credits the predictions of Nostradamus, i. 47;
her marriage to Henry of Orleans, afterward Henry II, i. 148;
dissatisfaction of French people, ib.;
her dream the night before Henry II is mortally wounded, i. 339;
assumes an important part in the government, i. 348;
her timidity and dissimulation, i. 349;
she dismisses Diana of Poitiers, ib.;
her alliance with the Guises, i. 350;
asks aid of Philip II, and receives promises, i. 358;
is appealed to by the persecuted Protestants, i. 362;
she encourages them, i. 363;
her favorite psalm, ib.;
she receives a second and more urgent appeal, i. 364;
her indignation at the stories of the orgies in "la petite
Geneve," i. 365;
she declares that the Protestants are men of their word, i. 383;
she consults Coligny at the time of the Tumult of Amboise and
receives good advice, i. 383, 384;
receives a letter from the Huguenots signed Theophilus, i. 409;
consults Regnier de la Planche, i. 410;
rejects the advances of the Guises, just before the death of
Francis II, i. 443;
and makes terms with Navarre who yields the regency without a
struggle, i. 444;
her adroitness in the management of Navarre, i. 452;
the difficulties confronting her, i. 453;
her letter to her daughter Isabella, i. 454;
her determination to hold the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 499;
her excuses to the Pope and Philip II., i. 500;
warns her son Charles against gross superstition and against
innovation, ib., note;
her letter to Pius IV., i. 500, 501;
its effect at Rome, i. 501;
she is much pleased with the results of the first interview between
Beza and Cardinal Lorraine, i. 504;
she consents that the prelates shall not act as judges in the colloquy
at Poissy, but will not have the decree put in writing, i. 507;
she is resolute that the colloquy should be held, i. 508;
refuses Cardinal Tournon's request to interrupt it, i. 522;
her premature delight at the reported accord in the Conference of Saint
Germain, i. 541;
her financial success with the prelates, i. 543;
her crude notion of a conference, i. 547;
is compared by Roman Catholic preachers to Jezebel, ii. 5;
causes the retirement of Constable Montmorency, ii. 18;
sends for the Guises, ib.;
after the massacre of Vassy, orders the Duke of Guise to enter Paris,
but invites him to come to court with a small suite, ii. 27;
her anxiety, ii. 29;
she removes with the king from Monceaux to Melun, ii. 30;
and thence to Fontainebleau, ii. 31;
Soubise's account of her painful indecision, ib.;
her letters to Conde imploring his help, ii., 31, 32;
is brought back to Paris, ii. 36;
Tavannes's view of her inclination to the Huguenots, ii. 39;
her terror, ii. 47;
unites in a declaration that the king is not in duress, ii. 54;
confers with Conde, with a view to peace, ii. 62;
her crafty negotiations, ii. 64;
her speech to Throkmorton respecting the English in Normandy, ii. 75;
delays Conde by negotiations before Paris, ii. 89;
her reply when consulted by the Triumvirs as to the propriety of
engaging the Huguenots, ii. 92, 93;
her exclamation on receiving false tidings from the battle of
Dreux, ii. 96;
her promises to Conde at the peace of Amboise, ii. 117;
Huguenot songs respecting, ii. 124;
her embarrassment in respect to the fulfilment of her
promises, ii. 137;
resolves to declare the majority of Charles IX., ii. 138;
she endeavors to seduce Conde from the Huguenots, ii. 144;
her alienation from the Huguenots, ii. 159, 160;
commands her maids of honor to go to mass, ii. 160;
her regulation respecting the deportment of gentlemen, ii. 160, note;
proposes the conference at Bayonne, ii. 167 (see Bayonne,
Conference of);
she opposes violent measures, ii. 172-176;
forbids Cardinal Lorraine to hold communication with Granvelle
and Chantonnay, ii. 181;
she gives assurances to Conde just before the outbreak of the second
civil war, ii. 198;
she favors the colonization of Florida by the Huguenots, ii. 199;
her resolute demands for satisfaction for the murder of the
colonists, ii. 201, 202;
she exonerates the Huguenots from disloyal acts and
intentions, ii. 219;
her treacherous diplomacy, ii. 220, 221;
again invokes Alva's help, ii. 222;
Cardinal Santa Croce, the papal nuncio, claims the fulfilment of her
promise to surrender Cardinal Chatillon to the Pope, ii. 228, 229;
she inclines toward peace, ii. 232;
she is never sincere, ii. 237;
her short-sightedness, ii. 238;
sides with L'Hospital's enemies, ii. 254;
her intrigues, ii. 255;
entreated by Charles IX. to avoid war, ii. 262;
her animosity against L'Hospital, whom she suspects of having prompted
her son, ii. 263;
she receives congratulations and sanguinary recommendations from Pope
Pius V., after the battle of Jarnac, ii. 308;
negotiates for peace, ii. 356;
her duplicity, ii. 358;
inclines to peace, ii. 360;
was she sincere in concluding the peace of Saint Germain? ii. 369;
her study of the example of Queen Blanche, ii. 370;
her character, according to Barbaro, ib.;
she is warned by the Queen of Navarre, ii. 373;
she proposes to substitute Alencon for Anjou, as suitor for the hand
of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 380;
her vexation at the fresh scruples of Anjou, ii. 383;
she treats the Queen of Navarre with tantalizing
insincerity, ii. 404, 405;
she awaits Queen Elizabeth's decision, ii. 413;
the rout of Genlis determines her to take the Spanish side, ii. 416;
she follows Charles IX. to Montpipeau and breaks down her son's
resolution, ii. 418, 420;
she is terrified by rumors of Elizabeth's desertion of her
allies, ii. 419;
her jealousy of Coligny's influence, ii. 433;
she and Anjou resolve to put him out of the way, ii. 434;
declares to the Huguenots that the attack on Coligny must be
punished, ii. 440;
she visits the wounded admiral, ii. 441;
looks with suspicion on the private conference of Charles and
Coligny, ii. 443;
she cuts it short, and on the way to the Louvre discovers the advice
of Coligny, ii. 444;
learning that Coligny's wound will not prove fatal, she adopts extreme
measures, ii. 446;
she plies Charles with arguments to terrify him into authorizing a
massacre of the Huguenots, ii. 447, 448;
he yields reluctantly, ii. 449;
Catharine takes the responsibility upon herself for only six
deaths, ii. 450;
goes down to the square in front of the Louvre, with her ladies,
to view the naked corpses of the Huguenot leaders, ii. 476;
persuades Charles to assume the responsibility of the
massacre, ii. 491;
her unsuccessful attempt to alienate the sympathy of Queen Elizabeth
from Coligny, ii. 547;
her lying representation of the massacre in the provinces as having
been contrary to the king's will, ib., note;
not influenced by religious motives, ii. 563;
spurious letter of, to Philip Strozzi, ii. 577;
her anxiety for the safety of Henry of Anjou, ii. 586;
her flight from St. Germain, ii. 626;
her delight at the capture of Count Montgomery, ii. 631, 632;
she obtains from Charles IX. the regency until the return of Henry
of Anjou from Poland, ii. 636.
Caturce, Jean de, executed at Toulouse, i. 150.
Caumont, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.
Cavaignes, his execution, Oct. 27, 1572, for alleged complicity in a
Huguenot conspiracy, ii. 548;
his magnanimity, ii. 549, note.
Cavalry, French, i. 10.
Caylus, Chevalier de, ii. 604.
Cecil urges Elizabeth to aid the Huguenots, and plans for this
effect, ii. 56;
on siege of Poitiers, ii. 325.
See Burleigh.
Cental, Vaudois villages belonging to the noble house of, i. 230, 246.
Chailly, M. de, ii. 439.
Chalons-sur-Marne, the call for Protestant ministers in the vicinity
of, i. 562.
"Chambre ardente," a separate and special chamber of parliament, to
try heresy, established first at Rouen, by Francis I., i. 274;
afterward at Paris, by Henry II., i. 275;
under Francis II., i. 366.
Champeaux, M. de, ii. 509.
Chancellor of France, his oath, i. 18.
Chancellor of the university, i. 22.
"Change of religion involves change of government," accepted as an
aphorism, i. 104, 126.
Chantonnay, ambassador of Philip II., alarmed at the violence of the
proscriptive plans formed before the death of Francis II., i. 441;
his insolent threats, ii. 29;
his boast that, with Throkmorton, he could overturn the state, ii. 181.
Chapot, John, a printer from Dauphiny, executed at Paris, i. 256.
Charente, the river, ii. 299.
Charite, La, on the Loire, ii. 324;
siege of, 325, 355.
Charles VII. publishes the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 29.
Charles VIII. confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.
Charles Maximilian, second son of Henry II., afterward king as
Charles IX., i. 415;
his accession, Dec. 5, 1560, i. 449;
transfer of power consequent upon, i. 450;
financial embarrassment and religious dissension, i. 453;
he writes to the magistrates of Geneva to stop the coming of
Protestant ministers, i. 463;
their prompt and complete vindication, i. 464;
he issues a new and tolerant order, i. 476;
which is opposed by parliament, i. 477;
publishes the "Edict of July," by which all Protestant
conventicles are still prohibited, i. 488;
his conversation with his mother about superstition and
innovation, i. 500, note;
orders the restitution of churches, i. 544;
hopes entertained by the Protestants respecting him, i. 557;
his curiosity as to the mass, i. 558;
his health, ib., note;
issues an order favorable to the Huguenots, i. 560;
publishes the "Edict of January," in accordance with which the
Huguenots cease to be outlaws, i. 576, 577;
retires from Monceaux to Melun, ii. 30;
and thence to Fontainebleau, ii. 31;
is hurried back to Paris by Navarre and Guise, ii. 36;
his declaration that he is not held in duress, ii. 54;
his edict of April 11, 1562, ostensibly re-enacting, but really
annulling the edict of January, ii. 57;
receives reinforcements from Germany and Switzerland, ii. 70, 71;
issues his edict of pacification, Amboise, March 19, 1563, terminating
the first civil war, ii. 115;
demands of Queen Elizabeth the restoration of Havre, ii. 126;
he proclaims his own majority, Rouen, Aug. 17, 1563, ii. 138;
he sternly reproves the refractory Parliament of Paris, ii. 139, 140;
his "progress" through France, ii. 157, seq.;
his interpretative edicts and declarations infringe upon the edict of
pacification, ii. 161, 162;
to Conde's appeal, ii. 162;
he makes a conciliatory reply, ii. 164;
he reconciles the inhabitants of Orange and the Comtat
Venaissin, ii. 165;
he reaches Bayonne, ii. 167 (see Bayonne, Conference of);
forbids the formation of confraternities, ii. 180;
his edict obtained by Chancellor L'Hospital, for the relief of the
scattered Huguenots, ii. 184, 185;
he is reported to have been threatened by Philip II. and the
Pope, ii. 195;
his flight from Meaux to Paris, at the outbreak of the second civil
war, ii. 207;
his sanguinary injunctions to Gordes, ii. 209, note;
he is alienated from the Huguenots by the attempt of Meaux, ii. 210;
is moved by Spain, Rome, and the Sorbonne, to decline further
negotiations with Conde, ii. 228;
he issues the edict of pacification, Longjumeau, March 23, 1568,
terminating the second civil war, ii. 234;
his indignation at a treacherous plan formed to violate the
peace, ii. 237;
his proclamation that he had not, in the edict of Longjumeau, intended
to include Auvergne, etc., ii. 244;
entreats his mother to avoid war, ii. 262;
his edicts of Sept., 1568, proscribing the reformed
religion, ii. 275, 276;
impolicy of this action, ii. 277;
attempt to make capital out of them, ib.;
receives congratulations and sanguinary injunctions from Pope Pius V.,
after the battle of Jarnac, ii. 308;
treats the Duke of Deux-Ponts' declaration with contempt, ii. 316;
rewards Maurevel for the murder of De Mouy with the collar of the
order, ii. 338;
his letter, ib.;
offers the Huguenots impossible terms, ii. 357, 358;
becomes strongly inclined to peace, ii. 360;
he issues the edict of pacification, Saint Germain, Aug. 2, 1570,
terminating the third civil war, ii. 363, seq.;
his earnestness as to the peace, ii. 370;
he tears out the record of proceedings against Cardinal Chatillon from
the parliamentary registers, ii. 371;
his assurances to Walsingham, ib.;
his gracious answer to the German princes, ii. 372;
he orders the "Croix de Gastines" to be taken down, ii. 375, 376;
indignant at the attempts to dissuade Anjou from marrying Queen
Elizabeth, ii. 379;
and at the affront received from Sebastian of Portugal, ib.;
his gracious reception of Coligny at Blois, ii. 389;
he intercedes with the Duke of Savoy in behalf of the Waldenses of
Piedmont, ii. 390;
he denies that he has seen Louis of Nassau at all, ii. 391;
expresses gratification at the progress of conciliation in his
dominions, ii. 392;
enters into a treaty of amity with Queen Elizabeth,
April 18, 1572, ii. 398;
his assurances to the Cardinal of Alessandria, ii. 400-403;
he expresses to Teligny his disgust with his present
counsellors, ii. 409;
his earnestness respecting the Navarre marriage, ii. 411;
publishes anew the edict of pacification, ib.;
the Flemish project inflames his imagination, ii. 411, 412;
the more after the capture of Valenciennes and Mons, ii. 412;
his mother, following him to Montpipeau, by her tears succeeds in
breaking down his resolution, ii. 418-420;
he is thoroughly cast down, ii. 420;
Coligny partially succeeds in reassuring him, ii. 421;
his anger at hearing that Alva had put some French soldiers to the
torture, ii. 433;
his menacing deportment toward Anjou, ii. 434;
he gives Coligny assurances that he will soon attend to Protestant
grievances, ii. 437;
his agitation on learning of Coligny's wound, ii. 439;
his promise of punishment, ii. 440;
he visits Admiral Coligny, ii. 441;
his private conference, ii. 443;
he reveals its character to the queen mother, ii. 444;
he writes to his governors and ambassadors expressing his extreme
displeasure at the infraction of his edict, ii. 445;
he is plied with arguments to frighten him into authorizing the
massacre of the Huguenots, ii. 447, 448;
he reluctantly consents, ii. 449;
but stipulates that not one Huguenot shall be spared to reproach
him, ib.;
sends Cosseins to guard Coligny, ii. 452;
issues orders to the prevot des marchands to seize the keys of the
gates, and the boats upon the Seine, ii. 454;
he commands Navarre and Conde to abjure Protestantism, ii. 468;
fires an arquebuse at the fleeing Huguenots, ii. 482;
he is waited upon by the municipal officers, ii. 486;
his first letter to Mandelot throwing the blame for the massacre upon
the Guises, ii. 490;
assumes the responsibility for the massacre, ii. 492;
his speech at the "lit de justice," ib.;
his words at Montfaucon, ii. 497;
he declares that he will maintain the edict of pacification, ii. 498;
change in his character after the massacre, ii. 499;
his letter of Aug. 26, 1572, to Mondoucet, predicting the massacre in
the provinces, ii. 502;
the verbal orders, ib.;
his declaration of Aug. 28, ib.;
his letter to Mandelot of Aug. 28, ii. 502, 503;
the double set of letters, ii. 504;
instigates the murder of French prisoners by the Duke of Alva, ii. 539;
his letters to La Mothe Fenelon, ii. 542, 543;
he profanes the day of his daughter's birth by witnessing the execution
of Briquemault and Cavaignes, ii. 549;
plots the destruction of Geneva, ii. 557;
his guilt in the eyes of the world, ii. 559;
disastrous effects of the massacre on the king himself, ii. 560, 561;
sends La Noue to treat with the Rochellois, ii. 579;
his joy at the election of Anjou as King of Poland, ii. 593;
issues his edict of pacification, Boulogne, July, 1573, terminating the
fourth civil war, ii. 593, 594;
takes part in the disgraceful "affair of Nantouillet," ii. 598, 599;
decline of his health, ii. 605;
his illness at Vitry le-Francais, ii. 606;
his last days, ii. 638;
distress of his young queen, ii. 636;
representations of Sorbin his confessor, ii. 637;
his death, May 30, 1574, ii. 637, 638;
his funeral rites, ii. 638, 639.
Charles, Duke of Orleans, youngest son of Francis I, represents himself
to the German princes as favoring the Reformation, i. 227, 228;
his death, i. 259.
Charlesfort, ii. 199.
Charpentier, Jacques, instigates the murder of his rival professor,
Pierre de la Ramee, or Ramus, ii. 478.
Charpentier, Pierre, a Protestant jurist, who escapes from the
Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, bribed by the king to write a
justification of the massacre for circulation abroad, ii. 553, 593.
Chartres, besieged by the Huguenots under the Prince of Conde, ii. 231.
Chartres, Francois de Vendome, Vidame of, thrown into the
Bastile, i. 425.
Chartres, Jean de Ferrieres, Vidame of, ii. 220, 377;
advises the Huguenots to leave Paris, ii. 445, 451, 453;
escapes from the massacre, ii. 481-483.
Chartreuse, La Grande, ii. 621.
Chassanee, Barth. de, on church of the Virgin "pariturae," i. 59;
he declares "Lutheranism" in France suppressed, i. 137;
his defence of the "mice of Autun," i. 238;
his clemency to the Waldenses, ib.;
his definition of "haute justice," ii. 364, note.
Chassetiere, La, ii. 359.
Chastelier-Pourtaut de Latour, ii. 218, 292;
treacherously murdered at Jarnac, 304.
Chastre, M. de la, Governor of Berry, his noble letter to the
king refusing to put to death some captured
Huguenots, ii. 344, 345, note;
ii. 597, note;
lays siege to Sancerre, ii. 590;
his character, ii. 597, note.
Chataigneraie, Madame de la, ii. 472, 474, note.
Chateaubriand, edict of, June 27, 1551, i. 279;
its effects, i. 282.
Chatellain, Jean, of Metz, i. 114;
his trial and execution, i. 115, 116.
Chatellerault taken by the Huguenots, ii. 323.
Chatillon, Odet de, Cardinal, elder brother of Admiral Coligny,
appointed by Paul IV. one of the three inquisitors-general, i. 299;
his Protestant proclivities, ib.;
riot at Beauvais in consequence of the suspicion that he is a
Protestant, i. 474, seq.;
his communion under both forms, i. 499;
he is cited by the Pope, ii. 141;
the papal nuncio demands that the red cap be taken from him, ii. 182;
the constable assumes his defence, ii. 182, 183;
treats with Catharine, ii. 221;
Cardinal Santa Croce, the papal nuncio, claims the fulfilment
of Catharine de' Medici's promise to surrender him to the
Pope, ii. 229;
his escort of twenty horse, ib., note;
his reception by Queen Elizabeth, ii. 291;
his anxiety respecting the peace, ii. 363;
Charles IX tears out the record against him from the parliamentary
registers, ii. 371, 377;
death of, ii. 389.
Chatillon-sur-Loire, ii. 328.
Chavagnac, ii. 603.
Christaudins, a nickname for the French Protestants i. 330.
Christopher, Duke, younger son of the elector palatine, ii. 609, 610.
Churches, order for the restitution of the, i. 544;
the surrender of, urged by Beza, ii. 4.
Cipierre (Rene of Savoy, son of the Count of Tende), ii. 225;
murder of, ii. 248, 249.
Cities, privileges of, i. 9.
Clemangis, Nicholas de, i. 23, 63.
Clemency, spurious account of, ii. 525.
Clement VII., Pope, his brief and bull indorsing the Inquisitorial
Commission, i. 126, seq.;
gives lands of heretics to first comer, i. 128;
meets Francis I. at Marseilles, i 148;
proposes to him a crusade, i. 149.
Clergy, wealth and power of, i. 51;
plurality of benefices, ib.;
non-residence, i. 52;
revenues, ib.;
morals of, i. 53;
have no regard for the spiritual wants of the people, i. 53;
before the concordat, i. 54, 55;
aversion to use of the French language, i. 56;
ignorance of the Bible, i. 57;
sad straits of, i. 459;
alone, make no progress, i. 460.
Clerici, Nicholas, Dean of the Sorbonne, i. 256.
Clermont, murder at, ii. 249.
Clery, violence of the iconoclasts at, ii. 44.
Cleves, Marie of, daughter of the Duke of Nevers, marries Henry of
Conde, ii. 432, note;
permits the Protestants of Troyes to worship at Isle-au-Mont, ib.
Coconnas, a leading actor in the Massacre of St Bartholomew's Day,
his fate, ii. 562;
he is executed on the Place de Greve, ii. 628, 629.
Cocqueville, expedition of, into Flanders, and its fate, ii. 242, 243.
Coct, Anemond de, i. 83.
Cognac, ii. 283, 299, 300.
Cognat, or Cognac, village in Auvergne, near which the "Viscounts" defeat
the forces collected to oppose them, ii. 230.
Coin, a strange, i. 59.
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.
"Lettres de cachet," ii. 511.
Lhomme, or Lhommet, Martin, a bookseller, hung for having a copy of the
"Tigre" in his possession, i. 445.
Libertine party, the, i. 195, 225.
Lieutenant de la Mareschaussee, his ineffectual defence and death on St.
Bartholomew's Day, ii. 472.
Ligny, violence at, ii. 249.
Limousin, Protestantism in, i. 428.
Limueil, Isabeau de, her amorous intrigue with the Prince of
Conde, ii. 145, 303.
"Lit de justice," i. 18, 312;
ii. 492.
Liturgies of Farel and Calvin, i. 275, 276, 341, seq., 515.
Livry, the hermit of, i. 92.
Lomenie, Martial de, a secretary of the king. Marshal Retz obtains
his office and his estate of Versailles, and then causes him
to be murdered, ii. 485.
Longjumeau, edict of pacification of, March 23, 1568, ii. 234;
the peace opposed by Coligny, and favored by Conde, ii. 235;
discussion of the question of the sincerity of the court, ii. 236, 237;
the edict thrown into the fire by Charles IX. in the parliament
house, ii. 276.
Longjumeau Sieur de, assault upon his house, i. 476.
Longueville, Duke of, prevents the massacre of the Protestants from
extending to Picardy, ii. 526.
Lorraine, Charles, Cardinal of, i. 261;
he exchanges the title of Cardinal of Guise for that of Cardinal of
Lorraine, i. 269;
various estimates of his character, i. 270, 271;
his servility toward Diana of Poitiers, i. 273;
hypocrisy to the Swiss envoys, i. 310;
his conference with Cardinal Granvelle, i. 315;
his great power on the accession of Francis II., i. 351;
indignation of the people against him and his brother, i. 375;
message he receives from the escaped Huguenot prisoners of
Tours, i. 399;
perplexity of, i. 413;
his politic speech at Fontainebleau, i. 422;
his hypocritical assurances to Throkmorton, i. 424, note;
pasquinade against, i. 447;
a virulent pamphlet against him entitled "Epistre au Tigre de la
France," i. 409, 444-448;
effrontery of, in offering to represent the three orders at the States
General, i. 457;
favors the holding of the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 495;
he meets Beza and professes to be well satisfied, i. 503, 504;
but subsequently boasts that he overthrew Beza in the first
interview, i. 505;
his speech in reply to Beza, i. 528, 529;
he demands of the Huguenot ministers subscription to the Augsburg
Confession, i. 533;
retires in disgust from Saint Germain, i. 555;
goes with his brothers to meet the Duke of Wuertemberg at
Saverne, ii. 13;
his lying assurances, ii. 15, 16;
he declares himself, on oath, guiltless of the death of any man for
religion's sake, ii. 16;
he returns to France from the Council of Trent, and unsuccessfully
seeks the approval of the decrees, ii. 154;
his wrangle at Melun, Feb, 1564, with Chancellor
L'Hospital, ii. 154, 155;
his encounter with Marshal Montmorency in Paris, ii. 166;
forbidden by Catharine to hold communication with Granvelle and
Chantonnay, ii. 181;
he disregards the prohibition, ib.;
his altercation with L'Hospital at Moulins, ii. 186;
the Huguenots plan to seize him, ii. 205;
his flight to Rheims, ii. 207;
he invites Alva to enter France, ii. 208;
his plot revealed, ii. 259, 260;
makes another attack upon L'Hospital, and is prevented by Marshal
Montmorency from making a bodily assault, ii. 264;
his jealousy of Anjou, ii. 339;
retires from court at the peace of Saint Germain, ii. 368;
his rejoicing at Rome over the news of the Massacre of St.
Bartholomew's Day, ii. 531, 532.
Lorraine, John, first Cardinal of, i. 267;
his many ecclesiastical benefices, ib.
Lorraine, Mary of, married to James V. of Scotland, i. 268.
Loue, La, taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306, 351;
killed near Montpellier, ii. 352.
Louis VIII., of France, confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.
Louis IX., St Louis, disliked in Perigord, i. 6;
his Pragmatic Sanction, i. 26.
Louis XI., his aversion to assembling the States General, i. 12;
consents to abrogate the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 32;
subsequently re-enacts it, i. 33;
confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.
Louis XII., re-enacts the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 35;
his motto, ib.;
confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.
Louise de Savoie, mother of Francis I., i. 50, 60;
encourages reformed preachers, i. 74;
regent, i. 109;
change in her attitude, i. 110, 123.
Lude, Count of, ii. 324.
Luns, Philippine de, a young lady of wealth and rank, strangled and
burned at Paris, i. 307.
Lusignan, "la pucelle," taken by the Huguenots, ii. 323.
Luther, his teachings condemned by the Sorbonne, i. 108;
wide circulation of his works, i. 112;
his books proscribed, ib.;
his letters respecting Melanchthon's projected visit to
France, i. 185, 186.
"Lutherans," rage of populace of Paris against, i. 302.
Lyon, Jacques du, Seigneur de Grandfief, plots to surrender La
Rochelle, ii. 617.
Lyons, frontier town at accession of Francis I., i. 3;
council of, i. 140;
inspection of books at great fairs of, i. 281;
in the hands of Maligny, i. 427;
besieged, ii. 102;
Huguenots accused of poisoning wells in, ii. 159;
massacre at, ii. 513, seq.
M.
Macaulay, Lord, a remark ascribed by him to Admiral
Coligny, ii. 463, note.
Macchiavelli's Il Principe, "the Italian Bible," ii. 552, note.
Mackintosh, Sir James, receives from M. de Chateaubriand important
documents bearing upon the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's
Day, ii. 436.
Macon, persecution at, i. 217.
Madrid, a royal country-seat, ii. 259.
Madrid, treaty of, declared null, i. 136.
Magic, resort to, i. 48.
Maigret, Friar Aime, preaches at Lyons, i. 118.
Malassise, M. de, Henry de Mesmes, ii. 359, 363, 366.
Maligny seizes Lyons, but, not being supported, fails to keep the
place, i. 427.
Malot, Jean, a minister at the colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.
Malta, siege of, by the Turks, in 1565, ii. 181.
Mandelot, M. de, Governor of Lyons, ii. 513;
his perplexity, ii. 514;
his responsibility for the massacre in Lyons, ii. 517;
a suppliant for the spoils of the Huguenots, ii. 518.
Mangin, a martyr at Meaux, i. 254, 255;
Mans, Protestants of, plundered or killed, ii. 162.
Mansfeld, Count of. See Wolrad.
Marcel, prevot des marchands, ii. 482, etc.
Marche-aux-pourceaux, i. 46.
Marcourt, Antoine, probable author of the placard of 1534, i. 164.
"Mardi Gras," the rising of, ii. 625.
Margaret of Valois, youngest daughter of Henry II., born May 14, 1552,
her hand declined by Sebastian of Portugal, ii. 379;
proposed marriage to Henry of Navarre, ii. 392;
the proposal comes from the Montmorencies, ii. 394;
absurdity of the story of a romantic attachment of Margaret, in 1571,
to Henry of Guise, ii. 395, note;
she is said to be at first indifferent, afterward anxious to marry
Henry of Navarre, ii. 395, 396;
described by Jeanne d'Albret, ii. 405;
the betrothal, ii. 426;
the marriage, ii. 427;
the entertainment in the Louvre, ii. 429;
on the morning of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 466.
Marillac, Bishop of Vienne, i. 418;
his speech at Fontainebleau, i. 420, 421.
Marlorat, Augustin, a prominent Huguenot minister at the Colloquy of
Poissy, i. 509;
in the Conference of Saint Germain, i. 539;
he is hung by order of the Parliament of Rouen, ii. 80.
Maromme, Laurent de, a leader of the murderers at Rouen, ii. 520, 521.
Marot, Clement, i. 42;
his flight to Ferrara, i. 179.
Marsac, Louis de, his words at the stake, i. 278.
Marshals, remonstrance of the, ii. 255.
Martigues, Sebastian of Luxemburg, Viscount of, ii. 341;
his impiety, ib., note.
Martin Theodoric, of Beauvais, his elegies on Louis de Berquin, i. 157;
remarks respecting Barthelemi Milon, i. 172.