_Ferdinand_, of Austria, King of Bohemia and Hungary, ii. 109; invested with duchy of Würtemberg, 109, 217; threatened by alliance of Francis I. and Philip of Hesse, appeals to the pope, 249, 250; his army defeated by Philip, 253; loses Würtemberg, 255; attempts to maintain papal power in the duchy, 255; opposes Zapolya and is crowned King of Hungary, vii. 364; publishes edict against the Lutherans, 365; supported by Charles V., 370; annuls edict of toleration, 370; less hostile to the Reformation, 384; appoints a conference between the bishops and Szantai, 384; his embarrassment, 386; interview with the bishops, 386, 387; banishes Szantai, 387; concludes agreement with Zapolya, 390; issues ordinance for maintenance of Catholic faith, 399; another, 400; his desire for union of the two churches, 408 _Ferrara_, Hercules, duke of, his marriage at Fontainebleau, i. 418 _Ferrara_, Renée, duchess, of [_Renée_ of France] _Ferrara_, University of, declares for divorce of Henry VIII., iv. 41; knowledge of evangelical doctrines at, 427, 489; influence of Calvin at, v. 422 _sqq._; the Inquisition, 444 _Feyt_, Florentius, Jesuit, sent to Sweden, vii. 333 _Fief_, Peter du, conducts persecution at Louvain, vii. 554; remonstrance of the townsmen, 556, 569 _Finlason_, James, one of the Perth Protestants, condemned by Cardinal Beatoun, vi. 180, 181; hung, 181 _Fisher_, John, bishop of Rochester, iv. 4, 5; defends the church, 16; summoned before the king, 17; his subterfuge, 18; rumor of attempt to poison him, 68, 141; supports Maid of Kent, v. 10, 12; attainted, sentenced to death, 16, 17; refuses to take the oath of supremacy, 46; attainted, 46; steadfast, 46; visited by Cromwell, 64; made cardinal, 64; his last moments, 66; death, 67; characterised, 74; effect of his death at Rome, 76 _Fitzherbert_, Anthony, commissioner for suppression of lesser monasteries, v. 100 _Fitzwilliam_, Sir William, lord-admiral, iv. 5 _Fitzwilliam_, Lord, Governor of the Tower, delivers Fryth to messengers of the primate, iv. 153 _Flaminio_, Marco Antonio, poet, iv. 427; birth and early life of, 477, 478; character, 478; at Naples with Valdez, 479 _sqq._; at Rome, with Pole and Caraffa, 481 _Florence_, iv. 432 _Folengo_, Giovanni Battista, account of, iv. 482, 483 _Fontainebleau_, rejoicings at, i. 418 _sqq._; interrupted, 422 _Forest_, Father, defends Catherine of Aragon, iv. 103 _Forman_, Andrew, competitor for see of St. Andrews, vi. 10; seizes the castle and monastery, 10 _Forrest_, Henry, Benedictine, imprisoned by Beatoun, vi. 92; degraded, 93; burnt, 93