The Norse chronicles, recording the exploits of the most famous Viking chiefs. The earliest Sagas to which even an approximate date can be assigned are of the sixth century: the latest, of the thirteenth. St. Andrew, Order of. The oldest Russian order of knighthood, founded by Peter the Great in 1698. St. Bartholomew. The massacre of the Huguenots in Paris on St. Bartholomew’s day, 1572, when 15,000 persons are said to have perished. The Duc de Guise took an active part in the massacre, which was doubtless planned with the connivance of Charles IX and Catherine de’ Medici. Among those who were murdered was Admiral Coligny. St. Brice, Massacre of. The Massacre of the Danes settled in Wessex, by Æthelred the Unready, on St. Brice’s day, 1002. St. Esprit, Order of the. A French order of knighthood, founded by Henri III in 1578. It ceased to exist after the revolution of 1830. St. George, Company of. The first body of regular troops raised in Italy. It was formed by Count Barbiano about 1379. St. Germains, Treaty of. A treaty between Charles IX and the Huguenots, signed in 1570. It granted to the Huguenots the right of worshipping according to their own rites in private houses, with certain restrictions as to the numbers present. The Reformed Religion was to be maintained in those towns which had held out for the Huguenot cause up to the signing of the treaty, and four towns, La Rochelle, Cognac, Montauban and La Charité, were given them as places of safety. St. Hubert, Order of. An ancient Bavarian order of knighthood, founded in 1444, by Gerard V, Count of Ravensberg. It is conferred only on members of the Bavarian Royal Family, foreign sovereigns, princes and barons. St. Lazare, Knights of. A French order of religious chivalry, confirmed by Pope Alexander IV in 1255. Their special function was the cure of lepers. The order existed until the Revolution. St. Patrick, Order of. An order of knighthood instituted by George III in 1783. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is an ex-officio member. St. Petersburg, Treaty of. A treaty between England and Russia, signed in 1805, by which the signatories pledged themselves to support a European league to demand from France the evacuation of Hanover and Italy and the independence of Holland and Switzerland. They further undertook not to interfere in the internal affairs of France, and to summon a Congress for the settlement of all outstanding European questions. This treaty was the germ of the Coalition against Napoleon. St. Simonism. The political system of the Comte de St. Simon (1760-1825) who may be considered the founder of French socialism. It includes the abolition of the hereditary principle, and the vesting in the State of all the instruments of production, the worker, however, being rewarded according to his capacity, and not by equal division regardless of merit. Saisons, Société des.