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

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

Instructions to the Governors--The Count of Tende--Nantes
    and Alençon--Massacres at Saumur, Angers, Lyons, Orleans,
    Troyes, Rouen, Meaux, Bordeaux, and Toulouse--St. Hérem’s
    letter--The stolen Dispatch--The Governor of Bayonne--The
    Bishop of Lisieux--Chabot at Arnay-le-Duc--Senlis, Provins,
    Château-Thierry, Dieppe, and Nismes spared--The Number of
    Victims--Contemporary Judgments--Dorat’s Panegyric--Jean
    Le Masle--Pierre Charpentier and Sorbin--Rejoicings at
    Rome--Exultation of Philip II.--Horror in England--John
    Knox’s Denunciation--The Emperor Maximilian’s regret            446


                              CHAPTER XV.

                          THE CLOSING SCENE.

                             [1572–1574.]

    Reaction--Tolerant Protestations of
    Government--Walsingham’s disbelief and caution--Renewal
    of Civil War--Mission of Cardinal Orsini--Siege of
    Rochelle--Honorable terms of Capitulation--Siege of
    Sancerre--Famine--Horrible scenes--Capitulation--Meeting
    at Montauban--Troubled state of France--Intrigues of
    Alençon--Shrove-Tuesday plot--La Mole and Coconnas
    executed--Charles falls ill--Conversation with
    Henry of Navarre--Charles’s visions--His Huguenot
    nurse--Her exhortations--The King’s remorse--His dying
    words--Suspicions of Poison--His character--His married
    life--Judgment of Posterity                                     471




                        LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


    CÆDES COLIGNII ET SOCIORUM EJUS. THE MASSACRE IN
    PARIS (from the Picture in the Vatican by Vasari)   _Frontispiece._

    GASPARD DE COLIGNY                                               68

    CATHERINE DE MEDICIS                                            146




                                  THE

                     MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW.




                              CHAPTER I.

                             INTRODUCTION.

                             [1500–1547.]

   Causes of the Reformation--Lefevre of Etaples--Francis
   I.--Revival of Learning--La Renaissance--Clerical Manners--Early
   Converts and First Victims--Jacques Pavannes, Berquin--Margaret
   of Valois--Calvin and his Institutes--The King’s
   Inconstancy--Edict of Fontainebleau--Two Heretics Burned--Treaty
   of Crespy--Vaudois Persecution--The Baron of Oppede--Massacre
   at Merindol--Cry of Indignation--Sadolet, Bishop of
   Carpentras--Tragedy of Meaux--A Cloud of Witnesses--Stephen
   Dolet and Robert Stephens--Marot--The Last Martyr--Death of
   Francis I.--His Funeral Sermon--His Character.

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