Chapter XXXIV: Henry III. and the Religious Wars. (1574-1589.)

List of Illustrations

Cardinal Ximenes14

All Night A-horseback19

Bayard Knighting Francis I19

Leo X.21

Anthony Duprat24

Charles V39

Francis I. Surprises Henry Viii.44

The Field of the Cloth Of Gold45

The Constable de Bourbon53

The Death of Bayard76

Capture of Francis I.91

Louise of Savoy and Marguerite de Valois102

Francis I.115

The Duke of Orleans and Charles V.128

Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise130

Francis I.137

St. Thomas Aquinas and Abelard140

Clement Marot162

Francis I. Waits for Robert Estienne168

Rabelais171

The First Protestants178

The Castle of Pau183

William Farel181

Burning of Reformers at Meaux188

Erasmus194

Berquin Released by John de La Barre198

Heretic Iconoclasts201

Massacre of the Vaudians218

Calvin222

Gallery Henry Ii230

Anne de Montmorency235

Henry Ii.235

Diana de Poitiers243

Guise at Metz244

Francis Ii. And Mary Stuart Love Making251

Catherine De' Medici (in Her Young Days)255

Joust Between Henri Ii. And Count de Montgomery268

Francis Ii269

Mary Stuart270

Death of La Renaudie283

Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condo285

Mary Stuart284

Coligny at the Death-bed of Francis Ii.295

Francis de Lorraine, Duke of Aumale and Of Guise302

Massacre of Protestants-305

The Duke of Guise Waylaid-315

Conde at the Ford-328

Henry of Lorraine (duke Of Guise)332

Parley Before the Battle of Moncontour337

Admiral Gaspard de Coligny346

Charles Ix. And Catherine De' Medici354

Henry de Guise and the Corpse of Coligny369

The Queen of Navarre and the Huguenot372

Chancellor Michael de L'hospital376

The St. Bartholomew383

Henry Iii388

Indolence of Henry Iii-390

Henry Le Balafre400

The Castle of Blois428

Henry Iii. and the Murder of Guise437

Henry of Navarre and the Scotch Guard448

1589 to 1715