The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576: The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip IIThompson, James Westfall
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The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576: The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II
Thompson, James Westfall
France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598; Sainte Ligue (1576-1593)
Angoulême, and Montauban, and to trade Perpignan or Lansac for La
Charité.[1444] Later, Angoulême was withdrawn and Cognac substituted,
to the displeasure of the Huguenots, and La Charité definitely yielded.
As to other matters, namely, restitution of honors, offices, estates,
privileges, equality of justice, amnesty, release of prisoners, and
the like, these of course were provided for, and Protestant nobles
enjoying “high justice” were to be permitted to enjoy free exercise
of the Calvinist faith, including baptism in their houses, for their
families, and all others in their dependence,[1445] an evidence that
the feudal element in the Huguenot party was more considered than the
bourgeoisie.[1446]
The papal nuncio, understanding that the Huguenots had demanded the
exercise of their religion in the counties of Verre and Avignon, which
belonged to the Pope, declared that no peace could be made with those
who were outside of the church.[1447] At the same time the Spanish
ambassador, being informed that it was part of the Huguenot programme
to secure the restitution of William of Orange and his brother Louis
of Nassau to their French possessions, also protested warmly against
the peace. Spain offered direct assistance to France of men and
money, and the city of Paris and the clergy offered to maintain the
war at their own expense for eight months longer. But these protests
were ineffectual. The Spanish ambassador’s mouth was stopped by the
rejoinder that the French King had as much right to make a treaty of
peace with his subjects as Philip of Spain had to make terms with the
Moriscos,[1448] and so, though apprehensive of French and German
Protestant assistance being given to Orange and fearful of an attack
upon Franche Comté, the Spanish ambassador was forced to be content
with the promise of France that no hostility was intended or would be
permitted in France toward Spain.
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