The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 / The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II

by James Westfall Thompson

[78] La Planche, 273.

[79] C. S. P. For., No. 451, December 5, 1559.

[80] Tavannes, 245; La Place, 27, 51; La Planche, 216; C. S. P. Ven., No. 272, 1506.

[81] La Planche, 212. “Il Cardinale de Lorraine è quà Papa e re,” Nég. Tosc., III, 404, August 27, 1559.

[82] La Planche, 212; La Place, 28; Rev. hist., XIV, 67, 68. On the economic discontent due to the extravagance of Henry II, see Rev. hist., XIV, 71. Claude Haton, I, 110-12 gives a favorable contemporary judgment.

[83] The act revoking many of the alienations of the royal domain fell hardest upon the followers of the constable and of Diane de Poitiers (Rev. hist., XIV, 71, 72).

[84] Rel. vén., I, 431. See the character-sketch by Suriano in Rel. vén., II, 47; C. S. P. Ven., No. 272, 1561.

[85] La Planche, 212.

[86] Throckmorton to the Queen, C. S. P. Eng. For., No. 1,244, August 25, 1559.

[87] La Planche, 216.