Chapter II: Book THE FIRST

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE REFORMATION IN FRANCE TO THE OPENING OF THE
CONFERENCE OF POISSY.

(1521-1561.)

I.

Preaching of the Reformation at Meaux.—Lefevre d’Etaples.—Guillaume
Farel.—Bishop Briçonnet.—Zeal and success of the new
preachers.—_Page 17-20._

II.

First persecutions.—The Sorbonne.—The Parliaments.—The court.
—Condemnation of Jean Leclerc.—Execution of Jacques Pavannes.—Louis
Berquin.—His courage, struggles, and death.—_Page 20-27._

III.

Farel in Dauphiny.—Progress of the Reformation in France.—Martyrdom
of Jean Caturce at Toulouse.—The history of the monk François
Lambert.—Marguérite de Valois and Francis I.—_Page 27-33._

IV.

The Reformation at Paris.—Affair of the placards.—Growing
persecutions.—Generalissimo procession.—Frightful executions.
—Marguérite de Valois in Béarn.—_Page 33-38._

V.

Jean Calvin.—His early studies.—Preachings in Poitou and Saintonge.
—The book of the Institution.—Calvin at Geneva.—His character.—The
intolerance with which he is reproached.—Michel Servet.—Great
labours of Calvin.—_Page 38-46._

VI.

Persecutions against the Vaudois in Provence.—Origin and history of
this people.—How they justify themselves.—Massacres at Mérindol,
Cabrières, &c.—Trial in respect of this affair before the Parliament
of Paris.—_Page 46-51._

VII.

Great success of the Reformation.—What were the principal causes of
it.—Gentlemen.—Third estate.—Traders.—Converted monks and
priests.—Bible hawkers.—Martyrdom of one of them.—Assemblies
of the Reformed in small bands.—Precautions.—Piety and exemplary
conduct of the Reformed.—_Page 51-57._

VIII.

King Henry II.—Executions at Paris.—Edict of Châteaubriant.
—Spoliations.—Project of establishing the Inquisition in France.
—Attack upon an assembly of the Reformed in the Rue Saint Jacques
at Paris.—Odious calumnies.—Fresh executions.—Intervention of
the Protestant States.—_Page 57-63._

IX.

Successive developments of the Ecclesiastical organization.—Formation
of regular churches.—First national synod in 1559.—Confession of
faith.—Discipline.—Analysis of its first articles.—_Page 63-67._

X.

Divisions in the Parliament of Paris.—Anne Dubourg in the Bastille.
—His trial and his martyrdom.—Francis II.—Catherine de Medicis.
—The Cardinal de Lorraine.—The Duke François de Guise.—Antoine
de Bourbon.—Louis de Condé.—François d’Andelot.—Coligny.—His
education, his piety, and domestic habits.—The Cardinal Odet de
Châtillon.—_Page 67-79._

XI.

Tyranny of the Guises.—Persecutions.—Fanaticism of the Parisian
populace.—The malcontents and the Huguenots.—The conspiracy of
Amboise.—Terrible executions.—The Baron de Castelnau.—Edict of
Romorantin in 1560.—_Page 79-84._

XII.

Establishment of the public worship of the Reformation.—First armed
contests.—Assembly of the notables at Fontainebleau.—Address
presented by Coligny.—Speech of the Bishop Montluc.—Resistance
of the Guises.—Disquietude of Pope Pius IV.—_Page 84-89._

XIII.

Condé arrested at Orleans.—Conspiracy against Antoine de Bourbon.
—The Huguenot’s snare.—Death of Francis II.—Regency of Catherine.
—States-General of Orleans.—Speech of the Chancellor l’Hospital, and
of the orators of the three orders.—_Page 89-95._

XIV.

The Reformation preached at Fontainebleau.—Great increase in the
number of churches and pastors.—Disturbances in different places.
—Intrigues of the Guises.—The triumvirate.—Edict of July.
—_Page 95-100._