Chapter XIX

1572.

THE MASSACRE IN THE PROVINCES, AND THE RECEPTION OF THE TIDINGS
ABROAD 501
The Massacre in the Provinces 501
The Verbal Orders 502
Instructions to Montsoreau at Saumur 503
Two Kinds of Letters 504
Massacre at Meaux 505
At Troyes 507
The Great Bloodshed at Orleans 508
At Bourges 511
At Angers 512
Butchery at Lyons 513
Responsibility of Mandelot 517
Rouen 519
Toulouse 521
Bordeaux 522
Why the Massacre was not Universal 524
Policy of the Guises 525
Spurious Accounts of Clemency 525
Bishop Le Hennuyer, of Lisieux 525
Kind Offices of Matignon at Caen and Alencon 526
Of Longueville and Gordes 526
Of Tende in Provence 527
Viscount D'Orthez at Bayonne 528
The Municipality of Nantes 529
Uncertain Number of Victims 530
News of the Massacre received at Rome 530
Public Thanksgivings 532
Vasari's Paintings in the Vatican 533
French Boasts count for Nothing 535
Catharine writes to Philip, her son-in-law 536
The Delight of Philip of Spain 537
Charles instigates the Murder of French Prisoners 539
Alva jubilant, but wary 540
England's Horror 541
Perplexity of La Mothe Fenelon 541
His Cold Reception by Queen Elizabeth 543
The Ambassador disheartened 546
Sir Thomas Smith's Letter 546
Catharine's Unsuccessful Representations 547
Briquemault and Cavaignes hung for alleged Conspiracy 548
The News in Scotland 550
In Germany 550
In Poland 552
Sympathy of the Genevese 554
Their Generosity and Danger 557
The Impression at Baden 558
Medals and Vindications 559
Disastrous Personal Effect on King Charles 560
How far was the Roman Church Responsible? 562
Gregory probably not aware of the intended Massacre 564
Paul the Fifth instigates the French Court 564
He counsels exterminating the Huguenots 565

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A New Account of the Massacre at Orleans 569