History of the Rise of the Huguenots, Vol. 2 - Henry Martyn Baird

Val, Du, Bishop of Séez, confers with the Protestants at Poissy, i. [538].
Valence, Huguenots of, seize the church of the Franciscans, i. [404];
a public assembly of the citizens, i. [405];
progress of good morals, ib.;
orders sent for the extermination of the Protestants, i. [406];
treacherous treatment of, i. [407].
Valenciennes captured by Count Louis of Nassau, ii. [412].
Valéry, ii. [203].
Valette, Jean de la, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, ii. [181].
Varillas, M, an untrustworthy historian, ii. [25], [26];
his good remarks respecting Admiral Coligny, ii. [315].
Vasari paints three pictures in the Vatican, by order of Pope Gregory XIII. to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. [533], and note.
Vassy, a town in Champagne, part of the dower of Mary, Queen of Scots, ii. [19];
establishment of the Huguenot church at, ii. [19], [20];
arrival of the Duke of Guise, ii. [21];
massacre of, March 1, 1562, ii. [21], [22];
pamphlets respecting it, ii. [22], [23];
upon whom rests the guilt of the butchery, ii. [23-26].
Vatable, i. [43].
Vaud, Pays de, conquered by Berne, i. [197].
"Vauderie," crime of, i. [63].
Vaudrey, Anne de, bailli of Troyes, an agent in the massacre of Troyes, ii. [507], [508].
Vaudois, execution of, at Arras, i. [63].
Vaudois, or Waldenses, of Piedmont, mission of the four "evangelical" cantons in their behalf, i. [309];
Charles IX. intercedes in their behalf with the Duke of Savoy, ii. [390].
Vaudois, or Waldenses, of Provence, i. [230];
their industry and thrift, ib.;
their villages in the Comtât Venaissin, i. [231];
they send delegates to the Swiss and German reformers, i. [232];
their doctrines and practices, ib.;
cause the Bible to be translated by Olivetanus, i. [233];
preliminary persecutions of, i. [234];
iniquitous order of the Parliament of Aix against, i. [235];
followed by the "Arrêt de Mérindol," i. [236];
temporarily saved by Chassanée, i. [238];
report of Du Bellay respecting their character and history, i. [240];
pardoned by Francis I., i. [241];
are again summoned by the Parliament of Aix, ib.;
they publish a new confession, i. [242];
stealthy organization of an expedition against, i. [245];
villages burned, and the inhabitants butchered, i. [246], [247];
destruction of Mérindol, i. [247];
destruction of Cabrières, i. [248];
of La Coste, i. [249];
the results, i. [250];
Francis led to give his approval to the massacre, i. [251];
an investigation ordered, ib.;
impunity of most of the culprits, i. [252].
Venaissin, Comtât. See Comtât Venaissin.
Venetian ambassadors, opinions of, i. [10].
Verbal orders respecting the massacre in the provinces, ii. [502], [514].
Verbelai, ii. [226].
Verez, De, throws himself into Geneva with a body of French soldiers, i. [197].
Vergne, La, ii. [302].
Versailles, the title how obtained by the king, ii. [485].
Vertueil, the King of Navarre dismisses his escort at, i. [435].
"Very Christian King," title of, i. [35].
Vézelay, birthplace of Theodore Beza, i. [497];
refuses to admit a garrison in 1568, ii. [250];
a place of refuge, ii. [280];
sustains a successful siege, ii. [343], [344].
Vezins, a Roman Catholic gentleman of Quercy, magnanimously saves the life of his personal enemy, the Huguenot Regnier, ii. [480], [481].
Vialard, President, at Rouen, ii. [519].
Vieilleville, Marshal of, magnanimously refuses to take advantage of a royal patent giving him a share of the confiscated property of heretics, i. [282];
sent as envoy to the Huguenots, ii. [210];
remonstrance of, ii. [255];
the king's estimate of, ii. [409].
"Vierg," the designation of an officer at Autun, i. [489].
Vigor, Archbishop of Narbonne, a violent Roman Catholic preacher, ii. [254], [375], [634].
Villars, Count de, burns books from Geneva at Pont St. Esprit, i. [428];
influences Constable Montmorency, i. [469];
appointed admiral after the death of Coligny, ii. [523], [524].
Villegagnon, Vice-admiral of Brittany, sent with a Protestant colony to Brazil, i. [291];
founds Fort Coligny, i. [292];
becomes an enemy of the Protestants, i. [293];
and brings ruin on the expedition, i. [294];
vows eternal enmity to the Huguenots, ii. [180];
writes to Renée of France, ii. [327].
Villemadon's letter of remonstrance to Catharine de' Medici, i. [363].
Villemongys, i. [392].
Villeneuve, capture of, by the Huguenots, ii. [589].
Viole, Claude, his speech in the "mercuriale" of 1559, i. [334].
Virel, Jean, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. [509].
Viret, the reformer, intercedes for the poor non-combatants at Lyons, ii. [102].
Visconte, affair in the house of, i. [361].
"Viscounts," the army of the, ii. [226];
they march to meet Condé, and defeat the troops collected by the Governor of Auvergne at Cognac, or Cognat, ii. [230];
relieve Orleans, ib.;
take Blois, ib.;
list of the viscounts, ii. [230], note.
Visions of celestial hosts, ii. [334].
Vitelli, Chiappin, routs Genlis and takes him prisoner, ii. [415].
Vivarez, Montbrun's exploits in, ii. [621].
Voré de la Fosse sent to Melanchthon, i. [182];
his interviews with him, and his letters, i. [183].
Vulcob, M. de, French ambassador to the Emperor of Germany, ii. [550].

Waldenses. See Vaudois.
Walsingham, Francis, on the peace of Saint Germain, ii. [368];
receives the assurances of the king as to his intention to observe the peace, ii. [371];
on the attempts to dissuade Anjou from marrying Queen Elizabeth, ii. [379];
on the English marriage and the anxiety of the Huguenots, ii. [382];
his enthusiastic description of Count Louis of Nassau, ii. [384], note;
urges Queen Elizabeth to advocate the invitation of Coligny to court, ii. [388], note;
he sets forth the critical nature of the situation, ii. [416];
he mentions rumors of Elizabeth's desertion of her allies, ii. [420];
he praises Coligny's magnanimity, ii. [421];
his reply to Catharine de' Medici respecting Coligny's loyalty, ii. [495], [547];
on the forced conversions of Navarre and Condé, ii. [499];
his conversation with the queen mother as to the maintenance of the edict of pacification, ii. [547], [548].
War, the first civil, or religious, April, 1562, to March 19, 1563, ii. [34-115];
its results, ii. [118];
it prevents France from becoming Huguenot, ii. [119];
the second civil war, Sept., 1567, to March 23, 1568, ii. [203-234];
the third civil war, Sept., 1568, to Aug. 8, 1570, ii. [274-366];
the fourth civil war, Dec., 1572, to July, 1573, ii. [582-593];
meagre results of, ii. [594];
beginning of the fifth civil war, 1574, ii. [622].
Westmoreland, Earl of, his rebellion, ii. [358].
White, Henry, Dr., the remark respecting Cardinal Lorraine which he ascribes to Beza, i. [529];
cf. also ii. [46], [252], [427], note, [527], note.
Whittingham, Wm., Dean of Durham, ii. [292], note.
Winter, severity of the, 1568-1569, ii. [286], [297].
Winter, Admiral, carries money, cannon, and ammunition to La Rochelle, ii. [296].
Wolmar, Melchior, i. [43];
a teacher of Calvin, i. [199].
Wolrad, Count of Mansfeld, succeeds the Duke of Deux-Ponts in command of the German auxiliaries of the Huguenots, ii. [318], [335], [364].
Worship, Protestant places of, assigned at the most inconvenient distances, ii. [163], [164], note, [432], note.
Wotton, Dr., his view of the court of Henry II. of France, i. [261].
Wringle, Pierre de, or Van, the printer of Serrières, near Neufchâtel, i. [233].
Würtemberg, Christopher, Duke of, sends theologians to Poissy, who come too late for the colloquy, i. [544];
meets the Guises at Saverne, ii. [13];
he remonstrates with them respecting the persecution of the Huguenots, ii. [14];
his judgment on the whole matter, ii. [17];
he declines the offer of the post of lieutenant-general of the king, ii. [113].

Year, the old French, begins at Easter, i. [276].
Yolet, ii. [603].
Yverny, Madame d', butchered in the massacre at Paris, ii. [474].

Zuleger, a councillor of the elector palatine, sent to France to see the state of affairs at the time of the second civil war, ii. [218];
he reports favorably to the Huguenots, ii. [219].
Zurich, intercedes for the French Protestants, i. [191];
but receives an unsatisfactory reply, i. [192];
intercedes with Henry II., after the affair of the Rue St. Jacques, with little success, i. [309], [310].