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The massacre of St. Bartholomew : $b Preceded by a history of the religious wars in the reign of Charles IXWhite, Henry

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The massacre of St. Bartholomew : $b Preceded by a history of the religious wars in the reign of Charles IX

Name: The massacre of St. Bartholomew : $b Preceded by a history of the religious wars in the reign of Charles IX
Author: White, Henry

White, Henry

France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598; Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572

The Royal progress--Bayonne in June--Identical
    note--Amusements--Political Deliberations--The Queen of
    Navarre Excommunicated--Catherine’s Remonstrance--The
    Pope yields--State of Gascony--Assembly of Notables at
    Moulins--Feud between Guise and Coligny--Montmorency and
    the Cardinal--Disturbed state of Maine--Montluc pacifies
    Gascony--Embassy from Germany--Rebellion in Flanders--March
    of Alva--Condé leaves the Court--Rumored Plot--Huguenot
    Meeting at Chatillon--War resolved upon--Attempt to seize
    Charles--Huguenot Rising--Battle of St. Denis--Death of the
    Constable--German Auxiliaries--Michelade of Nismes--Siege
    of Chartres--Peace of Longjumeau--Death of Coligny’s Wife       247


                              CHAPTER IX.

                        JARNAC AND MONCONTOUR.

                             [1568–1570.]

    State of the Country--The National Party--Atrocities
    and Retaliation--L’Hopital’s Retirement--The Catholic
    League--League of Toulouse--The New Plot--The
    Flight to Rochelle--Aid from England--Anjou,
    Commander-in-Chief--Battle of Jarnac--Death of
    Condé--Henry of Bearn--Siege of Cognac--Junction of Duke
    Wolfgang--Death of Brissac--Battle of Roche-Abeille--Siege
    of Poitiers--Moncontour--The Admiral’s letter to his
    Children--Siege of St. Jean D’Angely--Desmarais--The Great
    March--Cruelties at Orthez, Auxerre, Orleans, Cognat,
    Aurillac--Coligny’s illness--Battle of Arnay-le-Duc--Treaty
    of St. Germains                                                 283


                              CHAPTER X.

                      THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.

                   [August, 1570, to August, 1572.]

    Albert and Pierre de Gondi, Birague, Strozzi,
    Nevers, and Henry of Guise--Marriage of Charles
    IX.--Nuptial Festivities at Paris--Embassy of the
    German Princes--Violent Sermons--Outrages at Orange
    and Rouen--Objects of the Politiques--Revolt in
    Flanders--Position of Affairs--Interview between the King
    and Prince Louis of Nassau--Spanish Threats--Coligny’s
    Marriage--The Admiral goes to Blois--Conferences with the
    King--Proposed Marriage of Henry and Margaret--Murder
    of Lignerolles--The Gastine Cross--Queen of Navarre
    at Blois--Alessandrino’s Special Embassy--Letters to
    Rome--Negotiations--Pope refuses the Dispensation--Fears of
    the Parisians                                                   319


                              CHAPTER XI.

                      THE MARRIAGE AND THE PLOT.

                            [August, 1572.]

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