reformer, invited to the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 494;
his arrival, i. 527;
his speech, i. 536;
takes part in the Conference of Saint Germain, i. 539;
his candid paper, i. 540.
Martyrs, Protestant, constancy of, i. 177;
ingenious contrivance for prolonging their sufferings, ib.
Mary, Queen of Scots, wife of Francis II., i. 347;
ii. 146, 545.
Mass, Roman Catholic, songs against, ii. 121, seq.
Massacre, of Protestants in Holy Week, 1561, i. 474;
of Vassy, March 1, 1562, ii. 22;
of Sens, April 12, 1562, ii. 46, 55;
of Orange, June 5, 1562, ii. 49;
of Toulouse, ii. 52-54;
of Troyes, ii. 128, 129;
of Roman Catholics at Nismes ii. 234, 225;
in prisons of Orleans, Aug. 21, 1569, ii. 326;
of the garrison of Rabasteins, ii. 361;
at Paris (see Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day);
of Meaux, Aug. 25 and 26, 1572, ii. 505-507;
of Troyes, Sept. 4, 1572, ii. 507, 508;
of Orleans, ii. 508 seq.;
of Bourges, Sept. 12, 1572, ii. 511, 512;
of Angers, ii. 512, 513;
of Lyons, ii. 513-518;
of Rouen, Sept., 1572, ii. 519-521;
of Toulouse, ii. 521, 522;
of Bordeaux, Oct, 1572, ii. 522-524;
why the massacre is not universal, ii. 524, 525;
cases of mercy, ii. 526, 527.
Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, in Paris, the question of its
premeditation, chapter xvii. passim;
La Huguerye's statements, ii. 423, 424;
a significant mock combat, ii. 431;
the plan as sketched by Anjou, ii. 433 seq.;
Salviati's testimony respecting the want of premeditation and the
ignorance of the king, ii. 435, 436;
Coligny wounded, ii. 437;
Catharine and Anjou resolve upon extreme measures, ii. 446;
the blood council, ii. 447, seq.;
Charles reluctantly consents, ii. 449;
few victims selected at first, ii. 450;
religious hatred as a motive, ii. 452;
precautions taken, ib.;
the municipal officers of Paris called in, ii. 454;
murder of Coligny, ii. 457, seq.;
of Huguenot leaders in the Louvre, ii. 465, seq.;
on the signal bell from the Palais de Justice, the massacre becomes
general, ii. 470;
the part taken by the courtiers and the royal guard, ii. 471;
pitiless butchery, ii. 474;
shamelessness of the court ladies, ii. 476;
wonderful escapes, ii. 477;
the dead bodies buried by the municipality of Paris, ii. 484;
the massacre not at first a popular movement, ii. 484, 485;
pillage of the rich, ii. 485;
action of the municipal officers, ii. 486;
ineffectual orders issued to lay down arms, ii. 487;
miracle of the hawthorn of the Cimetiere des Innocents, ii. 488;
number of the victims in Paris, ii. 489;
speech of the king at the "lit de justice," ii. 492;
servility of parliament, ii. 493;
Coligny's memory declared infamous, ii. 496;
the verbal orders, ii. 502;
two kinds of letters sent out, ii. 504;
uncertain number of victims, ii. 530.
Masso, an agent in the massacre at Lyons, ii. 504, note;
514, 516.
Matignon, M. de, saves the Protestants of Caen and Alencon from
massacre, ii. 526.
Maubert, Place, ii. 339.
Maurevel murders De Mouy, ii. 337;
he is rewarded with the collar of the order, ii. 338;
wounds Admiral Coligny, ii. 438, 439.
"Mauvais Garcons," highwaymen, i. 44.
Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, styles the French king "a king of
asses," i. 14;
ii. 360, etc.
May, Du, attempts to assassinate Admiral Coligny, ii. 194.
Mayenne, Charles, Duke of, son of Francis, Duke of Guise, ii. 324.
Maynet, a Huguenot member of the Parliament of Rouen, ii. 519.
Mazurier, Martial, i. 75, 82, 90, 91.
Medici family, the, is reputed to be destined to be fatal to
Christendom, i. 569.
Meaux, Reformation at, i. 67 seq., 74, 75, 83, 86, 92;
new persecutions at, i. 253;
the "Fourteen of Meaux," i. 254;
their execution, i. 255;
iconoclasm at, ii. 68;
consequent severity of the Parliament of Paris, ib.;
massacre at, Aug. 25 and 26, 1572, ii. 505-507.
Medals, commemorative of the junction of the Huguenots and their
German allies, ii. 318;
of the battles of Jarnac and Moncontour, ii. 336, note;
of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 532, 533, 559.
Melanchthon, i. 43;
answers the Sorbonne's condemnation of Luther, i. 109;
visited by a French agent, i. 160;
draws up a plan of reconciliation, ib.;
his extravagant concessions, i. 161;
his own misgivings, i. 162;
his plan makes a favorable impression on Francis I., ib.;
is entreated to come to France, i. 182;
his perplexity, i. 183;
he is formally invited by Francis, and consents, i. 184;
but fails to obtain permission from the Elector of Saxony, i. 185;
his chagrin, i. 186;
his articles reprobated by the Sorbonne, i. 187;
approves of the execution of Servetus, i. 212.
Menendez, or Melendez, de Abila, sent by Philip II. to destroy the
Huguenot settlements in Florida, ii. 200;
his cruelty and success, ib.
Mercenary troops, i. 11.
"Mercuriale," nature of, i. 331;
Henry II. goes in person to one of the Parliament of Paris,
June 10, 1559, i. 332;
that of June 23, 1561, i. 480, seq.
Merindol, some inhabitants of, summoned to Aix, i. 235;
the infamous "Arret de Merindol," November 18, 1540, i. 236;
preparations to carry it into effect, i. 237;
it is delayed by friendly interposition, i. 238;
the place is taken and destroyed, i. 247.
Merle, d'Aubigne, a singular mistake of, i. 200.
Merlin, Jehan Reymond, a Protestant pastor, at the Colloquy of
Poissy, i. 509;
counsels moderation to the Queen of Navarre, ii. 149;
chaplain of Coligny, ii. 440, 457;
his wonderful escape, ii. 477.
Meru, a younger Montmorency, ii. 441, note, 628.
Messignac, Huguenot loss at, ii. 284.
Metz, labors of Jean Chatellain at, i. 114;
anger of the people at his execution, i. 116.
"Michelade," the, at Nismes, ii. 224, 225.
Milhau-en-Rouergue, calls for ministers, i. 479;
the entire population becomes Protestant, ii. 147;
refuses to admit a garrison, ii. 250;
a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280;
political Huguenot assembly at, ii. 600;
second assembly, Dec. 17, 1573, at which the scheme of organization
is perfected, ii. 617-619.
Miracles popular, i. 57;
miracle of the hawthorn tree of the Cimetiere des Innocents, ii. 486.
Milon, Barthelemi, a paralytic, executed, i. 172;
remarks of Martin Theodoric, of Beauvais, respecting ib.
Minard, President, assassination of, i. 370.
Ministers, Protestant, the popular clamor for, i. 479;
their moderation, i. 479, 480;
the demand unabated for, ii. 148.
Mirabel, a Huguenot leader, ii. 348.
Mirambeau, a Huguenot negotiator, ii. 623.
Miron, the Duke of Anjou's confession to, ii. 433.
Mole, La, one of the party of the Politiques, ii. 626;
he is executed on the Place de Greve, ii. 628, 629.
Monastic orders incur contempt, i. 60.
Monclar, Viscount of, ii. 230, 352.
Moncontour, battle of, Oct 3, 1569, ii. 332 seq.;
exultation of the Roman Catholic party after, ii. 336;
medals struck at Rome, ib., note;
extravagant action of parliament, ii. 337.
Money coined by the Huguenots, with the name and arms of
Charles IX., ii. 219.
Mons, capture of, by Count Louis of Nassau, ii. 412.
Montagut, or Montaigu, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.
Montargis, the residence of the Duchess of Ferrara, affords a safe
refuge to the Huguenots, ii. 73, 327;
flight of Huguenots from Montargis to Sancerre, ii. 328.
Montauban, the Protestants of, being maligned, vindicate their
loyalty, i. 480;
beg that no more ex-monks be sent into France as Protestant
ministers, ib.;
iconoclasm at, i. 485, 486;
it refuses to admit a garrison in, 1568, ii. 250;
a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280;
Coligny at, ii. 349;
becomes, through Regnier's agency, a Protestant stronghold, ii. 574;
political Huguenot assembly at, ii. 600;
it provides for a military organization of the Huguenots, ib.
Montbeliard, Farel at, i. 117.
Montbrun, nephew of Cardinal Tournon, a Huguenot leader, in the Comtat
Venaissin, etc., i. 414;
ii. 226, 230, 284, 348, 526;
his exploits in Dauphiny, ii. 621, 622.
Mont de Marsan, ii. 351.
Montecuccoli, Count of, accused of having poisoned the dauphin, Francis,
and drawn asunder by four horses, i. 259.
Montelimart, Huguenots of, i. 404.
Montereul, Claude a curate, active in the massacre of Rouen, ii. 520.
Montesquiou, captain of Anjou's guards, treacherously murders the Prince
of Conde, ii. 302.
Montferrand, M. de, Governor of Bordeaux, ii. 522;
his brutal boast before the parliament that he had killed more than
two hundred and fifty persons, ii. 524.
Montgomery, Gabriel, Count of, captain of the Scotch guard, mortally
wounds Henry II. in the tournament, i. 339;
commands the Protestants at Rouen, ii. 78;
escapes with D'Andelot to La Rochelle, at the beginning of the third
civil war, ii. 281, 282;
throws himself into St. Jean d'Angely, ii. 312;
takes for the Huguenots a great part of Bearn, ii. 323;
goes to Coligny's assistance, ii. 332;
his raids, ii. 349, 451;
escapes from the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 481-483;
obtains help from England for La Rochelle, ii. 588;
Queen Elizabeth's interest in him, ib.;
he lands in Normandy, ii. 630;
takes Carentan, ib.;
is taken prisoner at Domfront, ii. 631;
delight of Catharine de' Medici, ii. 631, 632;
his sentence and execution, ii. 633;
his constancy, ii. 634.
Montigny's remark as to the Burgundians, ii. 185.
Montluc, Bishop of Valence, his speech in the assembly of notables of
Fontainebleau, i. 418, 419;
his description of the Protestant ministers, i. 403, 418;
his evangelical preaching, i. 469;
confers with the Protestants at Poissy, i. 538;
Cardinal Lorraine's reference to him in the Colloquy of Poissy, ii. 8;
at the Conference of Saint Germain, ib.;
he is erroneously credited with writing Conde's reply to the
Triumvirs, etc., ii. 61, 64;
he is sent to secure the election of Anjou to the throne of
Poland, ii. 552;
his embarrassment, ii. 553, 560, note;
his success, ii. 592, 593.
Montluc, Blaise de, a cruel general, ii. 51, 52;
at Toulouse, ii. 53, 54;
is praised by Pius IV. for his part in the massacre, ii. 54;
his conversation with Alva at the Bayonne conference, ii. 171;
breaks down Coligny's bridge of boats, ii. 350;
accuses Damville, ii. 352;
succeeds in Bearn, ii. 361, 574.
Montmorency, Anne de, Grand Master and Constable, i. 261;
his ancient family and valor, i. 263;
his cruelty, i. 263, 264;
his unpopularity, i. 264;
disgraced by Francis I., but recalled by Henry II., i. 265;
opposes the breaking of the truce of Vaucelles, i. 297;
taken prisoner at the battle of St. Quentin, i. 302;
favors the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, i. 322;
his fall from power at the accession of Francis II., i. 347;
retires to his estates, i. 352, 353;
his wealth, ib.;
indignation of Catharine de' Medici with him, i. 352;
his disgust at the progress of Protestantism and the popular demand
for restitution, i. 469;
joins in the triumvirate, notwithstanding his son's
remonstrances, i. 470, 471;
disappointment of the Protestants at, i. 470, note;
his exploits at Paris in burning the Protestant preaching-places earn
him the title of "le Capitaine Brulebanc," ii. 37;
is taken prisoner at the battle of Dreux, ii. 94;
he espouses the defence of Coligny, ii. 135;
he takes sides against Cardinal Lorraine at Melun, ii. 155;
opposes the nuncio's demand that the red cap be taken away from
Cardinal Chatillon, ii. 182, 183;
at the Conference of La Chapelle Saint Denis declares that the king
will not tolerate two religions, ii. 211;
he is mortally wounded in the battle of Saint Denis, ii. 215;
three times a prisoner in previous wars, ib., note;
his character and exploits, ii. 216;
his conduct on entering La Rochelle, ii. 273. See Triumvirs.
Montmorency, Francois de, Marshal, eldest son of the constable,
remonstrates with his father on the formation of the
triumvirate, i. 470;
he is temporarily removed from the governorship of Paris, ii. 32;
his inability to check the excesses of the turbulent mob, ii. 97;
espouses Coligny's defence, ii. 135;
takes energetic measures with the Parisians, ii. 166;
his encounter with Cardinal Lorraine, ii. 166, 167;
he brings Coligny to Paris, ii. 167;
proclaims the edict of Amboise by public crier, ii. 180;
hollow reconciliation with the Guises, ii. 184;
at Saint Denis, ii. 214;
his retort to Catharine de' Medici, when Santa Croce demands the
surrender of Cardinal Chatillon to the Pope, ii. 229;
remonstrance of, ii. 255;
reply to Coligny, ii. 323;
proposes the marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of
Valois, ii. 394;
his honorable reception by Queen Elizabeth, ii. 399;
Charles's estimate of, ii. 409;
thrown into the Bastile, ii. 628.
Montpezat, M. de, ii. 523.
Montpellier, gathering of Huguenots for worship in the large
school-rooms, i. 428, 429;
the chapter of the cathedral introduces a garrison, whereupon the
Protestants rise and strip the churches, i. 563, 564;
the consuls write to Geneva to double their corps of Protestant
ministers, ii. 148.
Montpensier, the Duke of, at the Bayonne conference, ii. 170;
incites the massacre of Protestants, ii. 476, 529.
Montpipeau, the "tears" of, ii. 418, 419.
Montreal, ii. 359.
Montsoreau, M. de, his letter to Puigaillard, ii. 503;
he treacherously murders M. de la Riviere, ii. 512.
Morata, Olympia, her precocity, i. 206.
Morel, Francois de, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.
Mornas, cruelty of Huguenots at, ii. 50, 51.
Mornieu, Andre, an echevin, heads the murderers of Lyons, ii. 515.
Mortier, Du, a privy councillor, refuses to sign the sentence of the
Prince of Conde, i. 440.
Morvilliers, Bishop of Orleans, a skilful negotiator, his noble words
on straightforward diplomacy, ii. 194, note;
royal envoy, ii. 210, 255, 265, 368;
replies to Coligny's memorial, ii. 417, note.
Mothe Fenelon, La, French ambassador in England, his recommendation of
the Duke of Anjou, ii. 379;
his perplexity in defending the massacre, ii. 541;
declares himself ashamed to be counted a Frenchman, ii. 543;
his cold reception by Queen Elizabeth, ib.;
confesses that he is not believed, ii. 545;
he is instructed to press the suit of Alencon for Queen Elizabeth's
hand, ii. 606.
Motley, Mr. J. L., ii. 289, note, 537.
Mouchy, De, apologizes for using French language, i. 56;
at the Conference of Saint Germain, ii. 7;
his delight at its dismissal, ii. 8.
Moulin, Charles Du, a jurist, writes an able treatise against the
Council of Trent, ii. 155, 156.
Moulins, the assembly of notables at, in 1566, ii. 183;
alleged plan of the "Sicilian Vespers" to be executed at, ib.;
reconciliation of Coligny and the Guises, and of the Montmorencies
and Guises at, ii. 184;
fresh encounter of Cardinal Lorraine and Chancellor L'Hospital
at, ii. 185, 186.
Mouvans, a Huguenot leader in Provence, i. 407;
his message to the Duke of Guise, i. 408;
ii. 226, 230, 284.
Mouy, M. de, ii. 315, 333;
murdered by Maurevel, ii. 337.
Mucidan, ii. 312.
Muntz, on Clemangis, i. 64.
Murderer, the, of a Huguenot rescued, ii. 97.
N.
Nancay, captain of the guard, superintends the butchery of the Huguenot
leaders in the Louvre, ii. 466.
Nantes, the Protestants of, not to be compelled to hang tapestry on
Corpus Christi Day, ii. 164;
the municipality of, refuses to massacre the Protestants, ii. 529.
Nantouillet, the affair of, ii. 598, 599, note.
Nassau, Louis, Count of, brother of the Prince of Orange, enters
France with the Duke of Deux-Ponts, ii. 315;
at Moncontour, ii. 333, 335, 364;
confers with Charles IX. and urges him to espouse the cause of the
Netherlands, ii. 384, 385;
captures Mons and Valenciennes, ii. 412;
receives from Charles IX. assurances of help for the Prince of
Orange, ii. 609;
his death, ii. 610.
Navarre conquered by the Spanish, i. 107;
little left to the king, i. 108.
Navarre, Bastard of, taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306.
Navarre, Antoine de Bourbon-Vendome, King of, husband of Jeanne d'Albret,
favors the Reformation, i. 313;
rejects Montmorency's advances, i. 352;
his irresolution and pusillanimity, i. 354, 355;
wants indemnity for the kingdom of Navarre, i. 356;
is received at court with studied discourtesy, ib.;
is deaf to remonstrance, i. 357;
meets fresh indignity, i. 358;
his irresolution embarrasses Montbrun at Lyons, i. 427;
invites Beza to Nerac, i. 431;
his short-lived zeal, i. 432;
pressure upon him and Conde to force them to come to Orleans, ib.;
his concessions, i. 433;
at Limoges the Huguenot gentry offer him aid, i. 434;
he dismisses his escort, i. 435;
his infatuation, ib.;
reaches Orleans, i. 436;
is treated almost like a prisoner, ib.;
his danger, i. 440;
makes an ignominious compact with Catharine de' Medici just before
the death of Francis II., i. 444;
his opportunity at Charles IX.'s accession, i. 451;
his contemptible character, ib.;
his humiliation, i. 466;
he receives more consideration in consequence of the bold demands of
the Particular Estates of Paris, i. 467;
his assurances to M. Gluck, the Danish ambassador, that he would have
the gospel preached throughout France ib.;
he invites Beza to the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 494;
his urgency, i. 496;
he is plied by the arts of the papal legate, i. 553;
his apostasy, ii. 9;
his defence of Guise after the massacre of Vassy, ii. 27;
and Beza's reply, ii. 28;
has become "all Spanish now," ii. 29;
seizes Charles IX. and brings him back to Paris, ii. 36;
he is mortally wounded at the siege of Rouen, ii. 79;
his last hours and death, ii. 81;
his character, ii. 82;
extravagant eulogy of De Thou, ii. 83;
mourning at the Council of Trent, ib.;
his delight at the prospective marriage of his son to Margaret of
Valois, ii. 393.
Navarre, Henry of, son of Antoine de Bourbon-Vendome and Jeanne
d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, afterward Henry IV. of France,
born Dec. 14, 1553. Takes part in a tournament at the Bayonne
Conference, ii. 179;
remonstrates against the perfidy displayed by the Roman Catholics in
the murder of Conde and other Protestants at Jarnac, ii. 305;
with his cousin Conde, he becomes nominal general-in-chief of the
Huguenots, ii. 314;
they are nicknamed "the admiral's pages," ib.;
at Moncontour, ii. 334;
proposed marriage of Henry to Margaret of Valois, ii. 392 seq.;
by the death of his mother he becomes King of Navarre, June 9,
1572, ii. 408;
the papal dispensation delayed, ii. 410;
the betrothal, ii. 426;
the marriage, ii. 427;
a significant mock combat, ii. 431;
complains to the king of the attack on Coligny, ii. 439;
his name not on the proscriptive roll, ii. 451;
he is summoned by Charles IX. and ordered to abjure the Protestant
religion, ii. 468;
his very humble reply, ii. 469;
his name associated with the royal family as having been an object of
the pretended Huguenot conspiracy, ii. 490;
his forced conversion, ii. 498, 499;
his submission accepted by Pope Gregory XIII. and the validity of his
marriage recognized, ii. 500;
he re-establishes the Roman Catholic Church in Bearn, ib.;
attempts flight, ii. 625, 627;
his examination and defence, ii. 627, 628.
Navarre, Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of, daughter of Henry, King of Navarre,
and Margaret of Angouleme, sister of Francis I., marries Antoine
of Bourbon-Vendome, i. 313;
reluctantly embraces the Reformation, i. 431, 432;
her constancy, ii. 10;
her letter to the Cardinal of Armagnac, ii. 82;
she is cited to Rome and threatened with deposition as a heretic,
Sept. 28, 1563, ii. 141;
the royal council protests against the infraction of national
liberties, and the insult to royalty, ii. 142;
she establishes the Reformation in Bearn, ii. 148;
meets much opposition, ii. 149;
Spanish and other plots against, ii. 150;
a plot to kidnap her and her children, ii. 150, 151;
goes to La Rochelle at the beginning of the third civil war, ii. 281;
her spirited letters, ib.;
her words on Conde's death, ii. 303;
her courage after the battle of Jarnac, ii. 311;
her offices after the defeat of Moncontour, ii. 347;
negotiates with Catharine de' Medici for peace, ii. 356;
her letter warning the queen mother respecting the observance of the
peace, ii. 373, and note;
her reply to the royal proposal of a marriage of Henry of Navarre to
Margaret of Valois, ii. 395;
she becomes more favorable to it, ii. 403;
her solicitude, ii. 404;
she is treated with tantalizing insincerity, ib.;
she is shocked at the morals of the court, ii. 405;
she goes to Paris, ii. 406;
her last illness and death, ii. 406, 407;
the story that she was poisoned, ii. 407;
her character and motives traduced by the Memoires inedits de Michel
de la Huguerye, ii. 424.
Navarre, Margaret of. See Angouleme, Margaret of.
Navy, French, i. 11.
Negotiations for peace of St. Germain, ii. 356 seq.
Nemours, Duchess of. See Este, Anne d'.
Nemours, Duke of, fails to keep his word pledged to the Baron de
Castelnau, i. 388, 389;
marries the widow of the Duke of Guise, and oppresses the Protestants
of Lyonnais and Dauphiny, ii. 245;
praised by Pius V. in a special brief, ib.;
his jealousy of Aumale, ii. 317.
Nevers, Duke of, at the blood council, ii. 447.
New Testament, the, translated by Lefevre, i. 77.
New York, Huguenot church of, i. 345.
Nicodemites, the, i. 235, 538, 539.
Niort, ii. 283, 337, 338, 361.
Niquet, Spire, a poor bookbinder, roasted in a fire made of his own
books, in the massacre of Paris, ii. 474.
Nismes, great concourse of the Huguenots of, i. 407;
Huguenots guard the gates, i. 428;
massacre of Roman Catholics by the Protestants, known as the
"Michelade," ii. 224;
brilliant capture of, by the Huguenots in the third civil
war, ii. 345, 346;
in Protestant hands, in 1572, ii. 573, 574;
obtains a truce, ii. 599.
Normandy, progress of Protestantism in, i. 287;
burdens of taxation in, i. 313;
popular awakening in, i. 408;
Admiral Coligny's successes in (Feb., 1563), ii. 99. See Rouen.
Non-residence of clergy, Claude Haton on, i. 457.
Norris, Sir Henry, English ambassador, on the murder of Protestants
in Paris, ii. 249;
on the condition of the French court, ii. 255.
Northumberland, Earl of, his rebellion, ii. 358.
Nostradamus, predictions of, i. 47;
ii. 606.
Notables, assemblies of, i. 12;
assembly at Fontainebleau, i. 415.
Noue, Francois de la, justifies Conde's military conduct in evacuating
Paris, ii. 33;
his description of the discipline of the Huguenot army, ii. 66, 67;
on the irresistible desire for peace in 1568, ii. 235;
taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306;
also at Moncontour, ii. 335;
his success at Sainte Gemme, ii. 361, 384;
he is sent by Charles IX. to treat with La Rochelle, ii. 579;
he is badly received, ii. 580;
he is subsequently chosen leader, ii. 581;
he retires when the hope of reconciliation disappears, ii. 587;
persuades the Huguenots to enter upon the fifth religious
war, 1574, ii. 622.
O.
Oath to be exacted of the Huguenots, ii. 257.
Ossat, D', Cardinal, ii. 401.
Obedience, spirit of, pervading all classes, i. 8.
OEcolampadius, his correspondence with Lefevre, i. 86.
Official, or vicar, duties of i. 52.
Olaegui, secretary of the Spanish ambassador, reports the rapid spread
of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day to the provinces, ii. 505.
Olivetanus, or Olivetan, Pierre Robert, translates the Bible for the
Vaudois, i. 233.
Olivier, Chancellor, at first refuses to seal the royal commission to
the Duke of Guise, making him lieutenant-general of France, with
absolute powers, i. 390;
his remark as to the Cardinal of Lorraine, and death, i. 411, 412.
Oppede, Jean Meynier, Baron d', first president of the Parliament of
Aix, i. 243, seq.;
his death, i. 252.
Orange, city and principality of, i. 4, 66;
origin of Protestantism in, ii. 48;
great regret of the Prince of Orange, ib.;
massacre of Protestants at, ii. 49;
the inhabitants reconciled by Charles IX. to those of the Comtat
Venaissin, ii. 165;
infringement upon the peace at, ii. 373;
included in the Huguenot scheme of organization, ii. 618;
plundered by M. de Glandage, ii. 620.
Orange, William the Silent, Prince of, learns from Henry II. the
designs of Philip and himself for the extermination of the
Protestants, i. 325;
attempts to assist the Huguenots, ii. 288;
outgeneralled by Alva, ib.;
enters France and terrifies the court, ii. 289;
the insubordination of his troops compels him to retire, ib.;
his declaration, ii. 290;
re-enters France with the Duke of Deux-Ponts, ii. 315;
goes to Germany to obtain reinforcements for Coligny, ii. 332, 364.
Ordinances, royal. See Edicts.
Organization of the Huguenots, admirable, ii. 247.
Orgies, pretended, in "la petite Geneve," i. 365.
Orleans, the "ghost" of, i. 57, 58;
progress of Protestantism at, ii. 12;
the canons of the cathedral promise to attend the Protestant
theological lectures, ii. 12;
seized by Conde, it becomes the Huguenot centre during the first
civil war, ii. 39;
iconoclasm at, ii. 45;
left by Conde and Coligny in D'Andelot's hands, ii. 85, 98;
besieged by Guise, ii. 99;
capture of the Portereau, ii. 100;
use of bombs by the garrison, ii. 101;
massacre of Huguenots in the prisons of, Aug. 21, 1569, ii. 326;
the great massacre of, 1572, ii. 508, seq.;
a German account of the same, ii. 569-571.
Orsini, Cardinal, ii. 531.
Orthez, Viscount D', Governor of Bayonne, magnanimously refuses
to murder the Protestants, ii. 528.
Ory, Oriz, or Oritz, Inquisitor of the Faith, i. 224, 288.
P.
"Paix boiteuse et mal-assise," ii. 366.
Pamiers, persecution at, ii. 146;
Huguenot commotion at, ii. 193.
Pamphlets against the Guises, i. 409;
Cardinal Lorraine has twenty-two on his table directed against
himself, i. 423;
the "Epistre au Tigre de la France," i. 444, 448.
Panier, Paris, a doctor of civil law, put to death, i. 266.
Parcenac, ii. 226.
Paris, nobles flock to, i. 8;
learns obedience, i. 9;
wealth and population, i. 10;
persecution at, i. 216, 220;
first Protestant church organized, i. 294;
the example followed elsewhere, i. 296;
alarm at, after defeat of St. Quentin, i. 302;
progress of Protestantism in, i. 562, 563;
immense crowds at the Huguenot preaching, ii. 11;
fanaticism of the people, ii. 37, 38;
their delight at the prospect of war, ii. 41;
their fury, ii. 69;
approached by Conde, ii. 89;
insubordination and riot at, ii. 96, 97;
the people disarmed, ii. 141;
the citizen soldiers at the battle of Saint Denis, ii. 215;
processions at ii. 325;
line of the walls in the sixteenth century, ii. 483;
the municipal officers call the king's attention to the
massacre, ii. 486.
Parliament of Bordeaux, i. 19.
Parliament of Paris, i. 16;
claims right of remonstrance, i. 17;
humored by the crown, i. 18;
protests against repeal of Pragmatic Sanction, i. 33;
opposes the concordat, i. 37;
reluctantly registers it, i. 39;
proceeds vigorously against the "Lutherans," i. 171;
denounced by the Sorbonne as altogether heretical i. 328;
its inconsistent sentences, i. 329;
the mercuriale of 1559, i. 330, seq.;
different issues of the trials of the five imprisoned judges, i. 375;
the mercuriale of 1561, i. 481, seq.;
diversity of sentiment in, i. 482, 483;
its decision embodied in the "Edict of July," i. 483;
its opposition to the edict of January, ii. 6;
which it reluctantly registers, ii. 7;
its excessive severity, ii. 68;
it affects to regard Conde as a prisoner in the hands of the
Protestant confederates, ii. 70;
sternly reproved by Charles IX. for failing to record the edict of
Amboise, ii. 139, 140;
declares Coligny infamous, and sets a price on his head, ii. 330, 331;
extravagance after the victory of Moncontour, ii. 337;
its servile reply to Charles IX., ii. 493;
it declares Coligny's memory infamous, ii. 496.
Parliament of Rouen, or Normandy, puts to death Augustin
Marlorat, ii. 80. See Rouen.
Parliaments, provincial, i. 17.
Parma, Duchess of, Regent of the Netherlands, sets a price on the
head of Theodore Beza, ii. 388, note.
Partenay falls into the hands of the Huguenots, ii. 282.
Pasquier, Etienne, on barbarism at the university, i. 42;
his estimate of Calvin, i. 216;
on Paris at the beginning of the first civil war, ii. 41.
Pasquinade against the Cardinal of Lorraine, i. 447.
Patriarche, the, a Protestant place of worship, i. 571, 573.
Paul III., Pope, his alleged intercession for the Protestants, i. 180;
grounds of doubt respecting it, i. 181.
Paul IV., Pope, his disappointment at the escape of Andelot from the
stake, i. 320;
ii. 568;
believes that no heretic can be converted, ib.
Paulin, Viscount of, ii. 230, note; 600.
Pauvan, Jacques, i. 89;
his theses, i. 90;
burned on the Place de Greve, i. 91.
Pavia, battle of, Feb. 24, 1525, i. 122.
Peace of Amboise, March 19, 1563, terminating the first civil
war, ii. 115;
peace of Longjumeau, or "short" peace, after the second civil
war, ii. 234;
number of Protestants murdered during, ii. 250;
peace of St Germain, after the third civil war, ii. 363.
People, rights of, overlooked, i. 11;
"incomparable kindness of," i. 14;
submission to nobles, i. 15.
Perigord, Protestantism in, i. 428.
Perry, Mr. G. G., his remarks on Whittingham, ii. 293.
Persecution, failure of, i. 220;
more systematic, i. 224;
severity of, i. 296, 359.
Petit, Guillaume, the king's confessor, i. 72.
Petition of the Triumvirs, ii. 58.
Peyrat, M. du, ii. 514.
Pezenas, in Languedoc, i. 428.
Philip the Fair and Pope Boniface VIII., i. 27.
Philip II., King of Spain, offers aid to Catharine de' Medici, i. 358;
opposed to a French national council, i. 426;
plots with the Pope, ib;
his aid invoked by the Sorbonne i. 467, 468;
his threats of invasion, i. 555;
his message to Catharine de' Medici, i. 567;
he is commended by the Pope, i. 568;
he sends Courteville on a secret mission, ib.;
hesitates to aid the French Roman Catholics, ii. 54;
his offers on paper, ib.;
looks with suspicion on the projected conference at Bayonne, ii. 167;
is said to have threatened Charles IX., ii. 195;
he approves Alva's procrastinating policy respecting assistance to
the Guises, ii. 208;
offers 200,000 crowns if Charles will continue the war against the
Huguenots, ii. 228;
recalls his troops, ii. 342;
opposes the peace, ii. 360, 365;
his ambassador leaves the French court in disgust, after giving away
the silver plate Charles had given him, ii. 391;
his delight at hearing of the massacre of St. Bartholomew's
Day, ii., 536 seq.
Philippe, M., an inconsiderate minister at Cateau-Cambresis, leads
the iconoclasts, ii. 190;
he is executed, ii. 191.
Philippi, ii. 603.
Pibrac, avocat-general, ii. 493.
Picardy, the Duke of Longueville prevents the massacre of the
Protestants from extending to, ii. 526.
Pierre-Gourde, M. de, ii. 284.
Piles, M. de, ii. 312;
his brave defence of St. Jean d'Angely, ii. 340;
ravages the Spanish county of Roussillon, ii. 351, 355, 439;
his murder at the Louvre on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 467.
Pinart, ii. 623.
Pithiviers, or Pluviers, captured by Conde, ii. 87;
retaken by Guise, ii. 97.
Pius IV., Pope, his solicitude respecting France, i. 548;
sends the Cardinal of Ferrara as legate, ib.;
commends Philip II., i. 568;
praises Blaise de Montluc, by a brief, for his part in the massacre
of Toulouse, ii. 54;
his bull against princely heretics, April 7, 1563, ii. 141.
Pius V., Pope, is said to have threatened Charles IX., ii. 195;
his nuncio tries to prevent peace being concluded with the
Huguenots, ii. 228;
praises the Duke of Nemours for his severity, ii. 245;
approves by a bull the crusade at Toulouse, ii. 279;
his sanguinary injunctions after the battle of Jarnac, ii. 308, 309;
severely reproves Santa Fiore for sparing any heretics, ii. 335, 568;
his congratulatory letters after the battle of Moncontour, ii. 336;
recalls his troops ii. 342;
his bull against Queen Elizabeth, ii. 359;
opposes the peace ii. 360, 365, 369;
alarmed at the prospects of the Huguenot ascendancy in France, he
despatches his nephew, the Cardinal of Alessandria, as legate,
to Paris, ii. 400;
the king's assurances, ii. 400-403;
the conditions required for granting a dispensation for the marriage
of Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois, ii. 410, note;
gives no dispensation until after the marriage, his bull being dated
Oct 27, 1572, ii. 427;
his letters to Charles, Catharine, Anjou, etc., instigating them to
exterminate the heretics, ii. 564, seq.;
his thirst for Huguenot blood, ii. 567, 568;
redeems the Huguenot captives of Mornas in order to have the
satisfaction of ordering their public execution, ii. 568.
Placard, the, of 1534. Feret sent to Neufchatel to have it
printed, i. 164;
its authorship, ib.;
its publication opposed by Courault and other prudent
reformers, i. 165;
its contents, ib.;
it produces great popular excitement in Paris, i. 167;
a copy posted on the door of the king's bedchamber, ib.;
anger of Francis I., ib.;
barbarous executions consequent upon it, i. 171, 177;
marks an epoch in the history of the Huguenots, i. 193.
Placard, the year of the, i. 164, etc.
Placards and pasquinades, both for and against the reformed
doctrines, i. 163.
Place, Pierre de la, President of the Cour d'Aides, and a historian,
murdered in the massacre at Paris, ii. 479.
Plague, the, in Paris and Orleans, ii. 85.
Planche, Regnier de la, consulted by Catharine de' Medici, i. 410.
Pleasantries, Huguenot, ii. 192.
Plessis Mornay, Philippe du, writes for Coligny a memorial on the
Flemish project, ii. 416.
Poissy, the prelates at, i. 493;
Beza and other French Protestants invited to a conference, i. 494;
wrangling of the prelates, i. 499;
their demand, i. 542;
their character, i. 547.
Poissy, the Colloquy of, the Huguenots petition for fair treatment
at, i. 505;
vexatious delay, i. 506;
the Huguenots determine to leave unless their petition is
granted, i. 507;
an informal decree in their favor, ib.;
the last efforts of the Sorbonne to prevent the conference prove
abortive, i. 508;
the Huguenot ministers and delegates of churches proceed from St.
Germain to Poissy, i. 509;
list of the former, ib.;
the assembly in the nuns' refectory, i. 510;
the prelates, i. 511;
diffidence of Beza, i. 512;
Chancellor L'Hospital's oration at the opening, ib.;
the Huguenots are summoned, i. 513;
a cardinal's sneer and Beza's retort, i. 514;
Beza's prayer and address, i. 514-521;
he is interrupted by the theologians of the Sorbonne with cries of
"Blasphemy!" i. 519;
Cardinal Tournon tries to cut short the conference, i. 521;
but Catharine declines to permit its interruption, i. 522;
advantages gained, ib.;
the prelates' notion of a conference, i. 526;
arrival of Peter Martyr, i. 527;
Cardinal Lorraine replies to Beza, i. 528;
Cardinal Tournon's new demand, i. 529;
Beza asks a hearing, ib.;
he replies, i. 532, 533;
speeches of Claude D'Espense and Claude de Sainctes, i. 532;
Cardinal Lorraine's demand that the Huguenot ministers should
subscribe to the Augsburg Confession, i. 533;
Beza's reply, i. 533-565;
anger of the prelates, i. 536;
speeches of Martyr and Lainez, i. 536;
close of the colloquy, i. 537;
is followed by a private conference, i. 538;
and the arrival of five Protestant theologians from Germany, i. 544;
causes of the failure of the colloquy, i. 546.
Poitiers, demands of the clergy at, i. 431;
captured by the king, ii. 71;
siege of, by the Huguenots, ii. 324, 325.
Poland, news of the massacre, how received in, ii. 553;
Henry of Anjou elected king, ii. 593;
ambassadors from, come to France, ii. 598;
their magnificent reception, ib.
"Politiques," or Malcontents, the party of the, ii. 615;
their unsuccessful rising, ii. 625.
Poltrot, Jean, de Merey, assassinates Francois de Guise, ii. 103;
his history, ii. 104;
his torture and execution, ii. 105;
accuses Beza and Coligny of having instigated the murder, ii. 106.
Poncher, Bishop of Paris, i. 71.
Pons, ii. 283.
Pont, Baron du, ii. 476.
Popincourt, a Protestant place of worship at Paris, destroyed by
Constable Montmorency, ii. 37.
Populace, cruelty of, i. 366.
Porcien, the Prince of, ii. 193;
attempt to assassinate, ii. 194.
Poulain, Poulin, or Polin, otherwise called Baron de la Garde, i. 246;
ii. 361, 576.
Pragmatic Sanction of St Louis, i. 26;
of Bourges, i. 29, 30;
anger of the Pope at, i. 31;
abrogated, i. 32;
re-enacted, i. 33, 35;
abrogated by Francis I., i. 36;
still recognized by parliament, i. 40;
its restoration demanded, i. 459.
Pre aux Clercs, the public grounds of the university, psalm-singing on
the, i. 314.
Prelates, French, cited to Rome and condemned, ii. 141.
Prerogative, royal, books upon, ii. 615, 616.
Presidial judges, no appeal from their decisions in cases of
heresy, i. 279.
Primacy of France divided between the Archbishops of Lyons and
Sens, i. 118.
Princes, scanty revenues of, i. 8.
Prior, the Grand, of France, i. 269;
at Saverne, ii. 13.
Privas, a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280.
Processions, indecent, i. 59;
expiatory, i. 142, and especially, i. 173, etc.;
to intercede for help in the war against La Rochelle, ii. 592.
Profane oaths a test of Catholicity, ii. 134, 585.
Profligacy of the court, the, ii. 132, note;
alienation of, from the Huguenots, ii. 133.
Protestants of France, appeal to the Swiss and Germans, i. 191;
persecuted in various places, i. 216, 217;
the tongues of the victims cut out, i. 217;
or iron balls forced into their mouths, i. 257;
place a remonstrance in the chamber of Henry II., i. 308;
they appeal to Catharine de' Medici, i. 362;
a second and more urgent appeal, i. 364. See Huguenots.
Protestantism, causes of its sudden development in the last years of
Henry II. and the reign of Francis II., i. 399-403.
Provence, Huguenots of, under Mouvans, i. 407;
disorders and bloodshed in, ii. 47;
saved from witnessing a massacre of the Protestants in 1572 by the
magnanimity of the Count de Tende, ii. 527;
demands of the tiers etat of, ii. 603.
Provins, preaching of friars at, ii. 5, 6, 279;
intolerance at, ii. 191, 241, 242.
Psalms, versified by Marot and Beza, sung on the Pre aux Clercs, i. 314;
indignation of Henry II. at, i. 315;
set to music for worship by Bourgeois and others, especially by
Goudimel, in several parts, ii. 517, note.
Puigaillard, ii. 503, 504, 512, 513, 617.
Punishments, barbarous, i. 45;
especially for heresy, i. 46.
Puyroche, M., his monograph on the massacre at Lyons, ii. 513, note.
Q.
Quercu, or De Chesne, i. 23, 50.
Quintin, Jean, orator for the clergy in the States General of Orleans,
makes a speech of insufferable arrogance, i. 458;
he pictures the sad straits of the clergy, and asks for the
restoration of the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 459;
his word for the down-trodden people, i. 460;
he is compelled to apologize to Admiral Coligny, ib.
R.
Rabasteins, massacre of the garrison of, ii. 361.
Ramee, Pierre de la, or Ramus, assassinated at the instigation of
Charpentier, ii. 478.
Rapin, a Protestant gentleman sent by the king, judicially murdered
by the Parliament of Toulouse, ii. 239.
"Rapin, Vengeance de," ii. 351.
Rapin, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.
Read, M. Charles, i. 446;
ii. 569.
Rector of the university, i. 22.
Reform, abortive efforts at, i. 61.
Reformation, the French, becomes a popular movement, i. 196.
Regnier, a Huguenot gentleman of Quercy, spared in the massacre
at Paris, through the magnanimity of his personal enemy
Vezins, ii. 480;
by his bravery and determination saves Montauban for the
Huguenots, ii. 574, 575.
"Reiters," i. 11.
Relics, reverence for, i. 49;
great variety of, i. 50.
Renaissance, era of the, i. 41.
Renaudie, Godefroy de Barry, Seigneur de la, leader in the Tumult
of Amboise, i. 379;
assembles the malcontents at Nantes, i. 380;
is betrayed by Des Avenelles, i. 382;
his death, i. 389;
his body hung and quartered, i. 392;
inscription over his remains, ib.;
an alleged admission of disloyal intentions on his part, i. 394.
Renee de France, Duchess of Ferrara, her hospitality, i, 179;
her court, i. 205;
her eulogy by Brantome, i. 206;
on her return to France, rebukes the Duke of Guise, i. 437;
affords a safe asylum to the Huguenots at
Montargis, ii. 73, 110, 111, 327;
her letter to Calvin respecting the Duke of Guise, ii. 109;
her answer to Malicorne, ii. 111;
her aversion to war, ii. 327, note.
Renel, Marquis de, murdered by Bussy d'Amboise, ii. 472.
Rentigny, Madame de, courageously refuses a pardon based on
recantation, and is executed as a Protestant, i. 311.
Renty, ii. 352.
Representative government, long break in history of, i. 13;
demanded by the "tiers etat" at Pontoise, i. 492.
Rescue of Protestant prisoners, i. 367.
Retz, De, Count and Marshal (Albert de Gondy), ii. 339, 443;
at the blood council, ii. 447, 448, 449;
obtains the office and property of Lomenie, including Versailles,
and then causes him to be put to death, ii. 485, 527, 638.
Re-union of Romanists and Protestants, hopes of, long
entertained, i. 159.
Rhinegrave, the, ii. 71, 298, 334.
Ribault, Jean leads the first expedition to colonize Florida, ii. 199;
returns to Florida in command of the third expedition, ii. 200;
flayed and quartered by the Spaniards, ib.
Riviere, M. de la, first Protestant pastor of Paris, i. 295;
he is treacherously murdered, at Angers, by M. de Montsoreau, ii. 512.
Roanne, la, the common prison of Lyons, ii. 515;
butchery of Huguenots in, ii. 516.
Roche Abeille, La, Huguenot victory at, ii. 319.
Rochefort, De, orator for the noblesse in the States General of
Orleans, i. 457.
Rochefoucauld, Count de la, escapes into Germany, hearing of the
proscriptive plans of the court, i. 442;
ii. 349, 428, 439, 451;
he is murdered on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 470.
Rochelle, La, the city of, secured for the Prince of Conde by the skill
of Francois de la Noue, ii. 226, seq.;
the alleged payment to Catharine de' Medici, in order to be free from
a garrison, ib., note;
execution of Protestants at, in 1552, ii. 227, 272;
refuses, in 1568, to receive a garrison, ii. 250;
its government and privileges, ii. 270-273;
iconoclasm at, ii. 272;
places for Protestant worship in, accorded by Charles IX., ib.;
Constable Montmorency's roughness, ii. 273;
becomes a city of refuge, ii. 280;
strengthens its works, ii. 342;
the tidings of the massacre at Bordeaux determine it to refuse to
admit the emissaries of Charles IX., ii. 524;
in Protestant hands, ii. 573;
a great number of refugees in, ii. 576;
refuses to receive Biron, who is sent as royal governor, ii. 578;
first skirmish before, ii. 579;
mission of La Noue to, ib.;
he is badly received, ii. 580;
the Rochellois reject the royal proposals, ii. 581;
they make advances to La Noue, ib.;
description of La Rochelle, ii. 582, 583;
resoluteness of the Rochellois, ii. 583;
their military strength, ii. 584;
they fight and pray, ii. 585;
bravery of the women, ii. 586;
determination of the inhabitants, ii. 587;
La Noue retires, ib.;
the promised aid from England miscarries, ii. 588;
great losses of the royal army before, ii. 591;
treacherous attempt upon, Dec., 1573, ii. 616;
the severe punishment for it approved by Charles IX., ii. 617;
resumes arms, at the persuasion of La Noue, in the beginning of
the fifth religious war, 1574, ii. 622.
Roche-sur-Yon, La, Prince of, his warning respecting the danger
impending over the Huguenots from the designs adopted at
Bayonne, ii. 197.
Rochetti, Louis de, an inquisitor, becomes a Protestant and is burned
alive at Toulouse i. 289.
Roma, De, a Dominican monk, his threat, i. 76;
his cruelty, i. 235.
Roman Church, how far responsible for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's
Day, ii. 562, seq.
Romans, the Huguenots of, i. 404.
Rome, quarrels of France with, i. 279;
Protestants never more exposed to disaster than when such quarrels
exist, ib.;
the couriers going to, stripped of their dispatches on the
frontiers, i. 495;
rejoicings at, over the news of the massacre of the Protestants
in France, ii. 530.
Romorantin, the edict of, May, 1560, i. 410.
Ronsard, the poet, takes the sword against the Huguenots, ii. 68.
Roquefort, ii. 351.
Rouen, capital of Normandy, persecution at, i. 217;
rescue of a Protestant bookbinder at, i. 367;
Protestant assemblies in, i. 408;
seven thousand gather in the new market-place and sing psalms, i. 430;
besieged by the king, ii. 77;
makes a brave defence, ii. 79;
its fall, ib.;
vexatious delays in publishing the edict of Amboise at, ii. 129;
partiality of parliament, ii. 130;
its protest against the return of Protestant exiles, ii. 131;
it meets with a decided rebuff, ii. 131, 132;
riot when the edict of pacification of Longjumeau is
published at, ii. 241;
troops quartered upon the Huguenots, ii. 244;
violence at, ii. 249;
Protestants attacked at, March 4, 1571, ii. 374;
massacre of, ii. 519-521.
Roussel, Gerard, i. 74, 75, 83, 150, 151;
retires to Strasbourg, i. 84;
his excessive caution, i. 85;
his theology and fortunes, i. 97;
his death, i. 98.
Roussillon, county of, Spanish, ravaged by M. de Piles, ii. 351.
Roussillon, declaration of Aug. 4, 1564, infringing upon the edict of
pacification of Amboise, ii. 161, 162.
Roy, Etienne le, a singer ii. 429, 431.
"Royal council," the name given to meetings at which the king is not
present, ii. 33.
Roye, Eleonore de, wife of Louis de Conde, her grief and
death, ii. 145, 303, note.
Roye, Madame de, mother-in-law of Conde, arrested, i. 437;
but subsequently declared innocent, i. 465.
Ruble, Baron de, his remarks respecting La Huguerye's misrepresentation
of the character of the Queen of Navarre, ii. 425.
Rubys, an agent in the massacre at Lyons, ii. 504, note, 514.
Russanges, De, a goldsmith, betrays the Protestants of Paris, i. 360.
S.
Sacramentarians excepted from the pardon extended in the Declaration of
Coucy, i. 179.
Sadolet, Bishop, his kindness to the Waldenses or Vaudois of
Provence, i. 242.
Sague, an agent of the King of Navarre, arrested, i. 424.
Sainctes, Claude de, his speech at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 532;
complains of Huguenot boldness, i. 570;
a violent advocate of persecution, ii. 254.
"Saint," the prefix of, insisted upon by the Sorbonne, i. 223.
Saint Andre, Jacques d'Albon, Marshal of, i. 266;
his rapid advancement, i. 272;
makes terms with the Guises, i. 354;
his influence with Constable Montmorency, i. 469;
becomes one of the triumvirs, i. 470, 471;
he returns a defiant answer to Catharine de' Medici, when ordered to
go to his government, ii. 27;
lays siege to and takes Bourges, ii. 71, 72;
is killed in the battle of Dreux, ii. 95;
enmity of Catharine de' Medici toward, ii. 97. See Triumvirs.
Saint Denis, battle of, Nov. 10, 1567, ii. 213.
Saint Etienne, ii. 353.
Saint Germain, Conference of, 1561, i. 539;
its article on the eucharist rejected by the Roman Catholic
prelates, i. 541;
assembly of notables at, i. 574;
conference of, January 28, 1562, ii. 7;
its profitless discussions, ii. 8;
delight of Mouchy and his companions at its close, ii. 8, 9;
flight of the court from, ii. 626.
Saint Germain, the edict of pacification of, ending the third civil
war, Aug. 8, 1570, ii. 363;
dissatisfaction of the clergy, ii. 365;
sincerity of the peace, ii. 367.
Saint-Germain-des-Pres, the old abbey of, ii. 483, note.
Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, church of, i. 174;
bell of, ii. 455, 470, note.
Saint Goard, ii. 537, 538.
Saint Heran, Governor of Auvergne, his reported magnanimity, ii. 527.
Saint Hippolyte, Wolfgang Schuch at, i. 116.
Saint Jacques, Rue, affair of, Sept. 4, 1557, i. 303, 304;
savage treatment of the prisoners, i. 305;
malicious rumors respecting Protestants, i. 306;
trials and executions, i. 307.
Saint Jean d'Angely, ii. 312;
disastrous siege of, by the Roman Catholic army, ii. 339, seq.
Saint Lo, in Normandy, i. 408;
ii. 631, 632.
Saint Medard, the "tumult" of, i. 571, seq.
Saint Michael's Day, the Huguenots to rise upon
(Sept. 29, 1567), ii. 205;
the secret leaks out, ii. 206.
Saint Paul, Francois de, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.
Saint Quentin, defeat of, August 10, 1557, i. 302.
Saint Remy, Nicole de, a mistress of Henry II., and a Spanish spy,
suggests the marriage of Cardinal Bourbon in the contingency of
the death of all Catharine de' Medici's sons, ii. 180, 181.
Saint Romain, Archbishop of Aix, cited by the Pope, ii. 141, 161.
Saint Romain, M. de, ii. 600.
Saint Thomas, M. de, ii. 511.
Sainte Chapelle, founded by Saint Louis, its relics, i. 174.
Sainte Foy, De, or Arnauld Sorbin, a violent Roman Catholic
preacher, ii. 254;
instigates the massacre of Orleans, ii. 508;
acts as confessor of Charles IX. before his death, ii. 637.
Sainte Gemme, La Noue's success at, ii. 361.
Saintes, ii. 283, 361.
Salcede, sentenced to be boiled alive for counterfeiting, i. 46.
Salic law, the, a bit of pleasantry, ii. 208.
Salignac, Abbe, confers with the Protestants at Poissy, i. 538;
his professed sympathy with the Reformation, and his
timidity, i. 538, 539.
Salviati, papal nuncio in France, his testimony respecting the want
of premeditation of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, and
the king's ignorance, ii. 435, 436, 531, 535, 564.
Sancerre refuses to admit a garrison, in 1568, ii. 250;
ford near, ii. 269;
a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280;
fruitless siege of, by Martinengo, ii. 297;
siege of, in 1573, ii. 589;
incipient famine in, ii. 590;
terrible straits of, ii. 595, 596;
capitulation of, ii. 597.
Sansac, ii. 325, 344.
Santa Croce, Cardinal, sent as nuncio to France, i. 548;
his reluctance, i. 549;
his alarm at the time of the assembly of notables at Saint
Germain, i. 575;
he claims the surrender of Cardinal Chatillon to the
Pope, ii. 228, 229.
Santa Fiore, pontifical general in France, his
instructions, ii. 319, note;
severely reproved by Pius V. for having spared any heretics
that fell into his hands, ii. 335, 568;
recalled, 342.
Sapin, a member of the Parliament of Paris, executed by order of Conde,
by way of retaliation, ii. 80.
Saumur, ii. 324, 503, 504, 512.
Saunier, or Saulnier, Matthieu, i. 90.
Saverne, conference of, between the Duke of Wuertemberg and the
Guises, ii, 13-17.
Savoy, Duke of, intercession of Charles IX. with, in behalf of the
Waldenses, or Vaudois, of Piedmont, ii. 390;
collects an army to overwhelm Geneva, ii. 557.
Saxony, the elector of, refuses to let Melanchthon go to France, i. 185;
his severe language to the reformer, ib.;
refuses to help the Huguenots, ii. 217.
Schism, the, i. 28.
Schmidt, Professor C., on Roussel's mysticism, i. 97.
Schomberg, Gaspard de, a negotiator, ii. 71, 290, 550, 551, 608.
Schuch, Wolfgang, tragic end of, i. 116.
Sebastian, King of Portugal, affronts Charles IX. by declining the
hand of Margaret of Valois, ii. 379.
Sebeville, Pierre de, i. 83.
Seguier, President of the Parliament of Paris, makes a manly speech
against the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition, i. 289, 290;
his leaning to Protestantism, i. 329.
Senlis, the bishop of, translates the "Hours" of Margaret of Angouleme
in a Protestant fashion, i. 151.
Sens, provincial council of, i. 138;
its decrees against heresy, i. 139;
persecution at, i. 256;
massacre of, ii. 46, 55.
Serbelloni, Fabrizio, cousin of Pope Pius IV., massacres the Protestants
at Orange, ii. 48, 49.
Serignan, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.
Sermons, seditious and fanatical, ii. 5, 240, 279, 523.
Serres, Jean de, the historian, ii. 572, note, et al.
Servetus, Michael, burned contrary to the desire of Calvin, i. 212;
his execution approved by Melanchthon and other reformers, ib.
Sevyn, Pierre de, a Protestant member of the Parliament of Bordeaux,
killed, ii. 524.
Shakerley, Thomas, organist of the Cardinal of Ferrara, papal legate: he
is a spy in the pay of Throkmorton, i. 566, note;
his account of the French court, ib.
Sigismund Augustus, King of Poland, letter of Pius V. to him, ii. 564.
Sismondi, M. de, on the massacre of Vassy, ii. 24.
Smith, Sir Thomas, his account of the riotous conduct of the Parisian
mob, ii. 96, 97;
his tribute to the Duke of Guise, ii. 112;
his remonstrance against the edict of pacification of
Amboise, ii. 116;
his altercation with Sir Nicholas Throkmorton, ii. 128;
his words as to the Prince of Conde, ii. 145, note;
his view of the design of the "progress" of Charles IX., ii 158;
on the growth of Protestantism in France, ii. 182;
his account of an interview with the Cardinal of
Lorraine, ii. 321, note;
his account of the offer of a ring by Charles IX. to the Cardinal
of Alessandria, ii. 402, note;
his plea for Queen Elizabeth, ii. 422, note;
his letter respecting the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 546.
Soldan, Professor, his view respecting the cities offered by the king
to the Huguenots, ii. 358, note;
as to the terms of the edict of Boulogne, ii. 594, note.
Soleure, the canton of, ii. 557.
Sommieres, brave defence of, ii. 589.
Sorbin. See Sainte Foy, De.
Sorbonne, or theological faculty, i. 22;
its great authority, i. 23;
its intolerance, i. 24;
declaration of, i. 71;
condemns Luther's teachings, i. 108;
its recommendations, i. 110;
reprobates Melanchthon's articles, i. 187;
publishes twenty-five articles of faith, March 10, 1543, i. 223;
denounces the Parliament of Paris as heretical, i. 328;
despatches Artus Desire to invoke the aid of Philip II., i. 467, 468;
declares it impossible to have two religions in a kingdom without
confusion, ii. 228.
Soubise, M. de, entreats Catharine to throw herself into the arms of
the Huguenots, ii. 31;
at Lyons, ii. 102;
his humanity, ib.;
taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306.
Souillac, Huguenot reverse at, ii. 348.
Spanish ambassador's house in Paris the centre of intrigue, ii. 181.
Spanish troops recalled, ii. 342.
States General an object of suspicion, i. 11;
rarely convoked, i. 12;
compensating advantages, i. 13.
States General of Orleans, elections for, i. 430;
complaints inserted in the "cahiers," ib.;
demands of clergy at Poitiers, i. 431;
opening of, Dec. 13, 1560, i. 454;
the chancellor's address, i. 455;
Cardinal Lorraine's effrontery, i. 456;
De Rochefort's address for the noblesse, ib.;
L'Ange for the tiers etat, i. 458;
Jean Quintin's arrogant speech for the clergy, ib.;
Admiral Coligny presents a Huguenot petition, i. 461;
the States prorogued, ib.;
meanwhile persecution to cease, i. 462;
meet at Pontoise, i. 488;
speech of Bretagne, _vierg_ of Autun, for the tiers etat, i. 489;
demands of the tiers etat, i. 490;
representative government, religious toleration and an impartial
council insisted upon, i. 492;
the prelates at Poissy, i. 493;
an invitation extended to Beza and other Frenchmen, i. 494.
Strasbourg intercedes for Protestants of France, i. 191;
but receives an unsatisfactory reply, i. 192.
Strozzi, Philip, ii. 319, 576, 583, 584, 623.
Stuart, a Scotch gentleman, said to have shot the constable in the
battle of Saint Denis, ii. 215;
murdered in cold blood at Jarnac, ii. 304.
Sturm, John, lecturer in Paris, and afterward rector of the University
of Strasbourg, writes to beg Melanchthon to come to France, i. 182.
Sully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of, his escape in the massacre of
Paris, ii. 477.
Sureau du Rosier, Hugues, an instrument in the forced conversion of
Navarre and Conde, ii. 499.
Suriano, Michel, a Venetian ambassador, his account of the Protestant
ministers, i. 463;
his lugubrious account of France, i. 569.
Swiss, hesitation of the Protestant cantons to seem to countenance
rebellion, ii. 56;
bravery at the battle of Dreux, ii. 94;
levy of six thousand men sent for, ii. 196;
causes distrust among the Huguenots, ib.;
they escort Charles IX. to Paris, ii. 207;
after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 558.
Sympathy of the judges with the Protestants, i. 300.
Synod, the first national, held in Paris, May, 1559, i. 335-337;
the second, Poitiers, March 10, 1561, ii. 62, note;
the third, Orleans, April 25, 1562, ii. 61;
the seventh, La Rochelle, April 2-11, 1571, ii. 387.
T.
Tadon, ii. 580.
Tailor of the Rue St. Antoine, his bold speech and
execution, i. 276, 277.
Talaize, ii. 516, note.
Tanquerel, a doctor of the Sorbonne, declares that the Pope can depose
heretical kings, i. 566.
Tavannes, Gaspard de, Marshal, remonstrates against the peace, and
favors the revival of the confraternities, ii. 245, 246;
author of plot to seize Conde and Coligny, ii. 266, 339;
the king's estimate of his character, ii. 409;
his blunt advice, ii. 429, note;
at the council of blood, ii. 447, 448 note;
he rides through the streets of Paris encouraging the
"blood-letting," ii. 476.
Teil, a Protestant captain, ii. 329.
Teligny, ii. 256, 357, 359, 363, 384;
marries Louise de Chatillon, daughter of Admiral Coligny, ii. 387;
a conversation with Charles IX., ii. 408, 409;
opposes the proposition of the Vidame de Chartres to leave Paris, as
a mark of distrust of the king, ii. 446, 453;
he is among the first victims of the massacre, ii. 471.
Tende, the Count of, ii. 298;
he refuses to massacre the Protestants in Provence, ii. 527;
his speedy death attributed to poison, ib.
Terrides, a captain of Anjou, ii. 323.
Tessier, ii. 509.
Theatrical effects, i. 58.
Theophilus, letter signed, to Catharine de' Medici, i. 409.
Thionville, brilliant capture of, i. 321.
Thore, a younger Montmorency, ii. 441, 452, 625, 628.
Thou, Christopher de, First President of the Parliament of Paris,
member of the commission that condemned Conde to death, i 438;
his son's attempt to clear the memory of, i. 440;
ii. 371;
his unmanly speech at the "lit de justice," when Charles IX. assumes
the responsibility of the massacre, ii. 493;
presides at the trial of La Mole and Coconnas, ii. 629.
Thou, Jacques Auguste, de, the historian, son of
Christopher, ii. 330, note;
at the marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, ii. 428;
on his father's part in the action of parliament at the time of the
massacre, ii. 493, note.
Thouars falls into the hands of the Huguenots, ii. 282.
"Three Bishoprics," the, i. 66.
Throkmorton, Sir Nicholas, English ambassador, his account of the wound
of Henry II., i. 340;
of the dismay after the Tumult of Amboise, i. 387;
of the perplexity of the Guises, i. 413;
his information respecting plans of Philip II. and the
Pope, i. 426, 427;
respecting the illness of Francis II., i. 443;
his account of matters at the French court,
February 16, 1562, ii. 17, 18;
urges Cecil to induce Queen Elizabeth to put away the candles and
cross from the altar in her royal chapel, ii. 19;
regards the Huguenots as the stronger party, ii. 42;
entreats Queen Elizabeth to inspirit Catharine de' Medici, ii. 47;
invokes her aid for the Huguenots, ii. 55;
is captured by the Huguenots and remains with them, ii. 72;
is hated by Catharine de' Medici, ib.;
his frankness with Queen Elizabeth, ii. 74;
he asks her to help heartily, ii. 75;
his altercation with Sir Thomas Smith, ii. 128;
Chantonnay's boast that with his assistance he could overturn the
state, ii. 181.
Tiers Etat, its patient endurance, i. 13;
its radical demands at the States General of Pontoise, i. 490 seq.
"Tiger, Letter to the, of France," a virulent pamphlet against Cardinal
Lorraine, i. 444-448;
written by Francois Hotman, i. 446.
Title-pages, deceptive, i. 275.
Toledo, Don Frederick of, routs Genlis and takes him prisoner, ii. 415.
Toleration, religious, demanded by the tiers etat at Pontoise, i. 492.
Toulouse, execution of Jean de Caturce at, i. 150;
character of the city according to Protestant and Roman Catholic
authors, ib;
massacre of Huguenots at, May, 1562, ii. 52-54;
commemorated in 1762, but the commemoration forbidden by the French
government in 1862, ii. 54;
the parliament, instead of publishing the edict of Amboise, forbids
the profession of the reformed religion, ii. 128;
the parliament of, murders judicially M. Rapin, a Protestant gentleman
sent by the king, ii. 239;
reluctantly registers the edict of pacification of 1568, ii. 240;
a "crusade" preached at, ii. 278;
massacre of, in 1572, ii. 521, 522.
Tour, Jean de la, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.
Tournon, Cardinal of, i. 139;
his arguments to dissuade Francis I. from intercourse with
heretics, i. 188;
instigates the persecution of Protestants, i. 282;
his reported bad faith, i. 285;
tries to cut short the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 521;
his new demand, i. 529.
Tours, the Protestants of, attacked while at worship, ii. 162.
Tourtray M. de, executed on the Place de Greve, ii. 628.
Toussain, Pierre, on the timidity of Lefevre and Gerard Roussel, i. 86.
Trade despised, i. 15.
Traps for heretics, i. 367.
Treacherous diplomacy, ii. 220.
Treaty of amity between Charles IX. and Queen Elizabeth,
April 18, 1572, ii. 398.
Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis, i. 322.
Trent, the Council of, closes its sessions, Dec., 1563, ii. 152;
confirms the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church, and renders
indelible the line of demarcation between the two
religions, ii. 153, 154;
Cardinal Lorraine makes a fruitless attempt to have the decrees
received in France, ii. 155;
able treatise of Du Moulin against them, ii. 155, 156.
Triumvirate, the, formed by Montmorency, Guise, and St.
Andre, i. 470, 471;
a spurious statement of its objects, i. 471-473;
it retires in disgust from Saint Germain, i. 556.
Triumvirs, petition of, ii. 58;
they amuse Conde before Paris with negotiations until
reinforcements arrive, ii. 90, 91;
they consult Catharine de' Medici respecting the
engagement, ii. 92, 93.
"Trivium" and "quadrivium," i. 20.
Trouillas, an advocate, pretended orgies in the house of, i. 365;
he insists on being put on trial for these orgies, and not for
heresy, and is tardily released, i. 365, 366.
Troyes, progress of Protestantism in, i. 562;
great crowds at the Huguenot services, ii. 11;
massacre of Huguenots in the prisons of, ii. 128, 129;
formation of the "Christian and Royal League" at, ii. 246;
violence at, ii. 249;
Protestants returning from worship attacked, ii. 432, 433;
massacre of, Sept 4, 1572, ii. 507, 508.
Truchares, a political Huguenot, mayor of La Rochelle, ii. 227.
Truchon, a judge, much edified by the signs of concord, just before
the outbreak of the second civil war, ii. 197.
Tuileries, new palace of the, built by Catharine de' Medici, ii. 598.
Turenne, ii. 625.
Turks, French civilities to, ii. 181.
Tytler-Fraser, Mr., ii. 291, note.
U.
University of Paris, i. 20;
the four nations, i. 21;
the faculties, ib.;
chancellor and rector, i. 22;
number of its students, i. 24;
gives name to a quarter of the city, i. 24;
barbarism at, i. 42.
Unlettered persons forbidden to discuss matters of faith, i. 281.
Uzes, Duke of, ii. 604.
V.
Val, Du, Bishop of Seez, confers with the Protestants at Poissy, i. 538.
Valence, Huguenots of, seize the church of the Franciscans, i. 404;
a public assembly of the citizens, i. 405;
progress of good morals, ib.;
orders sent for the extermination of the Protestants, i. 406;
treacherous treatment of, i. 407.
Valenciennes captured by Count Louis of Nassau, ii. 412.
Valery, ii. 203.
Valette, Jean de la, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, ii. 181.
Varillas, M, an untrustworthy historian, ii. 25, 26;
his good remarks respecting Admiral Coligny, ii. 315.
Vasari paints three pictures in the Vatican, by order of Pope Gregory
XIII. to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's
Day, ii. 533, and note.
Vassy, a town in Champagne, part of the dower of Mary, Queen of
Scots, ii. 19;
establishment of the Huguenot church at, ii. 19, 20;
arrival of the Duke of Guise, ii. 21;
massacre of, March 1, 1562, ii. 21, 22;
pamphlets respecting it, ii. 22, 23;
upon whom rests the guilt of the butchery, ii. 23-26.
Vatable, i. 43.
Vaud, Pays de, conquered by Berne, i. 197.
"Vauderie," crime of, i. 63.
Vaudrey, Anne de, bailli of Troyes, an agent in the massacre of
Troyes, ii. 507, 508.
Vaudois, execution of, at Arras, i. 63.
Vaudois, or Waldenses, of Piedmont, mission of the four "evangelical"
cantons in their behalf, i. 309;
Charles IX. intercedes in their behalf with the Duke of Savoy, ii. 390.
Vaudois, or Waldenses, of Provence, i. 230;
their industry and thrift, ib.;
their villages in the Comtat Venaissin, i. 231;
they send delegates to the Swiss and German reformers, i. 232;
their doctrines and practices, ib.;
cause the Bible to be translated by Olivetanus, i. 233;
preliminary persecutions of, i. 234;
iniquitous order of the Parliament of Aix against, i. 235;
followed by the "Arret de Merindol," i. 236;
temporarily saved by Chassanee, i. 238;
report of Du Bellay respecting their character and history, i. 240;
pardoned by Francis I., i. 241;
are again summoned by the Parliament of Aix, ib.;
they publish a new confession, i. 242;
stealthy organization of an expedition against, i. 245;
villages burned, and the inhabitants butchered, i. 246, 247;
destruction of Merindol, i. 247;
destruction of Cabrieres, i. 248;
of La Coste, i. 249;
the results, i. 250;
Francis led to give his approval to the massacre, i. 251;
an investigation ordered, ib.;
impunity of most of the culprits, i. 252.
Venaissin, Comtat. See Comtat Venaissin.
Venetian ambassadors, opinions of, i. 10.
Verbal orders respecting the massacre in the provinces, ii. 502, 514.
Verbelai, ii. 226.
Verez, De, throws himself into Geneva with a body of French
soldiers, i. 197.
Vergne, La, ii. 302.
Versailles, the title how obtained by the king, ii. 485.
Vertueil, the King of Navarre dismisses his escort at, i. 435.
"Very Christian King," title of, i. 35.
Vezelay, birthplace of Theodore Beza, i. 497;
refuses to admit a garrison in 1568, ii. 250;
a place of refuge, ii. 280;
sustains a successful siege, ii. 343, 344.
Vezins, a Roman Catholic gentleman of Quercy, magnanimously saves the
life of his personal enemy, the Huguenot Regnier, ii. 480, 481.
Vialard, President, at Rouen, ii. 519.
Vieilleville, Marshal of, magnanimously refuses to take advantage of
a royal patent giving him a share of the confiscated property of
heretics, i. 282;
sent as envoy to the Huguenots, ii. 210;
remonstrance of, ii. 255;
the king's estimate of, ii. 409.
"Vierg," the designation of an officer at Autun, i. 489.
Vigor, Archbishop of Narbonne, a violent Roman Catholic
preacher, ii. 254, 375, 634.
Villars, Count de, burns books from Geneva at Pont St. Esprit, i. 428;
influences Constable Montmorency, i. 469;
appointed admiral after the death of Coligny, ii. 523, 524.
Villegagnon, Vice-admiral of Brittany, sent with a Protestant colony to
Brazil, i. 291;
founds Fort Coligny, i. 292;
becomes an enemy of the Protestants, i. 293;
and brings ruin on the expedition, i. 294;
vows eternal enmity to the Huguenots, ii. 180;
writes to Renee of France, ii. 327.
Villemadon's letter of remonstrance to Catharine de' Medici, i. 363.
Villemongys, i. 392.
Villeneuve, capture of, by the Huguenots, ii. 589.
Viole, Claude, his speech in the "mercuriale" of 1559, i. 334.
Virel, Jean, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.
Viret, the reformer, intercedes for the poor non-combatants at
Lyons, ii. 102.
Visconte, affair in the house of, i. 361.
"Viscounts," the army of the, ii. 226;
they march to meet Conde, and defeat the troops collected by the
Governor of Auvergne at Cognac, or Cognat, ii. 230;
relieve Orleans, ib.;
take Blois, ib.;
list of the viscounts, ii. 230, note.
Visions of celestial hosts, ii. 334.
Vitelli, Chiappin, routs Genlis and takes him prisoner, ii. 415.
Vivarez, Montbrun's exploits in, ii. 621.
Vore de la Fosse sent to Melanchthon, i. 182;
his interviews with him, and his letters, i. 183.
Vulcob, M. de, French ambassador to the Emperor of Germany, ii. 550.
W.
Waldenses. See Vaudois.
Walsingham, Francis, on the peace of Saint Germain, ii. 368;
receives the assurances of the king as to his intention to observe
the peace, ii. 371;
on the attempts to dissuade Anjou from marrying Queen
Elizabeth, ii. 379;
on the English marriage and the anxiety of the Huguenots, ii. 382;
his enthusiastic description of Count Louis of Nassau, ii. 384, note;
urges Queen Elizabeth to advocate the invitation of Coligny to
court, ii. 388, note;
he sets forth the critical nature of the situation, ii. 416;
he mentions rumors of Elizabeth's desertion of her allies, ii. 420;
he praises Coligny's magnanimity, ii. 421;
his reply to Catharine de' Medici respecting Coligny's
loyalty, ii. 495, 547;
on the forced conversions of Navarre and Conde, ii. 499;
his conversation with the queen mother as to the maintenance of the
edict of pacification, ii. 547, 548.
War, the first civil, or religious, April, 1562, to
March 19, 1563, ii. 34-115;
its results, ii. 118;
it prevents France from becoming Huguenot, ii. 119;
the second civil war, Sept., 1567, to March 23, 1568, ii. 203-234;
the third civil war, Sept., 1568, to Aug. 8, 1570, ii. 274-366;
the fourth civil war, Dec., 1572, to July, 1573, ii. 582-593;
meagre results of, ii. 594;
beginning of the fifth civil war, 1574, ii. 622.
Westmoreland, Earl of, his rebellion, ii. 358.
White, Henry, Dr., the remark respecting Cardinal Lorraine which he
ascribes to Beza, i. 529;
cf. also ii. 46, 252, 427, note, 527, note.
Whittingham, Wm., Dean of Durham, ii. 292, note.
Winter, severity of the, 1568-1569, ii. 286, 297.
Winter, Admiral, carries money, cannon, and ammunition to La
Rochelle, ii. 296.
Wolmar, Melchior, i. 43;
a teacher of Calvin, i. 199.
Wolrad, Count of Mansfeld, succeeds the Duke of Deux-Ponts in command
of the German auxiliaries of the Huguenots, ii. 318, 335, 364.
Worship, Protestant places of, assigned at the most inconvenient
distances, ii. 163, 164, note, 432, note.
Wotton, Dr., his view of the court of Henry II. of France, i. 261.
Wringle, Pierre de, or Van, the printer of Serrieres, near
Neufchatel, i. 233.
Wuertemberg, Christopher, Duke of, sends theologians to Poissy, who come
too late for the colloquy, i. 544;
meets the Guises at Saverne, ii. 13;
he remonstrates with them respecting the persecution of the
Huguenots, ii. 14;
his judgment on the whole matter, ii. 17;
he declines the offer of the post of lieutenant-general of the
king, ii. 113.
Y.
Year, the old French, begins at Easter, i. 276.
Yolet, ii. 603.
Yverny, Madame d', butchered in the massacre at Paris, ii. 474.
Z.
Zuleger, a councillor of the elector palatine, sent to France to see
the state of affairs at the time of the second civil war, ii. 218;
he reports favorably to the Huguenots, ii. 219.
Zurich, intercedes for the French Protestants, i. 191;
but receives an unsatisfactory reply, i. 192;
intercedes with Henry II., after the affair of the Rue St. Jacques,
with little success, i. 309, 310.