Jacques Coeur's Hostel at Bourges----169 Louis XI. And Burgesses Waiting for News----193 Charles the Rash----203 Louis XI. And Charles the Rash at Peronne----209 Philip de Commynes----217 The Corpse of Charles the Rash Discovered----236 Louis XI. At his Devotions----255 Views of the Castle Of Plessis-les-tours----258 Louis XI----260 Charles VIII.----263 Anne de Beaujeu----264 Meeting Between Charles VIII., and Anne of Brittany----282 Charles VIII.----293 Battle of Fornovo----303 Castle of Amboise----308 Louis XII----310 Bayard----315 States General at Tours----329 Battle of Agnadello----334 Cardinal D'amboise----347 Chaumont D'amboise----350 Bayard's Farewell----358 Gaston de Foix----364 1515 to 1589 CHAPTER XXVIII. FRANCIS I. AND CHARLES V. CHAPTER XXIX. FRANCIS I. AND THE RENAISSANCE. CHAPTER XXX. FRANCIS I. AND THE REFORMATION. CHAPTER XXXI. HENRY II. (1547-1559.) CHAPTER XXXII. FRANCIS II., JULY 10, 1559--DECEMBER 5, 1560. CHAPTER XXXIII. CHARLES IX. AND THE RELIGIOUS WARS. (1560-1574.) CHAPTER XXXIV. HENRY III. AND THE RELIGIOUS WARS. (1574-1589.) List of Illustrations Cardinal Ximenes----14 All Night A-horseback----19 Bayard Knighting Francis I----19 Leo X.----21 Anthony Duprat----24 Charles V----39 Francis I. Surprises Henry Viii.----44 The Field of the Cloth Of Gold----45 The Constable de Bourbon----53 The Death of Bayard----76 Capture of Francis I.----91 Louise of Savoy and Marguerite de Valois----102 Francis I.----115 The Duke of Orleans and Charles V.----128 Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise----130 Francis I.----137 St. Thomas Aquinas and Abelard----140 Clement Marot----162 Francis I. Waits for Robert Estienne----168 Rabelais----171 The First Protestants----178 The Castle of Pau----183 William Farel----181 Burning of Reformers at Meaux----188 Erasmus----194 Berquin Released by John de La Barre----198 Heretic Iconoclasts----201 Massacre of the Vaudians----218 Calvin----222 Gallery Henry Ii----230 Anne de Montmorency----235 Henry Ii.----235 Diana de Poitiers----243 Guise at Metz----244 Francis Ii. And Mary Stuart Love Making----251 Catherine De' Medici (in Her Young Days)----255 Joust Between Henri Ii. And Count de Montgomery----268 Francis Ii----269 Mary Stuart----270 Death of La Renaudie----283 Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condo----285 Mary Stuart----284 Coligny at the Death-bed of Francis Ii.----295 Francis de Lorraine, Duke of Aumale and Of Guise----302 Massacre of Protestants---305 The Duke of Guise Waylaid---315 Conde at the Ford---328 Henry of Lorraine (duke Of Guise)----332 Parley Before the Battle of Moncontour----337 Admiral Gaspard de Coligny----346 Charles Ix. And Catherine De' Medici----354 Henry de Guise and the Corpse of Coligny----369 The Queen of Navarre and the Huguenot----372 Chancellor Michael de L'hospital----376 The St. Bartholomew----383 Henry Iii----388 Indolence of Henry Iii---390 Henry Le Balafre----400