Contents

[ CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI ]
[ INTRODUCTION ]

[ PART I. ] THE CALVINIST MARTYR
[ I. ] A HOUSE WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS
[ II. ] THE BURGHERS
[ III. ] THE CHATEAU DE BLOIS
[ IV. ] THE QUEEN-MOTHER
[ V. ] THE COURT
[ VI. ] THE LITTLE LEVER OF FRANCOIS II.
[ VII. ] A DRAMA IN A SURCOAT
[ VIII. ] MARTYRDOM
[ IX. ] THE TUMULT AT AMBOISE
[ X. ] COSMO RUGGIERO
[ XI. ] AMBROISE PARE
[ XII. ] DEATH OF FRANCOIS II
[ XIII. ] CALVIN
[ XIV. ] CATHERINE IN POWER
[ XV. ] COMPENSATION
[ PART II. ] THE SECRETS OF THE RUGGIERI
[ I. ] THE COURT UNDER CHARLES IX.
[ II. ] SCHEMES AGAINST SCHEMES
[ III. ] MARIE TOUCHET
[ IV. ] THE KING’S TALE
[ V. ] THE ALCHEMISTS
[ PART III.]
[ I. ] TWO DREAMS

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CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI

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INTRODUCTION

There is a general cry of paradox when scholars, struck by some historical error, attempt to correct it; but, for whoever studies modern history to its depths, it is plain that historians are privileged liars, who lend their pen to popular beliefs precisely as the newspapers of the day, or most of them, express the opinions of their readers.