Chapter XX (5)
Coligny, Gaspard de, Admiral of France, sends a Protestant colony to
Brazil, i. 291;
when converted to Protestantism, i. 292;
opposes the breaking of the truce of Vaucelles i. 297;
is consulted by Catharine de' Medici at the time of the Tumult of
Amboise, and gives her sound advice, i. 383, 384;
presents two Huguenot petitions at Fontainebleau, i. 416, 417;
his speech, i. 421;
Quintin forced to apologize to, i. 460;
he presents a Huguenot petition to the States General of
Orleans, i. 461;
declares that the "Edict of July" can never be executed, i. 484;
his reluctance to take up arms, ii. 34;
his wife's remonstrance, ii. 35;
his aversion to calling in foreign assistance, ii. 57;
his remarks on the discipline of the Huguenot army, ii. 67;
on the practicability of capturing Paris, ii. 88;
his success with the Huguenot right at Dreux, ii. 93, 94;
draws off the army after the defeat, to Orleans, ii. 95;
takes a number of places in Sologne, ii. 98;
returns to Normandy, ib.;
his successes, ii. 99;
he is accused by Poltrot of having instigated the murder of
Guise, ii. 105;
he vindicates his innocence, ii. 107;
his manly frankness, ib.;
his innocence established, ii. 108;
his defence espoused by Conde and the Montmorencies, ii. 135;
the petition of the Guises aimed at him, ii. 136;
the settlement of the feud delayed, ii. 137;
he comes to Paris, on Marshal Montmorency's invitation, ii. 167;
is likened by parliament to Pompey the Great, ib.;
is reconciled to the Guises at Moulins, ii. 184;
attempt to assassinate, ii. 194;
remonstrates with Catharine de' Medici, before the outbreak of the
second civil war, ii. 197;
projects the Huguenot colonization of Florida, ii. 199;
opposes taking up arms at the outbreak of the second civil
war, ii. 203;
at the battle of St. Denis, ii. 214;
opposes the peace of Longjumeau, ii. 235;
death of his wife, Charlotte de Laval, ii. 251;
he retires to Tanlay, ii. 252;
he is possibly the author of the spirited remonstrance attributed
to D'Andelot, ii. 252, 253;
attempt of court to ruin, ii. 256;
plot to seize, ii. 265;
his flight to La Rochelle, ii. 268;
his exclamation at the great success of the Huguenots at the beginning
of the third civil war, ii. 283;
his relations with the Prince of Conde, ii. 304;
after the death of Conde at Jarnac, draws off the cavalry to
Saintes, ii. 306;
his new responsibility, ii. 314;
his greatness, ii. 315;
success of a part of his army at La Roche Abeille, ii. 319;
his castle plundered, ii. 321;
wishes to lay siege to Saumur, ii. 324;
reluctantly consents to lay siege to Poitiers, ib.;
declared infamous by parliament, and a price set on his
head, ii. 330, 331;
his remarks upon the injuries done to him, ii. 331, note;
his army weakened, ii. 332;
starts to meet Montgomery, ib.;
wounded and defeated at Moncontour, ii. 332-336;
encouraged by L'Estrange, ii. 347;
his bold plan of march, ii. 348;
he sweeps through Guyenne, ii. 349;
his wonderful success, ii. 352;
turns toward Paris, ii. 353;
his illness interrupts negotiations, ib.;
he engages Marshal Cosse at Arnay-le-Duc, ii. 354;
approaches Paris, ii. 355, 356;
he is consulted respecting the Flemish project, ii. 386;
he marries his second wife, Jacqueline d'Entremont, ib.;
marriage of his daughter Louise de Chatillon to Teligny, ii. 387;
he accepts an invitation to come to court at Blois, ib.;
his honorable reception, ii. 389;
he receives a present of one hundred thousand livres from the
king, ib.;
revisits Chatillon-sur-Loing, ii. 408;
accepts the king's invitation to Paris, ii. 409;
he is remonstrated with as to his imprudence, but replies
magnanimously, ii. 409, 410;
he retains his courage after the rout of Genlis, ii. 417;
the memorial on the advantages of a Flemish war, ib.;
his magnanimity under discouragement, ii. 420;
he is partially successful in reassuring the king, ii. 421;
at the marriage of Henry of Navarre, ii. 428;
his last letter to his wife, ii. 430;
Catharine and Anjou resolve to despatch him, ii. 434;
they call in the Duchess of Nemours and Henry of Guise, ib.;
Coligny receives assurances from the king that he will soon pay
attention to the Huguenot complaints, ii. 447;
he is wounded by Maurevel, Aug. 22, 1572, ii. 438;
his intrepidity, ii. 440;
he is visited by Charles and Catharine, ii. 441-444;
he dictates letters to his friends, requesting them to remain
quiet, ii. 453;
his house is entered by Cosseins and his band, ii. 457;
he is stabbed by Besme and despatched by others, ii. 458;
his body is thrown into the court, where Henry of Guise recognizes
and kicks it, ii. 459;
his body is ignominiously treated, ib.;
the head is sent on to Rome, ii. 460;
his character and work, ib.;
his reluctance to resort to arms, ii. 461;
destruction of his papers, ib., note;
his will, ii. 462, note;
his ability as a general, ib.;
a remark ascribed to him by Lord Macaulay, ii. 463, note;
his daily life, ii. 463;
a patron of learning, ii. 464;
his integrity, ii. 465;
the attempt of Catharine to inculpate him, ii. 495;
his memory declared infamous, his castle razed, etc., ii. 496;
indignities to his remains, 496, 497;
his burial-place, ii. 497, note;
Walsingham defends his memory, ii. 547.
College Royal, founded, i. 43;
opposed by the Sorbonne, i. 44.
Colloquy of Poissy. See Poissy, Colloquy of.
Commission to try Lutherans, i. 124;
a new form of inquisition, i. 125;
its powers, i. 126;
indorsed and enlarged by the Pope, ib.
Compiegne, edict of July 24, 1557, i. 301.
Comtat Venaissin, i. 4;
history of, i. 231;
Montbrun in, i. 414;
the inhabitants of, reconciled by Charles IX. to those of
Orange, ii. 165;
included in the Huguenot scheme of organization, ii. 618.
Concordat of Leo X. and Francis I., i. 35, 36;
excites dissatisfaction, i. 37;
opposed by parliament, ib.;
reluctantly registered, i. 39;
opposed by the university, ib.;
advantageous to the crown, i. 41.
Conde, Henry, Prince of, son of Louis: he and his cousin, Henry
of Navarre, are recognized as generals-in-chief of the
Huguenots, ii. 314;
nicknamed "one of the admiral's pages," ib.;
at Moncontour, ii. 334;
at Paris, ii. 428, 439;
he is commanded by the king to abjure Protestantism, and
threatened, ii. 468;
his brave reply, ii. 469;
his forced conversion, ii. 498, 499;
he escapes to Germany, ii. 629, 630.
Conde, Louis de Bourbon, Prince of, favors the Reformation, i. 313;
his peril after the Tumult of Amboise, i. 393;
he is summoned by Francis II., ib.;
his defiance and Guise's offer, i. 394;
pressure upon him to come to Orleans, i. 432;
his infatuation, i. 435;
is arrested on his reaching court, i. 436;
his remark to his brother the Cardinal of Bourbon, ib.;
his courage, i. 437;
his wife repulsed, i. 438;
he is tried by a commission and is sentenced to death, i. 439, 440;
he is cleared by parliament, i. 465;
and reconciled to Guise, i. 466;
revives the courage of the Protestants at court, ii. 18;
he demands the punishment of the author of the massacre of
Vassy, ii. 26, 27;
meets Guise entering Paris, ii. 29;
receives letters from Catharine imploring his help, ii. 31, 32;
retires from Paris to Meaux, ii. 33;
his course justified by La Noue, ib.;
he is too weak to anticipate the Triumvirs at Fontainebleau, ii. 36;
throws himself into Orleans, ii. 38, 39;
publishes a justification of his assumption of arms, ii. 40;
his measures to repress iconoclasm, ii. 43, 45;
replies to the petition of the Triumvirs, ii. 59-61;
eloquence of the reply, ii. 61;
holds an interview with Catharine de' Medici, ii. 62;
"loans" Beaugency to the King of Navarre, ii. 63;
he retakes it, and furloughs a part of his army, ii. 66;
he takes the field, ii. 85;
is urged by the Protestant ministers to enforce morality in the
army, ii. 86;
captures Pithiviers, ii. 87;
appears before Paris, ib.;
his delay, ii. 89;
suffers himself to be amused with fruitless conferences, ii. 90, 91;
engages the enemy at Dreux, ii. 93;
is taken prisoner, ii. 94;
settles with the constable the terms of peace, ii. 113;
is deceived by the assurances of Catharine de' Medici, ii. 117;
he complains of the insolent speech of Damours, ii. 131;
he espouses the defence of Coligny against the Guises, ii. 135;
he is enticed by Catharine de' Medici, ii. 144;
his amorous intrigue with Isabeau de Limueil, ii. 145;
death of his wife, Eleonore de Roye, ib.;
he disappoints Catharine by remaining steadfast to the Huguenot
cause, ii. 146;
remonstrates with the government just before the outbreak of the second
civil war, ii. 197;
at St. Denis, ii. 209;
gives the battle of St. Denis, Nov. 10, 1567, ii. 213;
he is exonerated by Catharine de' Medici from the charge of disloyal
acts and intentions, ii. 219;
goes to meet the Germans, ii. 219, 220;
meets John Casimir and his army, ii. 222;
marches towards Orleans, ii. 223;
favors the peace of Longjumeau, ii. 235;
retires to Noyers, ii. 251;
attempt of court to ruin, ii. 256;
his answer, ii. 257;
plot to seize, ii. 265;
his last appeal, ii. 267;
his flight to La Rochelle, ii. 268;
his forces, ii. 285;
goes into winter quarters, ii. 286;
endeavors to join the auxiliaries from the south, ii. 299;
is wounded and treacherously killed in the battle of Jarnac,
March 13, 1569, ii. 301, 302;
his character, ii. 303, 304;
his body treated with ignominy, ii. 306, 307.
Conference, rumored, between Roman Catholic princes, for the extirpation
of heresy, ii. 156.
Confession of faith of the French Protestant churches, i. 335.
Confraternities, institution of, ii. 179;
forbidden by Charles IX., ii. 180;
Tavannes favors the revival of, ii. 246;
the "Christian and Royal League" formed at Troyes, ib.
Contarini, a Venetian ambassador, his estimate of Admiral Coligny as a
general, ii. 462, 463.
Controversial pamphlets against the Protestants, i. 311, 312.
Conty, ii. 428.
Cop, Rector, his extraordinary address before the university, i. 153;
his threatened arrest and flight, i. 154.
Coras, Jean, a Protestant member of the Parliament of Toulouse, put to
death, ii. 522.
Cornu, Pierre, his remark on Pauvan's speech, i. 92.
Correro, Venetian ambassador, on the number of Huguenots murdered during
the short peace, ii. 250;
on Catharine de' Medici, ii. 370.
Cosse, Marshal, ii. 220, 289, 334;
engages Coligny at Arnay-le-Duc, ii. 354;
negotiates for peace, ii. 356;
the king's estimate of, ii. 409;
thrown into the Bastile, ii. 628.
Cosseins sent with fifty guards ostensibly for Coligny's
protection, ii. 452.
Cosset, an agent in the massacre at Meaux, ii. 505-507.
Coucy, declaration of, July 16, 1535, extends a partial
forgiveness, i. 179.
Coudray, M. de, his courageous and pious death, ii. 510.
Courault, an evangelical preacher, i. 151.
Court of France, change in its sentiments respecting the
Reformation, i. 195;
fatal error of, ii. 339;
flight from Saint Germain, ii. 626.
Courtenay, the Sieur de, ii. 192.
Courtene, Baron de, decapitated, ii. 330.
Courteville, or Courtewille, secretary of Philip II., sent on a secret
mission, i. 568.
"Cramp-rings," their use, i. 100.
Crevant, the Protestants of, attacked, ii. 162.
Croc, Du, French ambassador in Scotland, ii. 550.
Croquet, Nicholas, put to death at Paris, for celebrating the Lord's
Supper, ii. 329.
Crusade, a, preached at Toulouse, ii. 278;
is indorsed by a papal bull, ii. 279.
Crussol, Antoine de, Count, appointed by a political assembly at
Nismes, head and conservator of the reformed party in
Languedoc, ii. 86;
cf. ii. 283.
Crussol, Madame de, her remark to Cardinal Lorraine, i. 505.
Cuniga, Don Juan de, Spanish envoy at Rome, denies the premeditation
of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 535.
Curee, royal governor of Vendome, killed by the Roman Catholic
noblesse, ii. 162.
D.
Damours, advocate-general in the Parliament of Rouen, makes a violent
and seditious speech before Charles IX. at Gaillon, ii. 131;
on Conde's complaint he is arrested, ib.
Damville, Marshal, ii. 255, 428, 441, 599, 604, 628.
Dauphin, Prince, name given to the son of the Duke of
Montpensier, ii. 343.
Dauphiny, orders for the extermination of the Huguenots in, sent out
in the name of Francis II., i. 406;
disorders and bloodshed in, ii. 47;
troops of, withdraw from the west, ii. 348;
Gordes refuses to massacre the Protestants of, ii. 526;
demands of the tiers etat of, ii. 603;
exploits of Montbrun in, ii 621, 622.
Dax, massacre in the prisons of, ii. 528, note.
Decemvirate, the bloody, i. 321.
Declarations, royal. See Edicts.
Dehors, a merchant of Rouen, hung for reproving the seditious
populace, i. 445.
Demochares, or De Mouchy, a doctor of the Sorbonne and an inquisitor
of the faith, his controversial pamphlet, i. 311.
Desire, Artus, despatched by the Sorbonne to invoke the aid of
Philip II., i. 467, 468.
Deux Ponts, reinforcements to the Huguenots from, ii. 71;
the Duke of, comes with German auxiliaries, ii. 315;
his declaration treated with contempt by Charles IX., ii. 316;
succeeds in penetrating France, and bringing to Coligny
reinforcements, ii. 317;
his death, ii. 318, 364.
Diana of Poitiers, Duchess of Valentinois, i. 261, 262;
the infatuation of Henry II. for her, 262;
undertakes to silence a poor tailor arrested as a
Protestant, i. 277;
instigates persecution in order to secure the confiscated property
of the Protestants, i. 282;
is dismissed from court on the accession of Francis II., i. 349.
Dieppe, Protestant assemblies in, i. 408;
great Protestant "temple" destroyed, ib.
"Dieu de Pate," an opprobrious designation of the Roman Catholic
host, ii. 121.
Domfront, ii. 632.
Douen, O., author of Clement Marot et le Psautier huguenot, ii. 347.
"Dragonnades," ii. 244.
Dreux, the battle of, Dec. 19, 1562, ii. 93, seq.;
mistakes of both sides at, 95, note.
Du Chesne, or Quercu, i. 23, 50.
Duprat, Cardinal, i. 109, 123.
E.
Ebeling, F. W., ii. 569.
Ecclesiastical discipline adopted by the French Protestant
churches, i. 336.
Ecouen, the magnificent seat of the Montmorency family, i. 353.
Edicts, Declarations, and Ordinances, Royal:
Edict of Francis I., January 13, 1535, abolishing the art of
printing, i. 169;
declaration of Coucy, July 16, 1535, extending partial
forgiveness, i. 179;
edict of Lyons, May 31, 1536, i. 192;
edict of Fontainebleau, June 1, 1540, cutting off appeal, i. 218;
letters patent of Lyons, August 30, 1542, enjoining vigilance, i. 220;
ordinance of Paris, July 23, 1543, defining the provinces of the
lay and ecclesiastical judges, and making heresy punishable as
sedition, i. 221, 222;
Henry II.'s edict of Fontainebleau, Dec. 11, 1547, against books from
Geneva, i. 275;
edict of Paris, Nov. 19, 1549, conferring power of arrest for heresy
upon the ecclesiastical judges, i. 278;
edict of Chateaubriand, June 27, 1551, removing appeal from the
presidial judges, i. 279;
edicts establishing the Spanish Inquisition in France,
1555, i. 287, 288;
edict of Compiegne, July 24, 1557, confirming the papal appointment
of three inquisitors-general, i. 300, 312;
Francis II.'s edict of amnesty, Amboise, March, 1560, i. 385;
restrictive edict of March 22, 1560, i. 390;
edict of Romorantin, May, 1560, continuing the
persecution, i. 410, 411;
Charles IX.'s letters-patent, Fontainebleau, April 19, 1561, enjoining
toleration and permitting the return of exiles, i. 476, 477;
"Edict of July," July 11, 1561, forbidding conventicles, etc., i. 483;
edict for the restitution of the churches, Oct. 18, 1561, i. 544;
royal letters interpreting previous edicts, i. 561;
"Edict of January," January 17, 1562, recognizing Huguenot
rights, i. 576, 577;
declaration of the king that he is not in duress, ii. 54;
edict of April 11, 1562, ostensibly re-enacting, but really annulling
the edict of January, ii. 57;
edict of pacification, Amboise, March 19, 1563, terminating the first
civil war, ii. 115;
restrictive declarations infringing upon the edict of
Amboise, ii. 160, 161;
declaration of Roussillon, Aug. 4, 1564, ii. 161, 162;
other declarations, ii. 162, note;
edict, in 1566, for the relief of the scattered
Huguenots, ii. 184, 185;
edict of pacification, Longjumeau, March 23, 1568, terminating the
second civil war, ii. 234;
Charles IX. throws the edicts of pacification into the fire, ii. 276;
proscriptive edicts of Sept., 1568, ib.;
edict of pacification, Saint Germain, Aug. 8, 1570, terminating the
third civil war, ii. 363-365;
edict of pacification, Boulogne, July, 1573, terminating the fourth
civil war, ii. 593, 594.
Edward III., of England, confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.
Eidgenossen, explanation of name of Huguenots, i. 397.
Elbeuf, Marquis of, i. 269.
Elector Palatine, Frederick III., the Pious, intercedes for Anne du
Bourg, and desires to make him professor of law in the University
of Heidelberg, i. 371;
sends theologians to France, who come too late for the Colloquy
of Poissy, i. 544;
sends his son, John Casimir, to help the Huguenots in the second
civil war, ii. 218;
he previously sends Zuleger to see the state of affairs in
France, ii. 218, 219;
receives Henry of Anjou, king elect of Poland, at Heidelberg, ii. 610.
Elizabeth, Queen, of England, her help invoked, ii. 55, 71;
her hard conditions, ii. 73;
her declaration, Sept. 20, 1562, ii. 74;
her aid rather damages than furthers the Protestant cause, ib.;
her letter to Mary of Scots, ii. 76;
her tardy recognition of the importance of the Huguenot
struggle, ii. 117;
she is summoned to restore Havre, ii. 126;
her misgivings as to helping the Huguenots in the third civil
war, ii. 294;
her double-dealing and effrontery, ii. 295-297;
her coldness after the Huguenot defeat at Jarnac, ii. 310;
projected marriage with the Duke of Anjou, ii. 377, seq.;
proposition to substitute Alencon, ii. 380;
Anjou's new ardor, ib.;
she interposes obstacles, ib.;
the Anjou match abandoned, 396;
Alencon suggested in his place and duly lauded, ii. 398;
enters into a treaty of amity with France, April 18, 1572, ii. 398;
her perversity, ib., note;
she inspires the French with no confidence, ii. 414;
rumors that she means to desert her allies, ii. 419, 420;
she toys with dishonorable proposals from the Netherlands, ii. 422;
her cold reception of La Mothe Fenelon after the massacre, ii. 543;
declaration of her council, ii. 544;
she censures Charles IX. for profaning the day of his
daughter's birth by witnessing the execution of Briquemault
and Cavaignes, ii. 549, 550;
she secretly sends assistance to La Rochelle, ii. 588;
she disowns the enterprise of Montgomery after its failure, ib.;
she refuses to become executioner for the King of France, ii. 589.
England, divided sympathies of the English, ii. 56;
generous response of the English people, ii. 292;
its horror at the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 541;
great irritation in, ii. 545.
English rebellion, the, encourages the French court in the war against
the Huguenots, ii. 358.
Entremont, Jacqueline d', marries Admiral Coligny, ii. 386.
Epilepsy cured by kings and queens of England, i. 100.
Escars, D', a treacherous servant of Antoine, King of Navarre, ii. 9.
Esnay, the inhumanity of the monks of, ii. 517.
Espense, Claude d', speech of, at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 532;
confers with the Protestants, i. 538.
Espine, Jean de l', a converted Carmelite monk, and a minister at the
Colloquy of Poissy i. 509, 510;
in the Conference of Saint Germain, 539;
his escape on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 477.
Essarts, in Poitou, persecution at, i. 216.
Este, Anne d', daughter of Renee de France, married successively to
the Duke of Guise and the Duke of Nemours, at the hollow
reconciliation at Moulins, ii. 184;
she enters readily into the plan for assassinating Admiral
Coligny, ii. 434, 435.
Esternay, M. d', his residence burned, ii. 239;
comes to the help of the Huguenots, ii. 315.
Estrange, L', encourages Coligny, ii. 347.
Estrapade, an ingenious contrivance for prolonging the torture of
Protestant martyrs, i. 177, 178.
Etampes captured by Conde, ii. 87;
retaken by Guise, ii. 97.
Etienne, or Stephens, Robert, on the ignorance of the Bible on the
part of the clergy, i. 57.
Expiatory procession, the great, of January 21, 1535, i. 173-176.
F.
Faculty of Arts, its displeasure at the proceedings against the rector,
Nicholas Cop, i. 154.
Farel, Guillaume, i. 68;
his devotion, i. 69;
invited to Meaux, i. 73;
goes to Dauphiny, i. 83;
at Montbeliard, i. 117;
intercession of Berne for his relatives, i. 156;
probably not the author of the placard of 1534, i. 164;
labors in Geneva, i. 197;
urges Calvin to remain at Geneva, i. 208;
his recollections, i. 209;
his efforts for the persecuted at Paris, i. 309;
his liturgy, i. 342.
"Fashion of Geneva," the, i. 341, seq.
Fat, human, put to a new use by an apothecary of Lyons, ii. 517.
Faur, Du, his speech in the "mercuriale" of 1559, i. 334;
his arrest, i. 335.
Ferralz, M. de, ii. 534.
Ferrara, Duchess of. See Renee de France.
Ferrara, Ippolito d'Este, Cardinal of, sent as legate to France, i. 548;
his character, i. 550;
his reception by the French people, i. 550, 551;
Chancellor L'Hospital opposes his recognition, i. 551, 552;
his intrigues and success, i. 552, 553;
ii. 17.
Feudal system, decline of, i. 5.
Fiefs, absorbed in royal domain, i. 8.
Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, writes against Lefevre, i. 71.
Five scholars of Lausanne, the, martyrdom of, i. 283, seq.
Florida, the Huguenot attempts to colonize, ii. 199;
the first expedition, 1562, ii. 199;
the second expedition, 1564, ii. 199, 200;
the third expedition and its disastrous close, ii. 200;
efforts of the French government to obtain satisfaction from
Philip II., ii. 201, 202;
sanguinary revenge of Dominique de Gourgues, ii. 202.
Florimond de Raemond, his remarks on the effects of the execution of Du
Bourg and others, i. 373, 374.
Foix, Catharine de, her remark to John d'Albret, i. 107.
Foix, M. de, ii. 398.
Foix, progress of Protestantism in, i. 562.
Folion, Nicholas, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.
Fontaine, M. de la, writes a lying account of the French massacre, in
order to deceive the Swiss, ii. 558.
Fontainebleau, the assembly of notables, August 21, 1560, i. 415;
speech of Chancellor L'Hospital, i. 416;
Admiral Coligny presents two petitions for the Huguenots, i. 416, 417;
speeches of Montluc, i. 418;
of Marillac, i. 420;
of Coligny, i. 421;
rejoinder of Guise, i. 422;
speech of Cardinal Lorraine, i. 423;
the results, i. 424;
the States General to be convened, and, meantime, all punishment for
the matter of religion to cease, ib.
Fontainebleau, edict of, given by Francis I., June 1, 1540, i. 218;
by Henry II., Dec. 11, 1547, i. 275;
letters-patent of, by Charles IX., April 19, 1561, i. 477.
Fontenay, ii. 361.
Fontenille, ii. 575.
Fool, court, sensible remark of the, i. 351.
Forquevaulx, French ambassador at Madrid, insists upon satisfaction for
the murder of the Huguenot colonists in Florida, ii. 201.
Fosse, Vore de la, sent on a mission to Melanchthon, i. 182.
France, at accession of Francis I., i. 3;
territorial development, i. 4;
subdivision in tenth century, i. 5;
foremost kingdom of Christendom, i. 6;
contrast with England, i. 7;
assimilation of language, etc., i. 8;
military resources, i. 10;
infested by highwaymen, i. 44;
changes in boundaries during the sixteenth century, i. 66;
population of in the sixteenth century, ii. 159.
Francis I., his reply to Charles V., i. 14;
and to Montmorency, i. 15;
his concordat with the Pope, i. 35;
haughty demeanor toward the parliament, i. 38;
and university, i. 39;
his acquirements overrated, i. 42;
patronage of art, ib.;
founds the College Royal, i. 43;
interferes for Lefevre, i. 72;
his personal appearance, i. 99;
character and tastes, i. 100, 101;
he is said miraculously to cure the king's evil, ib.;
contrasted with Charles V., i. 101;
his religious convictions, and fear of innovation, i. 102;
loose morals, i. 103, 104;
anxiety for papal support, i. 104;
at Madrid, abdicates in favor of the dauphin, i. 107;
his captivity, i. 122;
he violates his pledges to Charles V., i. 134;
his pecuniary straits, i. 135;
assembles the notables ib.;
promises to prove himself "Very Christian," i. 137;
treats with the Germans, i. 147;
and with Henry VIII., i. 148;
his interview with Clement VII., ib.;
declines the Pope's proposal of a crusade, i. 149;
rejects the intercession of the Bernese, i. 155;
his letter to the Bishop of Paris ordering him to authorize
two counsellors of parliament to proceed against the
"Lutherans,", i. 156;
favorably impressed by Melanchthon's plan of reconciliation, i. 162;
his anger when a copy of the placard of 1534 is posted on his
bedchamber door, i. 167;
which is enhanced by political considerations, i. 168;
his disgraceful edict abolishing the art of printing i. 169;
the edict suspended, i. 170;
orders an expiatory procession, i. 173;
he takes part in it with great apparent devoutness, i. 175;
his memorable speech in the episcopal palace, i. 176;
his declaration of Coucy, July 16, 1535, extending a partial
forgiveness, i. 179;
is said to have been begged by Paul III. to moderate his
cruelty, i. 180;
his clemency dictated by policy, i. 181;
his letter to the German princes in extenuation of his
conduct, i. 182;
formally invites Melanchthon, i. 184;
acquiesces in the Sorbonne's condemnation of Melanchthon's
articles, i. 188;
his representations through Du Bellay to the German princes at
Smalcald, i. 188;
Du Bellay makes, in his name, a Protestant confession, i. 189;
he does not deceive the Germans, i. 190;
his edict of Lyons, May 31, 1536, i. 192;
rejects the intercession of Strasbourg, Zurich, and Berne, ib.;
his orthodoxy no longer questioned, i. 194;
how viewed by the reformers in his later days, i. 195;
issues the edict of Fontainebleau, June 1, 1540, cutting off
appeal, i. 218;
his letters-patent from Lyons, August 30, 1542, i. 220;
his declaration at Angouleme, respecting "sacramentarians," i. 221;
his ordinance of Paris, July 23, 1543, making heresy punishable as
treason, i. 221;
gives force of law to the Sorbonne's Twenty-five Articles, i. 224;
sends a letter of pardon to the Waldenses of Provence, i. 241;
delays the execution of the Arret de Merindol, i. 243;
is led by calumnious accusations to revoke his order, i. 244;
his death, i. 258;
impartial estimates of his character, ib.;
his three sons, i. 259;
confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.
Francis, the dauphin, son of Francis I., his death, i. 259.
Francis II., eldest son of Henry II., and husband of Mary, Queen of
Scots: his accession, i. 347;
his edict of amnesty, i. 385;
makes the Duke of Guise his lieutenant-general, with absolute
power, i. 389, 390;
extends the terms of the amnesty, i. 390;
but explains it away by another edict, i. 390, 391;
he is visibly affected by the executions of Amboise, i. 392;
he is made to order the extermination of the Huguenots of
Dauphiny, i. 406;
issues the edict of Romorantin, i. 410;
universal commotion in his kingdom, i. 413, 414;
he convokes the notables at Fontainebleau, i. 415;
declares that he takes Coligny's presentation of the Huguenot
petition in good part, i. 417;
is urged to stab Antoine, King of Navarre, but cannot muster
courage to do it, i. 440, 441;
sends for Navarre and Conde, i. 425;
orders the arrest and trial of Conde, i. 436;
further designs for the extermination of the Huguenots before the
termination of his reign, i. 444, 442;
his failing health, i. 442;
his death, i. 444;
saves the Huguenots, i. 449;
recognized as a direct answer to their prayers, i. 450;
his mean funeral obsequies, "the enemy of the Huguenots being buried
like a Huguenot," ib.
"Franco-Gallia," by Francois Hotman, a book touching on the royal
authority, ii. 615.
Francour, Francoeur, or Francourt, goes with Beza to demand punishment
for the massacre of Vassy, ii. 27, 218.
Frederick III., the Pious. See Elector Palatine.
Freer, Miss, on Coligny's reception at Blois, and his alleged
alarm, ii. 389, note.
French language, aversion of clergy for, i. 56.
Fribourg, the canton of, ii. 557.
"Fribours," a nickname for the Protestants, i. 398.
Froissy, his outrageous conduct toward M d'Esternay, ii. 239.
Froment, the reformer, labors in Geneva, i. 197.
Frontenay, or Fontenay, M. de, escapes from the massacre, ii. 481-483;
negotiates with Biron, ii. 623.
"Fronts d'airain," ii. 603.
Froude, James Anthony, mistakes in his account of the Colloquy of
Poissy, i. 497, note;
his singularly inaccurate account of French affairs about the time of
the massacre of Vassy, ii. 25, 26;
his error respecting Cardinal Chatillon, ii. 291, note;
his remarks on the fatal policy of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 423.
G.
Gaillard, Captain, his blasphemy and fury at the massacre in
Orleans, ii. 570, 571.
Gallars, Nicholas des, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509;
takes part in the Conference of Saint Germain, i. 539.
Gallican liberties, the, i. 25.
Garde, Baron de la. See Poulain.
Garnier, M., incorrectly estimates the Huguenots as constituting
nearly one-third of the population of France, ii. 159.
Garrisons in Huguenot towns, ii. 244.
Gastines, Abbe de, executed by order of Conde, by way of
retaliation, ii. 80.
"Gastines, Croix de," ii. 329;
erected on the site of the house of the Gastines, put to death for
having celebrated the Lord's Supper, ib.;
character of the elder Gastines, ii. 330;
the cross taken down by order of the king, ii. 375, 376.
Geneva becomes the centre of Protestant activity, i. 196;
secures its independence with the assistance of Francis I. and the
Bernese, i. 197;
according to the Venetian Suriano "the mine from which the ore of
heresy is extracted," i. 214;
war upon books from, i. 280;
the "Five from Geneva" executed at Chambery, i. 297;
danger menacing the city, i. 326;
a joint expedition against it proposed by Henry II., but declined by
the Duke of Alva, i. 327;
character and influence of the ministers from, i. 402;
their numbers, i. 403;
books from, destroyed, i. 428;
the children in Languedoc, according to Villars, all know the Geneva
catechism by heart, i. 429;
Charles IX. writes to the magistrates of Geneva to stop the coming of
Protestant ministers, i. 463;
their answer, i. 464;
sympathy of the citizens for the Huguenots escaped from the Massacre
of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 554, seq.;
a fast appointed at ii. 555;
its hospitality and danger, ii. 557;
good advice given to Nismes, ib.;
the city saved by the illness of Charles IX., ib.
Geneva, Little, a part of Paris so called from the number of Protestants
inhabiting it, i. 361;
pretended orgies in, i. 365.
Genlis, a knight of the Order, forsakes Conde and goes over to the
enemy, ii. 90, 91.
Genlis, Jean de Hangest, Seigneur de, ii. 384;
rout of July 19, 1572, ii. 415;
he is taken prisoner, ib.;
his death, ib., note.
German Protestant princes are not deceived by Du Bellay's representations
in the name of Francis I., i. 190;
nor by those of the Duke of Orleans, i. 228;
intercede for the Vaudois of Provence, i. 242;
for the persecuted Protestants, i. 313, 314;
their aid invoked by the Huguenots in the second civil war, ii. 217;
intercession of the, ii. 362;
after the massacre, ii. 551, seq.
German troops, insubordination of, ii. 332.
Germany, rumors of treacherous designs on the part of France after the
Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 611, note.
Gerson, John, i. 23, 64.
Giustiniano, Marino, the Venetian ambassador reports the reasons
Francis I. had assigned to him for abating the severity of
the persecution of the Protestants, i. 181.
Glandage, M. de, plunders the city of Orange, ii. 620;
declares that only the point of his sword is Huguenot, ii. 621.
Gondy, Albert de. See Retz.
Gordes, Governor of Dauphiny, refuses to allow the Protestants to be
massacred, ii. 526.
Goudimel, an excellent musician, sets the psalms of Marot and Beza to
music in several parts, ii. 517, note;
he is murdered, ib.
Governors, royal, oppression of Protestants by, ii. 245.
Grandfief, M. de, ii. 617.
Grand Marche, a part of Meaux inhabited by Huguenots, massacre
at, ii. 505-507.
Granvelle, Cardinal, his conference with the Cardinal of
Lorraine, i. 315.
Gravelines, the rout of, i. 321.
Gregory XIII., Pope, receives the submission of the King of Navarre
and the Prince of Conde, recognizes the validity of their
marriages, and admits them to his favor, by a bull of
Oct. 27, 1572, ii. 500;
his incredulity as to the "pious" intentions of Charles IX. and
Catharine de' Medici, ii. 530, 564;
orders public rejoicings at Rome over the news of the massacre of
the Protestants, ii. 531, 532;
commemorative medals, ii. 532;
commemorative paintings by Vasari, ii. 533;
his extravagant expressions of joy, ii. 534;
gives audience to Maurevel, ib.
Grignan, Count de, Governor of Provence, i. 245.
Grimaudet, Francois, representative of the tiers etat of Anjou, his
scathing exposure of the morals of the clergy, i. 430.
Gualtieri, Sebastiano, Bishop of Viterbo, nuncio to France, i. 548;
his despondency and recall, i. 548, 549;
hated by Catharine de' Medici, on account of his boorish ways, i. 552.
Guerchy, ii. 317, 438;
he defends himself on St. Bartholomew's Day, but is overpowered and
killed, ii. 472, 475.
Guilloche Jean de, a Protestant member of the Parliament of Bordeaux,
killed, ii. 524.
Guillotiere, Faubourg de la, at Lyons, ii. 516.
Guise, the family of, i. 266;
warning of Francis I. against, ib.
Guise, Claude, Duke of, i. 266;
his six sons, i 268.
Guise, Francis, Duke of, i. 261;
his great credit with Henry II., i. 268, 269;
his character, i. 269;
captures the city of Calais, i. 312;
his great power on the accession of Francis II., i. 351, 352;
indignation against him and his brother, i. 375;
their confidence before the Tumult of Amboise, i. 382;
the Duke is made lieutenant-general of the kingdom, i. 389, 390;
his perplexity, i. 413;
his angry rejoinder to Coligny at the assembly of
Fontainebleau, i. 422;
he and Lorraine make advances to Catharine de' Medici, which she
refuses, i. 443;
their alarm on the accession of Charles IX., i. 450;
with Montmorency and St. Andre forms the Triumvirate, i. 470, 471;
his exultation over the "Edict of July," i. 484;
goes with his brothers to meet the Duke of Wuertemberg at
Saverne, ii. 13;
his lying assurances, ii. 15;
he proceeds to Vassy, ii. 21;
where a bloody massacre takes place, ii. 22;
pamphlets respecting the massacre, ii. 22, 23;
he attempts to vindicate himself from being the author of the
massacre, ii. 24;
is forbidden by Catharine de' Medici to enter Paris, but is invited
to come with a small suite to court, ii. 27;
makes a triumphal entry into Paris, ii. 28;
meets Conde and the Protestants going to a "preche," ii. 29;
brings Charles IX. and Catharine de' Medici back to Paris, ii. 36;
sends for foreign aid, ii. 54;
reply of his adherents to Conde's declaration, ii. 58;
an intercepted letter of, ii. 65, note;
his good generalship at Dreux, ii. 94;
retakes Pithiviers and Etampes, ii. 97;
lays siege to Orleans, ii. 99;
captures the Portereau, ii. 100;
is shot by Poltrot, Feb 18, 1563, ii. 103;
Beza and Coligny, accused of having instigated the murder, vindicate
themselves, ii. 105, seq.;
his character, ii. 109, 110, 112;
The petition of his family aimed at Coligny, ii. 136;
the settlement of the feud delayed, ii. 137;
the hollow reconciliation at Moulins, ii. 184. See Triumvirs.
Guise, Henry, Duke of, son of Francis, throws himself into
Poitiers, ii. 324;
marries Catharine of Cleves, widow of Prince Porcien, ii. 432;
his aid called in by Catharine de' Medici and Anjou in the
assassination of Coligny, ii. 434;
he comes to take leave of Charles, and receives a rough
answer, ii. 446;
goes with a band to assassinate Coligny, ii. 456;
kicks the dead body of the admiral, ii. 459;
pursues Montgomery and his companions, ii. 483;
throws the responsibility of the massacre upon the king, ii. 491;
policy of, in rescuing a few Huguenots, ii. 491, note;
in making his province of Champagne an exception to the
massacre, ii. 525.
Guise, Louis, Cardinal of, younger brother of the Cardinal of
Lorraine, i 269;
at Saverne, ii. 13;
author of the massacre of Sens, ii. 46;
at the Bayonne conference, ii. 170;
tries a heretical curate, ii. 192.
Guitry, M. de, ii. 625.
H.
Hans, Jean de, a seditious preacher, i. 567.
Haton, Claude, on morals of clergy, i. 53, 54;
on their non-residence and plurality, i. 457;
complains of Huguenot boldness, i. 570;
his singular account of the massacre of Vassy, ii. 23;
on the miracle of the Cimetiere des Innocents, ii. 488;
on the rosaries in the hands of Huguenot ladies, ii. 525.
"Haute justice" ii. 364, note.
Havre, the English in, ii. 84;
surrender of, demanded of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 126;
fall of, July 29, 1563, ii. 127.
Heidelberg, reception of Henry of Anjou at, ii. 610.
Hennuyer, Le, Bishop of Lisieux, apocryphal speech ascribed to, ii. 525.
Henry of Orleans, afterwards Henry II., married to Catharine de'
Medici, i. 148;
ascends the throne, March 31, 1547, i. 258;
his insubordination, i. 259;
his great bodily vigor, ib.;
his character, i. 260;
his inordinate love of pleasure, ib.;
is ruled by Diana of Poitiers, Constable Montmorency, and Cardinal
Lorraine, ib.;
his court, according to Dr. Wotton, i. 261;
rapacity of the courtiers, i. 272, 273;
is persuaded to persecute the Protestants to atone for his immoral
life. i. 274;
publishes an edict, Fontainebleau, Dec. 11, 1547, against books from
Geneva, etc., i. 275;
witnesses the execution of a poor tailor of the Rue St.
Antoine, i. 277;
his edict conferring power of arrest for heresy upon ecclesiastical
judges, Paris, Nov. 19, 1549, i. 278;
he issues the edict of Chateaubriand, June 27, 1551, removing appeal
from the decisions of presidial judges, i. 279;
his more than papal strictness, i. 286;
makes repeated attempts to introduce the Spanish
Inquisition, i. 287, 288, 289;
he breaks the truce of Vaucelles at the solicitation of Pope Paul IV.,
and renews war with Philip II., i. 297;
issues the edict of Compiegne, July 24, 1557, i. 300;
rejects the Swiss intercession after the affair of the Rue St.
Jacques, i. 310;
compels parliament to register the inquisition edict, i. 312;
his indignation at the psalm-singing on the Pre aux Clercs, i. 315;
summons Francois d'Andelot, whom he orders to be
imprisoned, i. 317, 318;
desperate schemes to obtain money, i. 321;
makes the treaty of Cateau-Cambresis with Philip of Spain and Mary of
England, i. 322;
communicates to William, Prince of Orange, his own designs and those of
Philip II. against the Protestants, i. 325;
proposes a joint French and Spanish expedition against Geneva, i. 327;
attends a _mercuriale_ of the Parliament of Paris, i. 332;
orders the arrest of Du Bourg and other counsellors, i. 335;
marriage festivities for his daughter, i. 338;
is mortally wounded by Montgomery in the tournament,
June 30, 1559, i. 339;
his death, July 10, 1559, i. 340;
epigrams upon the event, i. 346.
Henry of Valois, third son of Henry II., afterward king of France as
Henry III., baptized first Edward Alexander, i. 415;
is made Duke of Anjou. See Anjou, Duke of.
Heptameron of the Queen of Navarre, i. 119, seq.
Heresy, views of Calvin respecting the punishment of, i. 211;
made punishable as treason by Francis I., i. 222.
Herminjard, M., on Briconnet's defection, i. 81.
Hesse, the Landgrave of, his opinion of the representations of the
Guises, ii. 17;
declines to help the Huguenots, ii. 217;
his distrust after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 552;
will have nothing to do with the candidature of Alencon for King of
the Romans, ii. 609.
Heu, Gaspard de, his judicial assassination, i. 379, 380.
Hospital, Michel de l', Chancellor, i. 13;
rebukes Parliament of Bordeaux, i. 19;
his character, i. 412;
little good expected of him, ib.;
one of the original conspirators of Amboise, ib.;
speech at the Assembly of Fontainebleau, i. 416;
refuses to sign the sentence of the Prince of Conde, i. 440;
his address at the opening of the States General of Orleans, i. 455;
declares the co-existence of two religions impossible, ib.;
and that names of factions must be abolished, i. 456;
his strange representation of the character of previous
persecutions, ib., note;
he is distrusted by Beza, i. 502;
his speech at the opening of the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 512;
he opposes the ratification of the plenary powers of the papal
legate, i. 552;
his speech to the notables at Saint Germain, i. 574;
entreats Catharine to throw herself into the arms of the
Huguenots, ii. 31;
his danger from the fury of the Paris populace, ii. 69;
his censure of the Norman parliament, ii. 130, note;
his language to Santa Croce respecting the lives of French
priests, ii. 153, note;
he is attacked by Cardinal Lorraine in the royal council at Melun,
Feb., 1564, ii. 154, 155;
sends out, without the authority of the council, an edict for the
relief of the scattered Huguenots, ii. 184, 185;
his altercation at Moulins with Cardinal Lorraine, ii. 186;
envoy to the Huguenots, ii. 210;
his striking memorial counselling just and pacific treatment of the
Huguenots, ii. 232, 233;
Catharine de' Medici sides with his enemies, ii. 254;
her animosity against him, because she suspects him of having prompted
Charles IX. to entreat her to avoid war, ii. 263;
another quarrel of L'Hospital and Lorraine respecting the chancellor's
refusal to affix his signature to a papal bull, ii. 263, 264;
his fall from power, ii. 264;
he retires to Vignai, ii. 264, 265;
his last days, ii. 613;
his farewell letter to the king, ii. 614;
his death, ii. 615.
Host, reverence for, i. 50.
Hotman, Francois, author of the "Vita Gasparis Colinii," i. 418;
also of the "Epistre au Tigre de la France," i. 446;
his escape from the massacre of Bourges, ii. 511;
his "Franco-Gallia," ii. 615.
Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, i. 4.
Hugonis, a violent Roman Catholic preacher, ii. 254.
Huguenots, various explanations of the origin of the
designation, i. 397-399;
message of the escaped prisoners of Tours, i. 399;
they petition Francis II. at Fontainebleau for liberty of
worship, i. 417;
general plans of extermination formed by their enemies before the
death of Francis, i. 441, 442;
the Spanish ambassador, Chantonnay, alarmed at the intemperance and
violence of the scheme, i. 441, note;
return of Huguenot exiles, i. 463;
popular curiosity to hear their psalms and sermons, i. 468;
their growing boldness, i. 478;
they are said to have 2,150 churches, i. 560;
difficulty of restraining their impetuosity, i. 561;
Romish complaints of their boldness, i. 570;
immense crowds at the preches, ii. 11;
massacred at Vassy, ii. 22;
summoned to Meaux, ii. 34;
they seize Orleans, which becomes their centre during the first civil
war, ii. 39;
they justify their assumption of arms, ii. 40;
their stringent articles of association, ii. 40, 41;
nobles and cities that espouse their cause, ii. 41;
their strict discipline, ii. 66;
cruelty at Pithiviers, ii. 87;
reverses of, ii. 101, 102;
their ballads and songs, ii. 120-125;
they lose favor at court, ii. 132, 133, 158;
progress of, ii. 146;
they are accused of poisoning the wells in Lyons, ii. 159;
number of Huguenots in France, ib.;
assaults upon unoffending Huguenots at Crevant, Tours, Mans, and
Vendome, ii. 162;
no redress obtained, ib.;
various acts of oppression, ii. 163;
excluded from judicial posts, ii. 165;
progress of, ii. 181;
Huguenot pleasantries, ii. 192;
they suspect treacherous designs, ii. 193;
alarmed by the march of Alva and the Swiss levy, ii. 196, 203;
they plan to seize Cardinal Lorraine and liberate Charles IX., ii. 205;
the sudden rising, ii. 206;
they abate their demands at the outbreak of the second civil
war, ii. 210;
admiration of the sultan's envoy for their bravery at the battle of
St. Denis, ii. 214, note;
they solicit the help of the German princes, ii. 217;
they are exonerated by Catharine de' Medici from the charge of
disloyalty, ii. 219;
their generous sacrifices, ii. 223;
their imprudence in concluding the peace of Longjumeau without
guarantees, ii. 238;
treatment of returning Huguenots, ii. 241;
deprived of their rights by interpretative ordinances, etc., ii. 244;
admirable organization of, ii. 247;
oath to be exacted of, ii. 257;
the plot against them disclosed by an intercepted letter, ii. 259;
advantages at the beginning of the third civil war, ii. 274;
enthusiasm of their youth, ib.;
the Protestant religion proscribed, ii. 275;
their places of refuge, ii. 280;
great successes in Poitou, Angoumois, etc., ii. 282;
the great army collected in southern France joins Conde, ii. 284;
negotiations and reprisals, ii. 287;
they suffer defeat at Jarnac, ii. 301, seq.;
they recover strength, ii. 312;
their success at La Roche Abeille, ii. 319;
they send a petition to the king, ii. 320, 322, 323;
their single purpose, ii. 321, 322;
they commit a serious blunder in laying siege to Poitiers, ii. 324;
flight of refugees from Montargis, ii. 328;
defeated at Moncontour, ii. 332-334;
their heavy losses, ii. 335;
their terms of peace, ii. 357;
their successes compensate for their defeats, ii. 361;
the Huguenot nobles flock to Paris to attend the marriage of Henry of
Navarre, ii. 426;
many alarmed by the king's cordiality, ii. 436;
their constancy in the massacre at Orleans, ii. 510, 511, etc.;
return of many who had apostatized, ii. 573, note;
discontent of the Huguenots of the south with the terms on the edict
of pacification of Boulogne, ii. 599;
they obtain a truce from Marshal Damville, ib.;
military organization of, provided for in the political assembly of
Milhau and Montauban, ii. 600;
their bold demands contained in a petition to the king, ii. 601, 602;
demands of Lower Languedoc and Nismes, ii. 603;
those of the tiers etat of Provence and Dauphiny, ib.;
indignation of Catharine de' Medici at their boldness, ii. 604;
they remain firm, ib.;
they reassemble at Milhau, and perfect their organization, Dec. 17,
1573, ii. 617-619;
injury to their cause, arising from their alliance with the
"Politiques," or Malcontents, ii. 620;
the Huguenots resume arms, 1574, undertaking the fifth civil
war, ii. 622;
failure of the conferences between Biron and the
Huguenots, ii. 623, 624;
their stout demands, ii. 624;
some reasons of their military successes, ii. 630, 631;
failure of persecution, war, and treachery, of which they had been
the victims, ii. 639. See Coligny, Conde, etc.
Huguerye, Michel de la, his Memoires inedits, ii. 423;
his assertions as to the premeditation of the Massacre of St.
Bartholomew's Day, ib.;
his misrepresentation of the character of Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of
Navarre, ii. 424.
I.
Iconoclasm at Paris, i. 141, 143;
by a monk at Troyes, for a "pious" object, i. 169;
in various parts of France, i. 479;
at Montauban, i. 485, 486;
can it be repressed? ii. 42;
stringent but ineffectual measures against, ii. 43;
at Caen, ii. 44;
at Orleans, ii. 45;
at Valenciennes, etc., ii. 189;
at Cateau-Cambresis, ii. 190.
Images, whimsical defence of, ii. 43.
Impatience with "public idols," i. 487;
repressed by Calvin, ib.
Inconsistency of the laws and practice of the courts, i. 481.
Indiscreet partisans of reform, i. 162.
Informers against the Protestants, i. 361.
Inquisition, the, is jealously watched in France, i. 125 (see Commission
to try Lutherans);
also, i. 288.
Inquisition, Spanish, proposition to introduce into France, i. 287;
opposed by parliament and withdrawn, i. 288;
a second attempt ib.;
manly speech of President Seguier against it, i. 289;
a third attempt, i. 298, 299;
the Pope appoints three inquisitors-general, i. 299;
the papal bull confirmed by Henry II., i. 300;
the inquisition edict registered by Henry in a "lit de
justice," i. 312.
Insubordination to royal authority, ii. 247.
Interpretative ordinances, ii. 244.
Isabella, or Elizabeth, daughter of Henry II. of France and Catharine
de' Medici, born April 2, 1545, married to Philip II. of Spain,
June, 1559, i. 338;
discloses the plot to kidnap Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of
Navarre, ii. 151;
her discussion with her mother in the Bayonne conference, ii. 172-175;
again her husband's mouthpiece, ii. 261.
"Italian Bible," the, Macchiavelli's Il Principe, ii. 552, note.
Ivoy, M. d', surrenders Bourges, ii. 72;
treachery of his brother before Paris, ii. 90.
J.
January, the Edict of, by Charles IX. (January 17, 1562), a celebrated
ordinance, i. 576;
marks the termination of the period of persecution according to the
forms of law, i. 577;
inconsistencies of, ii. 3;
the Huguenot leaders urge its observance, ib.;
opposition of the papal party, ii. 4.
Jarnac, battle of, March 13, 1569, ii. 301, 302;
the loss small in numbers, ii. 306;
exaggerated bulletins of, ii. 307, 308.
"Jerusalem," temple de, one of the Protestant places of worship at
Paris, destroyed by Constable Montmorency, ii. 37.
Jewel, Bishop, on the French Protestant refugees, ii. 293.
John Casimir, son of the elector palatine, comes to the assistance
of the Huguenots, and meets Conde in Lorraine, ii. 222;
letter of the princes assembled at his marriage, ii. 362.
John Lackland, King of England, confers upon the inhabitants of La
Rochelle exemption from the duty of marching elsewhere or
receiving a garrison from abroad, ii. 270.
Joupitre, Jean, mayor of Bourges, ii. 511.
Joyeuse, Viscount of, ii. 574.
Julius II., Pope, his bull giving Navarre to the first comer, believed
to be a forgery, i. 107.
Julius III., Pope, his bull permitting the use of eggs, butter, and
cheese, to be eaten during Lent, condemned and burned by order
of Henry II. and parliament, i. 286.
July, the Edict of, by Charles IX. (July 11, 1561), a severe measure,
prohibiting conventicles for preaching or celebrating the
sacraments, i. 483;
exultation of Guise, i. 484;
Admiral Coligny declares that it cannot be executed, ib.;
disappointment of Protestants, ib.
Jumieges, at the fair of, a friar pulled from the pulpit, and another
preacher put in his place, i. 430.
Jurieu, Pierre, his remarks respecting the origin of the name
"Huguenot," i. 398.
Justice, abuses in administration of, i. 19.
K.
Killigrew of Pendennis reaches Rouen, ii. 78.
King, the "fons omnis jurisdictionis," i. 122;
emperor in his own dominions, ib.
King's authority, checks upon, i. 15.
King's evil, cured by the touch of the French monarchs, i. 100.
Knox, John on the affair of the Rue St. Jacques, i. 303, 307, 308;
his sermon on the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, and his
denunciation of Charles IX., ii. 550.
L.
La Court, ii. 509.
Lacretelle, M., estimates the Huguenots as numbering 1,500,000 souls,
or one-tenth of the population of France, ii. 159.
La Force, Jacques Nompar de Caumont, Duke of, his wonderful escape in
the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 472, 473.
Lagebaston, President of the Parliament of Bordeaux, ii. 523.
Lainez, second general of the Order of Jesus, makes an intemperate
speech at Poissy, i. 536;
compares the Protestant ministers to apes and foxes, i. 537.
Lambert, Francois, first monk converted, i. 112;
his history, i. 113;
his imprudent appeals, i. 114;
his marriage and his death, ib.
Languedoc, fifteen cities in this province receive Protestant
ministers, i. 429;
the children learn religion only from the Geneva
catechism, ib.;
of twenty-two bishops in Languedoc, all but five or six
non-residents, ib.
Languet, Hubert his description of the persecution under
Francis II., i. 366;
of the confusion after the Tumult of Amboise, i. 397.
Lansac, a special envoy of Charles IX. to Germany, his unscrupulous
misrepresentations, ii. 217, 218;
"Lansquenets," i. 11.
Laschene, a Protestant nobleman, decapitated at Paris, ii. 330.
Laudonniere Rene de, leads the second colonial expedition to
Florida, ii. 199;
escapes from the massacre of the Huguenots, and succeeds in returning
to France, ii. 200.
Lausanne, the "Five scholars of," arrested, i. 283;
tried and executed, i. 284, 285.
Leclerc, Jean, a wool-carder of Meaux, tears down a papal bull, i. 87;
he is branded, i. 88;
and burned alive at Metz, i. 89.
Leclerc, Pierre, a minister and martyr at Meaux, i. 253, 255.
Le Coq, his evangelical sermon, i. 151.
"Le Dieu le Fort," ii. 341.
Lefevre d'Etaples, Jacques, i. 44, 67;
restores letters to France, i. 68;
his studies, ib.;
devotion, i. 69;
his commentary on the Pauline epistles, i. 70;
foresees the Reformation, ib.;
controversy with Beda, i. 71;
invited to Meaux, i. 73;
spiritual progress of, i. 75;
translates the New Testament, i. 77;
his exultation, i. 79;
retires to Strasbourg, i. 84-93;
tutor of the Duke of Orleans, i. 94;
librarian at Blois, ib.;
hopes entertained by Aleander respecting, i. 94;
mental sufferings and death, i. 95, 96.
Leicester, Earl of, ii. 381, 397;
it is proposed to offer him the hand of Mademoiselle de
Bourbon, ii. 399;
on Charles IX. and the massacre, ii. 559, 560.
Le Laboureur, on the massacre of Vassy, ii. 24.
Lent, the Pope's bull permitting eggs, butter, and cheese to be
eaten during the fast, condemned by parliament, and publicly
burned, i. 286;
negligent observance of, in court of Charles IX., i. 468.
Leo X., his concordat, i. 35, 36.
Leran, Viscount de, wounded and pursued into the room of Margaret
of Valois, on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 467.
Lery, Jean, goes to Brazil with Villegagnon, and, on his return, writes
a history of the expedition, i. 292;
ii. 345, note;
his account of the siege of Sancerre, ii. 590, 591, 594-598.
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