Eonnette, wife of Jean Bremant, supports the foregoing witnesses as to the abduction of Olivier.
Nichole, wife of Jean Hubert, of the parish of Saint Vincent, had a son named Jean of fourteen years of age, who was lost or abducted as described by her husband aforesaid. She sustains him in his testimony.
Jean Bureau and his wife, Johanne, Thebault Geoffroi and her daughter, and Guillaume Hemeri, support the claim of the abduction of the Hubert child.
De la Grepie, Régnaud Donété, Jean Ferot and his wife, Pierres Blanchett, and Guillaume Jacob, all support the claim of the abduction of the apprentice, Donété, heretofore described.
INDEX
- A
- Abduction of children by Gilles de Retz, [chap. iv]., [64–71], [106], [195]
- Aids, assistants, and familiars of Gilles, [71–75]
- Allegiance to Duke of Brittany, [11]
- Ancient buildings, description of, [46], [47];
- inscriptions on, [47]
- Appendix A, Mother Goose publications, [188]
- Appendix B, Bluebeard stories, [186]
- Appendix C, Mystery of the Siege of Orleans, [189]
- Appendix D, Depositions in Civil Court against Gilles, [195]
- Army service of Gilles, in histories of France, [22], [23]
- Arrest of Gilles, [84–90]
- Attack and capture of Rainefort, [17]
- B
- Beaumanoir, duel with Tournemine, [169]
- Bishop of Nantes, [80–84], [93–95], [100–116], [122], [127], [139]
- Blouyn, Jean, Vice-Inquisitor, [95], [100], [102], [105], [140]
- Bluebeard, an infantile classic, [ix]., [xiv].;
- stories of, Appendix B, [186]
- “Bonne Vierge de Créé-Lait,” niche and statue of, [179]
- Bouffay, Palais de Justice, [169];
- duel between Beaumanoir and Tournemine in courtyard of, [169]
- C
- Cathedral of Nantes, [45]
- Château of Champtoceaux captured and John V. released, [11]
- Château of Malicorne captured, [17]
- Château de Clisson transferred to Gilles, [12]
- Château de Nantes, 90–92 (frontispiece);
- Edict of Nantes signed by Henry IV. in, [91];
- prisoners in: Cardinal of Retz, Minister Fouché, Madam Sevigné, and Duchess of Berry, [92]
- Citation to Gilles, [82–84]
- Confession of Gilles, [135–159]
- Coronation of the King, [20];
- Gilles guard for the Sainte Ampoule at, [20]
- Court, officers of, [94–97], [130];
- opening of, [100];
- presided over by Bishop of Nantes and assistants, [93];
- records of, [98–101], [105–108];
- Appendix D, [195]
- Craon, Marie de, mother of Gilles, [3]
- Crimes of Gilles, [chap. iv]., [64–93]
- Criminal law in France and other countries, history of, [96]
- Criminal practice in France, [131–133]
- D
- Declaration of infamy against Gilles, [80–82]
- Decree of excommunication, [124], [164];
- revoked, [126], [165];
- in writing, [129]
- Depositions against Gilles, [105];
- Appendix D, [195]
- Duel between Beaumanoir and Tournemine, [169]
- Duke of Brittany:
- Alliance of, with France, [15–16]
- l’Abbé, Jean, captain in service of, arrests Gilles, [84], [90]
- Blois, family of, John V., [9]
- Decree of King against Gilles refused by, [60]
- Defeat of Blois, peace with Montfort, [9]
- Favors bishop against Gilles, [84], [85]
- France, alliance with and war for, [15], [16];
- history of, [13–23]
- Gilles’s father and family on side of Blois, [9]
- Imprisonment of, in Château de Champtoceaux, [11];
- release of, [11], [15]
- Montfort against Penthièvres and Blois, [9]
- Nantes, château of, castle for the Duke, [90], [92]
- Penthièvres and Blois condemned and banished, [12], [13]
- Son of a younger son vs. daughter of an elder son, [9]
- War for the succession of, [9], [11]
- E
- Education of Gilles, [6–8]
- Espousal of cause of King of France by Gilles, [15]
- Evidence against Gilles, [105];
- Appendix D, [195]
- Excommunication of Gilles, [124], [126], [129], [165]
- Execution of Gilles, [x]., [chap. vii]., [177]
- Expenses greater than income, resorts to magic, [62], [63]
- Extravagance of Gilles, [39], [40], [50–53], [55], [57], [60]
- F
- Family of Gilles, see [Gilles de Retz]
- Folly and ambition of Gilles, [39], [40]
- France, alliance with Brittany, [15], [16];
- history of, [13–23]
- Friends and companions of Gilles, [17]
- G
- Gilles de Retz:
- Abduction of children by, [64], [71], [106], [195]
- Aids and assistants, familiars of: Eustache Blanchet, Henriet Griart, Jean Roussignol, Gilles de Sillé, Perrin Martin alias LaMeffraye, François Prelati, Hugues de Bremont, Étienne Corrilaut alias Poitou, Robin Romulart, [71–75]
- Allegiance of, to Duke of Brittany, [11]
- Army service of, in histories of France, [22], [23]
- Arrest of, [84–90]
- Attack and capture of Rainefort by, [17];
- of Lamballe, Guingamp, Broon, Malicorne;
- Champtoceaux captured and demolished and John V. released by, [11]
- Château de Clisson transferred to, [12]
- Citation to, [82–84]
- Coronation of the King, guard for the Sainte Ampoule at, [20]
- Crimes of, [chap. iv]., [64–93]
- Declaration of infamy against, [80], [82]
- Education of, [6–8]
- Espouses cause of King of France, [15]
- Expenses greater than income, resorts to magic and philosopher’s stone, [62], [83]
- Family of, (Laval [Montmorency-Laval], Rais [changed to Retz, 1581], Machecoul, Craon), [1]
- Father, Guy, [1–3];
- death of, [4]
- Mother, Marie de Craon, [3];
- remarriage of, [4]
- Brother, René de la Suze, [4]
- Wife, Catherine de Thouars, [5];
- separated from, [61];
- remarriage of, [180]
- Daughter, Marie, married, [180];
- died, [180]
- Grandfather, paternal, Guy Bremor, [2], [10]
- Grandfather, maternal, Jean de Craon, [2], [4]
- Grandmother, a sister of great Du Guesclin, [2]
- Great-grandmother, Jeanne la Folle, [2]
- After execution of, [180], [181]
- Folly and ambition of, [39], [40]
- Friends and companions in arms of:
- Ambroise de Loré, Baron Beaumanoir, La Hire, [17]
- Joan of Arc, Gilles is captain of guard for, and in service with, through France, [ix]., [9], [19], Appendix C, [189]
- Life of, at home in Brittany (1430–1439), [24–63]
- Life, pleasure, business, etc., of, [27]
- Magic, resorts to, in aid of his failing fortunes, [61–63]
- Maison de la Suze, expensive decoration of, [55]
- Marriage of, [6]
- First and second betrothals, fiancées both die, [5]
- Married to Catherine de Thouars, [5]
- Wife’s dot, [5]
- Marshal of France, [19]
- Music, fondness for, [27]
- Personal appearance of, [24–27]
- Property of, raided by Margaret de Clisson, [12]
- Lands inherited, [2], [5], [28], [29]
- Sales and transfers, [30–32]
- Value of, estimated, [30], [39], [41], [50], [53], [55], [56], [60]
- Religious hierarchy of, bishop, chapel, paraphernalia, etc., [27], [28], [41], [48], [53], [54], [57], [58]
- Ruinous expenditures of, [39], [40], [50–53], [55], [57], [60]
- Search for Elixir of Youth and Philosopher’s stone, [x].
- Siege and capture of Orleans by, [19]
- Signature and rubric of, [22]
- Sixteen years old at commencement of civil war, [10], [13]
- Soldier (1420–1429), [chap. ii]., [19–23];
- for France, [17]
- Spendthrift, [53]
- Submits to arrest, [86], [89], [100]
- Theatre, love for, and indulgence in, [33–50]
- Trial and execution of, [x]., [chaps. v.–vii]., [93–182]
- Before Ecclesiastical Tribunal, [chap. v]., [93–166]
- Before Civil Court, chap, v., [167]
- Depositions, Ecclesiastical Court, [105];
- Civil Court, Appendix D, [195]
- Jean Blouyn, Vice-Inquisitor and aid to Bishop, commission of, [102], [103]
- Officers of court, [94], [95], [97], [130]
- Opening of court, [100]
- Presided over by Bishop of Nantes and assistants, [93]
- Records of, [98–101], [105–108], Appendix D, [195]
- Guard of honour at coronation of King, [20]
- I
- Infamy, declaration of, against Gilles, [80–82]
- J
- Joan of Arc, [ix]., [19], [21–23]
- L
- La Hire, prayer of, before assault on Montargis, [18]
- Laval, original family name, changed to Rais by will of Joan la Sage, [3]
- M
- Machecoul, château of, [1], [2], [5], [29]
- Magic, resort of Gilles to, to aid his failing fortunes, [61–63]
- Maison de la Suze, Nantes, [46];
- decoration of, [55]
- Marshal of France, Gilles made, [19]
- Mémoires des Héritiers, [28]
- Gives lists of Gilles’s lands and from what family inherited, [28], [29]
- Inaugurated by his brother and cousin, [28], [29]
- Interdiction of sale or transfer by the King, [55–61]
- Sales and transfers of property by Gilles, [30–32]
- Sentence of the King under, [55–61]
- Value of his property estimated in, [30], [39], [41], [50], [53], [55], [56], [60]
- Montargis, siege of, [18]
- Mother Goose publications, [183]
- Music, Gilles’s fondness for, [27]
- Mystery of the Siege of Orleans, [41–43];
- Appendix C, [189];
- of Lord Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, [43–49]
- N
- Notices, public, made in France by trumpet or drum, [43–45], [60]
- O
- Orleans, expensive visit of Gilles to, [50–52]
- P
- Perrault, Charles:
- Author of the story of Bluebeard, [xi].
- Identity of Gilles de Retz with Bluebeard, [xiv].
- Life and history of, [xi].
- Member of Academy of France, [xii].
- Mother Goose stories, first publication of, by, [xiii].;
- names of, [xiii].
- Writings of, [xi]., [xiii].
- Personal appearance of Gilles, [24–26]
- Pierre de l’Hospital, Chief Justice of Brittany, [93], [135–138], [168], [174], [175]
- Portraits of Gilles, [24]
- Prairie de Piesse, place of execution, [175]
- Prelati, François, alchemist, [73], [127], [139], [167], [168]
- Property of Gilles:
- Lands inherited, [2], [5], [28], [29]
- Raided by Margaret de Clisson, [12]
- Sales and transfers of, [30–32]
- Value estimated, [30], [39], [41], [50], [53], [55], [56], [60]
- R
- Records of trial in archives of Loire-Inférieure, [98–100], [170]
- Religious hierarchy (pseudo), [27], [28], [41], [48], [53], [54], [57], [58]
- René de la Suze, brother of Gilles, [4], [28], [29]
- Retz changed from Rais in 1581, [1], [3]
- Richemont, Count of, Constable of France, [16]
- S
- Sentence of Henriet and Poitou, [174];
- of Gilles, [168], [175]
- Shahan, Dr. Thomas J., [ix]., [xv].
- Streets, decoration of, custom continued in France, [36], [37]
- Suze, Maison de la, [55]
- T
- Theatre:
- History of, in France, [32–38]
- Mysteries, moralities, dramas, and farces, [35–38]
- Religious plays, fostered by the clergy, [33–35]
- Streets decorated during, custom in France, [36], [37]
- Travelling shows in small towns in France, [35], [36]
- Three languages spoken in Brittany in time of Gilles, [7], [137], [172]
- Tiffauges, castle of, [75–78];
- laboratory for magic and black art, used as, [78], [79]
- Torture of Gilles, order for, [134]
- Tournemine, duel with Beaumanoir, [169]
- Trial of Gilles by Ecclesiastical Court, [chap. v]., [93], [167]
- Address to public, [160–163]
- Acknowledges jurisdiction and admits guilt, [125]
- Bishop of Nantes presiding officer, [93]
- Blouyn, Jean, Vice-Inquisitor, aid to Bishop, [95], [100], [102], [105], [140]
- Confession of Gilles during, [137–159]
- Criminal law in France, history of, [96];
- practice of, [131–133];
- torture under, [134]
- Decree of excommunication, [124], [126], [129], [165]
- Depositions, [105–109]
- Excommunication, [124–126], [129], [165]
- Information against Gilles, [116], [123]
- Order for torture of Gilles, [134]
- Plea of “not guilty” entered, [127]
- Refusal to plead, of Gilles, [110–116], [123], [124]
- Sentence of Court, [163], [164]
- Three languages employed, [137], [172]
- Witnesses against Gilles, [105–109], [127]
- Trial of Gilles before Civil Court, [chap. vi]., [167–177]
- Bouffay, Palais de Justice, [169]
- Depositions, Appendix D, [195–206]
- Henriet, Griart, and Poitou tried with Gilles, [167]
- Palais de Justice, Place Bouffay, [169]
- Pierre de l’Hospital, presiding, [93], [135–138]
- Poitou tried with Henriet and Gilles, [167]
- Record of trial in archives at Nantes, [98–108], Appendix D, [195]
- Sentence of Gilles, Henriet, and Poitou, [174], [175]
