]
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Establishment of the public worship of the Reformation.—First armed contests.—Assembly of the notables at Fontainebleau.—Address presented by Coligny.—Speech of the Bishop Montluc.—Resistance of the Guises.—Disquietude of Pope Pius IV.—[Page 84-89.]
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