College Royal, founded, i. 43; opposed by the Sorbonne, i. 44.

Colloquy of Poissy. See Poissy, Colloquy of.

Commission to try Lutherans, i. 124; a new form of inquisition, i. 125; its powers, i. 126; indorsed and enlarged by the Pope, ib.

Compiegne, edict of July 24, 1557, i. 301.

Comtat Venaissin, i. 4; history of, i. 231; Montbrun in, i. 414; the inhabitants of, reconciled by Charles IX. to those of Orange, ii. 165; included in the Huguenot scheme of organization, ii. 618.

Concordat of Leo X. and Francis I., i. 35, 36; excites dissatisfaction, i. 37; opposed by parliament, ib.; reluctantly registered, i. 39; opposed by the university, ib.; advantageous to the crown, i. 41.

Conde, Henry, Prince of, son of Louis: he and his cousin, Henry of Navarre, are recognized as generals-in-chief of the Huguenots, ii. 314; nicknamed "one of the admiral's pages," ib.; at Moncontour, ii. 334; at Paris, ii. 428, 439; he is commanded by the king to abjure Protestantism, and threatened, ii. 468; his brave reply, ii. 469; his forced conversion, ii. 498, 499; he escapes to Germany, ii. 629, 630.

Conde, Louis de Bourbon, Prince of, favors the Reformation, i. 313; his peril after the Tumult of Amboise, i. 393; he is summoned by Francis II., ib.; his defiance and Guise's offer, i. 394; pressure upon him to come to Orleans, i. 432; his infatuation, i. 435; is arrested on his reaching court, i. 436; his remark to his brother the Cardinal of Bourbon, ib.; his courage, i. 437; his wife repulsed, i. 438; he is tried by a commission and is sentenced to death, i. 439, 440; he is cleared by parliament, i. 465; and reconciled to Guise, i. 466; revives the courage of the Protestants at court, ii. 18; he demands the punishment of the author of the massacre of Vassy, ii. 26, 27; meets Guise entering Paris, ii. 29; receives letters from Catharine imploring his help, ii. 31, 32; retires from Paris to Meaux, ii. 33; his course justified by La Noue, ib.; he is too weak to anticipate the Triumvirs at Fontainebleau, ii. 36; throws himself into Orleans, ii. 38, 39; publishes a justification of his assumption of arms, ii. 40; his measures to repress iconoclasm, ii. 43, 45; replies to the petition of the Triumvirs, ii. 59-61; eloquence of the reply, ii. 61; holds an interview with Catharine de' Medici, ii. 62; "loans" Beaugency to the King of Navarre, ii. 63; he retakes it, and furloughs a part of his army, ii. 66; he takes the field, ii. 85; is urged by the Protestant ministers to enforce morality in the army, ii. 86; captures Pithiviers, ii. 87; appears before Paris, ib.; his delay, ii. 89; suffers himself to be amused with fruitless conferences, ii. 90, 91; engages the enemy at Dreux, ii. 93; is taken prisoner, ii. 94; settles with the constable the terms of peace, ii. 113; is deceived by the assurances of Catharine de' Medici, ii. 117; he complains of the insolent speech of Damours, ii. 131; he espouses the defence of Coligny against the Guises, ii. 135; he is enticed by Catharine de' Medici, ii. 144; his amorous intrigue with Isabeau de Limueil, ii. 145; death of his wife, Eleonore de Roye, ib.; he disappoints Catharine by remaining steadfast to the Huguenot cause, ii. 146; remonstrates with the government just before the outbreak of the second civil war, ii. 197; at St. Denis, ii. 209; gives the battle of St. Denis, Nov. 10, 1567, ii. 213; he is exonerated by Catharine de' Medici from the charge of disloyal acts and intentions, ii. 219; goes to meet the Germans, ii. 219, 220; meets John Casimir and his army, ii. 222; marches towards Orleans, ii. 223; favors the peace of Longjumeau, ii. 235; retires to Noyers, ii. 251; attempt of court to ruin, ii. 256; his answer, ii. 257; plot to seize, ii. 265; his last appeal, ii. 267; his flight to La Rochelle, ii. 268; his forces, ii. 285; goes into winter quarters, ii. 286; endeavors to join the auxiliaries from the south, ii. 299; is wounded and treacherously killed in the battle of Jarnac, March 13, 1569, ii. 301, 302; his character, ii. 303, 304; his body treated with ignominy, ii. 306, 307.

Conference, rumored, between Roman Catholic princes, for the extirpation of heresy, ii. 156.

Confession of faith of the French Protestant churches, i. 335.

Confraternities, institution of, ii. 179; forbidden by Charles IX., ii. 180; Tavannes favors the revival of, ii. 246; the "Christian and Royal League" formed at Troyes, ib.

Contarini, a Venetian ambassador, his estimate of Admiral Coligny as a general, ii. 462, 463.

Controversial pamphlets against the Protestants, i. 311, 312.

Conty, ii. 428.

Cop, Rector, his extraordinary address before the university, i. 153; his threatened arrest and flight, i. 154.

Coras, Jean, a Protestant member of the Parliament of Toulouse, put to death, ii. 522.

Cornu, Pierre, his remark on Pauvan's speech, i. 92.

Correro, Venetian ambassador, on the number of Huguenots murdered during the short peace, ii. 250; on Catharine de' Medici, ii. 370.

Cosse, Marshal, ii. 220, 289, 334; engages Coligny at Arnay-le-Duc, ii. 354; negotiates for peace, ii. 356; the king's estimate of, ii. 409; thrown into the Bastile, ii. 628.

Cosseins sent with fifty guards ostensibly for Coligny's protection, ii. 452.

Cosset, an agent in the massacre at Meaux, ii. 505-507.

Coucy, declaration of, July 16, 1535, extends a partial forgiveness, i. 179.

Coudray, M. de, his courageous and pious death, ii. 510.

Courault, an evangelical preacher, i. 151.

Court of France, change in its sentiments respecting the Reformation, i. 195; fatal error of, ii. 339; flight from Saint Germain, ii. 626.

Courtenay, the Sieur de, ii. 192.

Courtene, Baron de, decapitated, ii. 330.

Courteville, or Courtewille, secretary of Philip II., sent on a secret mission, i. 568.

"Cramp-rings," their use, i. 100.

Crevant, the Protestants of, attacked, ii. 162.

Croc, Du, French ambassador in Scotland, ii. 550.

Croquet, Nicholas, put to death at Paris, for celebrating the Lord's Supper, ii. 329.

Crusade, a, preached at Toulouse, ii. 278; is indorsed by a papal bull, ii. 279.

Crussol, Antoine de, Count, appointed by a political assembly at Nismes, head and conservator of the reformed party in Languedoc, ii. 86; cf. ii. 283.

Crussol, Madame de, her remark to Cardinal Lorraine, i. 505.

Cuniga, Don Juan de, Spanish envoy at Rome, denies the premeditation of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 535.

Curee, royal governor of Vendome, killed by the Roman Catholic noblesse, ii. 162.

D.

Damours, advocate-general in the Parliament of Rouen, makes a violent and seditious speech before Charles IX. at Gaillon, ii. 131; on Conde's complaint he is arrested, ib.

Damville, Marshal, ii. 255, 428, 441, 599, 604, 628.

Dauphin, Prince, name given to the son of the Duke of Montpensier, ii. 343.

Dauphiny, orders for the extermination of the Huguenots in, sent out in the name of Francis II., i. 406; disorders and bloodshed in, ii. 47; troops of, withdraw from the west, ii. 348; Gordes refuses to massacre the Protestants of, ii. 526; demands of the tiers etat of, ii. 603; exploits of Montbrun in, ii 621, 622.

Dax, massacre in the prisons of, ii. 528, note.

Decemvirate, the bloody, i. 321.

Declarations, royal. See Edicts.

Dehors, a merchant of Rouen, hung for reproving the seditious populace, i. 445.

Demochares, or De Mouchy, a doctor of the Sorbonne and an inquisitor of the faith, his controversial pamphlet, i. 311.

Desire, Artus, despatched by the Sorbonne to invoke the aid of Philip II., i. 467, 468.

Deux Ponts, reinforcements to the Huguenots from, ii. 71; the Duke of, comes with German auxiliaries, ii. 315; his declaration treated with contempt by Charles IX., ii. 316; succeeds in penetrating France, and bringing to Coligny reinforcements, ii. 317; his death, ii. 318, 364.

Diana of Poitiers, Duchess of Valentinois, i. 261, 262; the infatuation of Henry II. for her, 262; undertakes to silence a poor tailor arrested as a Protestant, i. 277; instigates persecution in order to secure the confiscated property of the Protestants, i. 282; is dismissed from court on the accession of Francis II., i. 349.

Dieppe, Protestant assemblies in, i. 408; great Protestant "temple" destroyed, ib.

"Dieu de Pate," an opprobrious designation of the Roman Catholic host, ii. 121.

Domfront, ii. 632.

Douen, O., author of Clement Marot et le Psautier huguenot, ii. 347.

"Dragonnades," ii. 244.

Dreux, the battle of, Dec. 19, 1562, ii. 93, seq.; mistakes of both sides at, 95, note.

Du Chesne, or Quercu, i. 23, 50.

Duprat, Cardinal, i. 109, 123.

E.

Ebeling, F. W., ii. 569.

Ecclesiastical discipline adopted by the French Protestant churches, i. 336.

Ecouen, the magnificent seat of the Montmorency family, i. 353.

Edicts, Declarations, and Ordinances, Royal: Edict of Francis I., January 13, 1535, abolishing the art of printing, i. 169; declaration of Coucy, July 16, 1535, extending partial forgiveness, i. 179; edict of Lyons, May 31, 1536, i. 192; edict of Fontainebleau, June 1, 1540, cutting off appeal, i. 218; letters patent of Lyons, August 30, 1542, enjoining vigilance, i. 220; ordinance of Paris, July 23, 1543, defining the provinces of the lay and ecclesiastical judges, and making heresy punishable as sedition, i. 221, 222; Henry II.'s edict of Fontainebleau, Dec. 11, 1547, against books from Geneva, i. 275; edict of Paris, Nov. 19, 1549, conferring power of arrest for heresy upon the ecclesiastical judges, i. 278; edict of Chateaubriand, June 27, 1551, removing appeal from the presidial judges, i. 279; edicts establishing the Spanish Inquisition in France, 1555, i. 287, 288; edict of Compiegne, July 24, 1557, confirming the papal appointment of three inquisitors-general, i. 300, 312; Francis II.'s edict of amnesty, Amboise, March, 1560, i. 385; restrictive edict of March 22, 1560, i. 390; edict of Romorantin, May, 1560, continuing the persecution, i. 410, 411; Charles IX.'s letters-patent, Fontainebleau, April 19, 1561, enjoining toleration and permitting the return of exiles, i. 476, 477; "Edict of July," July 11, 1561, forbidding conventicles, etc., i. 483; edict for the restitution of the churches, Oct. 18, 1561, i. 544; royal letters interpreting previous edicts, i. 561; "Edict of January," January 17, 1562, recognizing Huguenot rights, i. 576, 577; declaration of the king that he is not in duress, ii. 54; edict of April 11, 1562, ostensibly re-enacting, but really annulling the edict of January, ii. 57; edict of pacification, Amboise, March 19, 1563, terminating the first civil war, ii. 115; restrictive declarations infringing upon the edict of Amboise, ii. 160, 161; declaration of Roussillon, Aug. 4, 1564, ii. 161, 162; other declarations, ii. 162, note; edict, in 1566, for the relief of the scattered Huguenots, ii. 184, 185; edict of pacification, Longjumeau, March 23, 1568, terminating the second civil war, ii. 234; Charles IX. throws the edicts of pacification into the fire, ii. 276; proscriptive edicts of Sept., 1568, ib.; edict of pacification, Saint Germain, Aug. 8, 1570, terminating the third civil war, ii. 363-365; edict of pacification, Boulogne, July, 1573, terminating the fourth civil war, ii. 593, 594.

Edward III., of England, confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Eidgenossen, explanation of name of Huguenots, i. 397.

Elbeuf, Marquis of, i. 269.

Elector Palatine, Frederick III., the Pious, intercedes for Anne du Bourg, and desires to make him professor of law in the University of Heidelberg, i. 371; sends theologians to France, who come too late for the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 544; sends his son, John Casimir, to help the Huguenots in the second civil war, ii. 218; he previously sends Zuleger to see the state of affairs in France, ii. 218, 219; receives Henry of Anjou, king elect of Poland, at Heidelberg, ii. 610.

Elizabeth, Queen, of England, her help invoked, ii. 55, 71; her hard conditions, ii. 73; her declaration, Sept. 20, 1562, ii. 74; her aid rather damages than furthers the Protestant cause, ib.; her letter to Mary of Scots, ii. 76; her tardy recognition of the importance of the Huguenot struggle, ii. 117; she is summoned to restore Havre, ii. 126; her misgivings as to helping the Huguenots in the third civil war, ii. 294; her double-dealing and effrontery, ii. 295-297; her coldness after the Huguenot defeat at Jarnac, ii. 310; projected marriage with the Duke of Anjou, ii. 377, seq.; proposition to substitute Alencon, ii. 380; Anjou's new ardor, ib.; she interposes obstacles, ib.; the Anjou match abandoned, 396; Alencon suggested in his place and duly lauded, ii. 398; enters into a treaty of amity with France, April 18, 1572, ii. 398; her perversity, ib., note; she inspires the French with no confidence, ii. 414; rumors that she means to desert her allies, ii. 419, 420; she toys with dishonorable proposals from the Netherlands, ii. 422; her cold reception of La Mothe Fenelon after the massacre, ii. 543; declaration of her council, ii. 544; she censures Charles IX. for profaning the day of his daughter's birth by witnessing the execution of Briquemault and Cavaignes, ii. 549, 550; she secretly sends assistance to La Rochelle, ii. 588; she disowns the enterprise of Montgomery after its failure, ib.; she refuses to become executioner for the King of France, ii. 589.

England, divided sympathies of the English, ii. 56; generous response of the English people, ii. 292; its horror at the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 541; great irritation in, ii. 545.

English rebellion, the, encourages the French court in the war against the Huguenots, ii. 358.

Entremont, Jacqueline d', marries Admiral Coligny, ii. 386.

Epilepsy cured by kings and queens of England, i. 100.

Escars, D', a treacherous servant of Antoine, King of Navarre, ii. 9.

Esnay, the inhumanity of the monks of, ii. 517.

Espense, Claude d', speech of, at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 532; confers with the Protestants, i. 538.

Espine, Jean de l', a converted Carmelite monk, and a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy i. 509, 510; in the Conference of Saint Germain, 539; his escape on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 477.

Essarts, in Poitou, persecution at, i. 216.

Este, Anne d', daughter of Renee de France, married successively to the Duke of Guise and the Duke of Nemours, at the hollow reconciliation at Moulins, ii. 184; she enters readily into the plan for assassinating Admiral Coligny, ii. 434, 435.

Esternay, M. d', his residence burned, ii. 239; comes to the help of the Huguenots, ii. 315.

Estrange, L', encourages Coligny, ii. 347.

Estrapade, an ingenious contrivance for prolonging the torture of Protestant martyrs, i. 177, 178.

Etampes captured by Conde, ii. 87; retaken by Guise, ii. 97.

Etienne, or Stephens, Robert, on the ignorance of the Bible on the part of the clergy, i. 57.

Expiatory procession, the great, of January 21, 1535, i. 173-176.

F.

Faculty of Arts, its displeasure at the proceedings against the rector, Nicholas Cop, i. 154.

Farel, Guillaume, i. 68; his devotion, i. 69; invited to Meaux, i. 73; goes to Dauphiny, i. 83; at Montbeliard, i. 117; intercession of Berne for his relatives, i. 156; probably not the author of the placard of 1534, i. 164; labors in Geneva, i. 197; urges Calvin to remain at Geneva, i. 208; his recollections, i. 209; his efforts for the persecuted at Paris, i. 309; his liturgy, i. 342.

"Fashion of Geneva," the, i. 341, seq.

Fat, human, put to a new use by an apothecary of Lyons, ii. 517.

Faur, Du, his speech in the "mercuriale" of 1559, i. 334; his arrest, i. 335.

Ferralz, M. de, ii. 534.

Ferrara, Duchess of. See Renee de France.

Ferrara, Ippolito d'Este, Cardinal of, sent as legate to France, i. 548; his character, i. 550; his reception by the French people, i. 550, 551; Chancellor L'Hospital opposes his recognition, i. 551, 552; his intrigues and success, i. 552, 553; ii. 17.

Feudal system, decline of, i. 5.

Fiefs, absorbed in royal domain, i. 8.

Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, writes against Lefevre, i. 71.

Five scholars of Lausanne, the, martyrdom of, i. 283, seq.

Florida, the Huguenot attempts to colonize, ii. 199; the first expedition, 1562, ii. 199; the second expedition, 1564, ii. 199, 200; the third expedition and its disastrous close, ii. 200; efforts of the French government to obtain satisfaction from Philip II., ii. 201, 202; sanguinary revenge of Dominique de Gourgues, ii. 202.

Florimond de Raemond, his remarks on the effects of the execution of Du Bourg and others, i. 373, 374.

Foix, Catharine de, her remark to John d'Albret, i. 107.

Foix, M. de, ii. 398.

Foix, progress of Protestantism in, i. 562.

Folion, Nicholas, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Fontaine, M. de la, writes a lying account of the French massacre, in order to deceive the Swiss, ii. 558.

Fontainebleau, the assembly of notables, August 21, 1560, i. 415; speech of Chancellor L'Hospital, i. 416; Admiral Coligny presents two petitions for the Huguenots, i. 416, 417; speeches of Montluc, i. 418; of Marillac, i. 420; of Coligny, i. 421; rejoinder of Guise, i. 422; speech of Cardinal Lorraine, i. 423; the results, i. 424; the States General to be convened, and, meantime, all punishment for the matter of religion to cease, ib.

Fontainebleau, edict of, given by Francis I., June 1, 1540, i. 218; by Henry II., Dec. 11, 1547, i. 275; letters-patent of, by Charles IX., April 19, 1561, i. 477.

Fontenay, ii. 361.

Fontenille, ii. 575.

Fool, court, sensible remark of the, i. 351.

Forquevaulx, French ambassador at Madrid, insists upon satisfaction for the murder of the Huguenot colonists in Florida, ii. 201.

Fosse, Vore de la, sent on a mission to Melanchthon, i. 182.

France, at accession of Francis I., i. 3; territorial development, i. 4; subdivision in tenth century, i. 5; foremost kingdom of Christendom, i. 6; contrast with England, i. 7; assimilation of language, etc., i. 8; military resources, i. 10; infested by highwaymen, i. 44; changes in boundaries during the sixteenth century, i. 66; population of in the sixteenth century, ii. 159.

Francis I., his reply to Charles V., i. 14; and to Montmorency, i. 15; his concordat with the Pope, i. 35; haughty demeanor toward the parliament, i. 38; and university, i. 39; his acquirements overrated, i. 42; patronage of art, ib.; founds the College Royal, i. 43; interferes for Lefevre, i. 72; his personal appearance, i. 99; character and tastes, i. 100, 101; he is said miraculously to cure the king's evil, ib.; contrasted with Charles V., i. 101; his religious convictions, and fear of innovation, i. 102; loose morals, i. 103, 104; anxiety for papal support, i. 104; at Madrid, abdicates in favor of the dauphin, i. 107; his captivity, i. 122; he violates his pledges to Charles V., i. 134; his pecuniary straits, i. 135; assembles the notables ib.; promises to prove himself "Very Christian," i. 137; treats with the Germans, i. 147; and with Henry VIII., i. 148; his interview with Clement VII., ib.; declines the Pope's proposal of a crusade, i. 149; rejects the intercession of the Bernese, i. 155; his letter to the Bishop of Paris ordering him to authorize two counsellors of parliament to proceed against the "Lutherans,", i. 156; favorably impressed by Melanchthon's plan of reconciliation, i. 162; his anger when a copy of the placard of 1534 is posted on his bedchamber door, i. 167; which is enhanced by political considerations, i. 168; his disgraceful edict abolishing the art of printing i. 169; the edict suspended, i. 170; orders an expiatory procession, i. 173; he takes part in it with great apparent devoutness, i. 175; his memorable speech in the episcopal palace, i. 176; his declaration of Coucy, July 16, 1535, extending a partial forgiveness, i. 179; is said to have been begged by Paul III. to moderate his cruelty, i. 180; his clemency dictated by policy, i. 181; his letter to the German princes in extenuation of his conduct, i. 182; formally invites Melanchthon, i. 184; acquiesces in the Sorbonne's condemnation of Melanchthon's articles, i. 188; his representations through Du Bellay to the German princes at Smalcald, i. 188; Du Bellay makes, in his name, a Protestant confession, i. 189; he does not deceive the Germans, i. 190; his edict of Lyons, May 31, 1536, i. 192; rejects the intercession of Strasbourg, Zurich, and Berne, ib.; his orthodoxy no longer questioned, i. 194; how viewed by the reformers in his later days, i. 195; issues the edict of Fontainebleau, June 1, 1540, cutting off appeal, i. 218; his letters-patent from Lyons, August 30, 1542, i. 220; his declaration at Angouleme, respecting "sacramentarians," i. 221; his ordinance of Paris, July 23, 1543, making heresy punishable as treason, i. 221; gives force of law to the Sorbonne's Twenty-five Articles, i. 224; sends a letter of pardon to the Waldenses of Provence, i. 241; delays the execution of the Arret de Merindol, i. 243; is led by calumnious accusations to revoke his order, i. 244; his death, i. 258; impartial estimates of his character, ib.; his three sons, i. 259; confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Francis, the dauphin, son of Francis I., his death, i. 259.

Francis II., eldest son of Henry II., and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots: his accession, i. 347; his edict of amnesty, i. 385; makes the Duke of Guise his lieutenant-general, with absolute power, i. 389, 390; extends the terms of the amnesty, i. 390; but explains it away by another edict, i. 390, 391; he is visibly affected by the executions of Amboise, i. 392; he is made to order the extermination of the Huguenots of Dauphiny, i. 406; issues the edict of Romorantin, i. 410; universal commotion in his kingdom, i. 413, 414; he convokes the notables at Fontainebleau, i. 415; declares that he takes Coligny's presentation of the Huguenot petition in good part, i. 417; is urged to stab Antoine, King of Navarre, but cannot muster courage to do it, i. 440, 441; sends for Navarre and Conde, i. 425; orders the arrest and trial of Conde, i. 436; further designs for the extermination of the Huguenots before the termination of his reign, i. 444, 442; his failing health, i. 442; his death, i. 444; saves the Huguenots, i. 449; recognized as a direct answer to their prayers, i. 450; his mean funeral obsequies, "the enemy of the Huguenots being buried like a Huguenot," ib.

"Franco-Gallia," by Francois Hotman, a book touching on the royal authority, ii. 615.

Francour, Francoeur, or Francourt, goes with Beza to demand punishment for the massacre of Vassy, ii. 27, 218.

Frederick III., the Pious. See Elector Palatine.

Freer, Miss, on Coligny's reception at Blois, and his alleged alarm, ii. 389, note.

French language, aversion of clergy for, i. 56.

Fribourg, the canton of, ii. 557.

"Fribours," a nickname for the Protestants, i. 398.

Froissy, his outrageous conduct toward M d'Esternay, ii. 239.

Froment, the reformer, labors in Geneva, i. 197.

Frontenay, or Fontenay, M. de, escapes from the massacre, ii. 481-483; negotiates with Biron, ii. 623.

"Fronts d'airain," ii. 603.

Froude, James Anthony, mistakes in his account of the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 497, note; his singularly inaccurate account of French affairs about the time of the massacre of Vassy, ii. 25, 26; his error respecting Cardinal Chatillon, ii. 291, note; his remarks on the fatal policy of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 423.

G.

Gaillard, Captain, his blasphemy and fury at the massacre in Orleans, ii. 570, 571.

Gallars, Nicholas des, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509; takes part in the Conference of Saint Germain, i. 539.

Gallican liberties, the, i. 25.

Garde, Baron de la. See Poulain.

Garnier, M., incorrectly estimates the Huguenots as constituting nearly one-third of the population of France, ii. 159.

Garrisons in Huguenot towns, ii. 244.

Gastines, Abbe de, executed by order of Conde, by way of retaliation, ii. 80.

"Gastines, Croix de," ii. 329; erected on the site of the house of the Gastines, put to death for having celebrated the Lord's Supper, ib.; character of the elder Gastines, ii. 330; the cross taken down by order of the king, ii. 375, 376.

Geneva becomes the centre of Protestant activity, i. 196; secures its independence with the assistance of Francis I. and the Bernese, i. 197; according to the Venetian Suriano "the mine from which the ore of heresy is extracted," i. 214; war upon books from, i. 280; the "Five from Geneva" executed at Chambery, i. 297; danger menacing the city, i. 326; a joint expedition against it proposed by Henry II., but declined by the Duke of Alva, i. 327; character and influence of the ministers from, i. 402; their numbers, i. 403; books from, destroyed, i. 428; the children in Languedoc, according to Villars, all know the Geneva catechism by heart, i. 429; Charles IX. writes to the magistrates of Geneva to stop the coming of Protestant ministers, i. 463; their answer, i. 464; sympathy of the citizens for the Huguenots escaped from the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 554, seq.; a fast appointed at ii. 555; its hospitality and danger, ii. 557; good advice given to Nismes, ib.; the city saved by the illness of Charles IX., ib.

Geneva, Little, a part of Paris so called from the number of Protestants inhabiting it, i. 361; pretended orgies in, i. 365.

Genlis, a knight of the Order, forsakes Conde and goes over to the enemy, ii. 90, 91.

Genlis, Jean de Hangest, Seigneur de, ii. 384; rout of July 19, 1572, ii. 415; he is taken prisoner, ib.; his death, ib., note.

German Protestant princes are not deceived by Du Bellay's representations in the name of Francis I., i. 190; nor by those of the Duke of Orleans, i. 228; intercede for the Vaudois of Provence, i. 242; for the persecuted Protestants, i. 313, 314; their aid invoked by the Huguenots in the second civil war, ii. 217; intercession of the, ii. 362; after the massacre, ii. 551, seq.

German troops, insubordination of, ii. 332.

Germany, rumors of treacherous designs on the part of France after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 611, note.

Gerson, John, i. 23, 64.

Giustiniano, Marino, the Venetian ambassador reports the reasons Francis I. had assigned to him for abating the severity of the persecution of the Protestants, i. 181.

Glandage, M. de, plunders the city of Orange, ii. 620; declares that only the point of his sword is Huguenot, ii. 621.

Gondy, Albert de. See Retz.

Gordes, Governor of Dauphiny, refuses to allow the Protestants to be massacred, ii. 526.

Goudimel, an excellent musician, sets the psalms of Marot and Beza to music in several parts, ii. 517, note; he is murdered, ib.

Governors, royal, oppression of Protestants by, ii. 245.

Grandfief, M. de, ii. 617.

Grand Marche, a part of Meaux inhabited by Huguenots, massacre at, ii. 505-507.

Granvelle, Cardinal, his conference with the Cardinal of Lorraine, i. 315.

Gravelines, the rout of, i. 321.

Gregory XIII., Pope, receives the submission of the King of Navarre and the Prince of Conde, recognizes the validity of their marriages, and admits them to his favor, by a bull of Oct. 27, 1572, ii. 500; his incredulity as to the "pious" intentions of Charles IX. and Catharine de' Medici, ii. 530, 564; orders public rejoicings at Rome over the news of the massacre of the Protestants, ii. 531, 532; commemorative medals, ii. 532; commemorative paintings by Vasari, ii. 533; his extravagant expressions of joy, ii. 534; gives audience to Maurevel, ib.

Grignan, Count de, Governor of Provence, i. 245.

Grimaudet, Francois, representative of the tiers etat of Anjou, his scathing exposure of the morals of the clergy, i. 430.

Gualtieri, Sebastiano, Bishop of Viterbo, nuncio to France, i. 548; his despondency and recall, i. 548, 549; hated by Catharine de' Medici, on account of his boorish ways, i. 552.

Guerchy, ii. 317, 438; he defends himself on St. Bartholomew's Day, but is overpowered and killed, ii. 472, 475.

Guilloche Jean de, a Protestant member of the Parliament of Bordeaux, killed, ii. 524.

Guillotiere, Faubourg de la, at Lyons, ii. 516.

Guise, the family of, i. 266; warning of Francis I. against, ib.

Guise, Claude, Duke of, i. 266; his six sons, i 268.

Guise, Francis, Duke of, i. 261; his great credit with Henry II., i. 268, 269; his character, i. 269; captures the city of Calais, i. 312; his great power on the accession of Francis II., i. 351, 352; indignation against him and his brother, i. 375; their confidence before the Tumult of Amboise, i. 382; the Duke is made lieutenant-general of the kingdom, i. 389, 390; his perplexity, i. 413; his angry rejoinder to Coligny at the assembly of Fontainebleau, i. 422; he and Lorraine make advances to Catharine de' Medici, which she refuses, i. 443; their alarm on the accession of Charles IX., i. 450; with Montmorency and St. Andre forms the Triumvirate, i. 470, 471; his exultation over the "Edict of July," i. 484; goes with his brothers to meet the Duke of Wuertemberg at Saverne, ii. 13; his lying assurances, ii. 15; he proceeds to Vassy, ii. 21; where a bloody massacre takes place, ii. 22; pamphlets respecting the massacre, ii. 22, 23; he attempts to vindicate himself from being the author of the massacre, ii. 24; is forbidden by Catharine de' Medici to enter Paris, but is invited to come with a small suite to court, ii. 27; makes a triumphal entry into Paris, ii. 28; meets Conde and the Protestants going to a "preche," ii. 29; brings Charles IX. and Catharine de' Medici back to Paris, ii. 36; sends for foreign aid, ii. 54; reply of his adherents to Conde's declaration, ii. 58; an intercepted letter of, ii. 65, note; his good generalship at Dreux, ii. 94; retakes Pithiviers and Etampes, ii. 97; lays siege to Orleans, ii. 99; captures the Portereau, ii. 100; is shot by Poltrot, Feb 18, 1563, ii. 103; Beza and Coligny, accused of having instigated the murder, vindicate themselves, ii. 105, seq.; his character, ii. 109, 110, 112; The petition of his family aimed at Coligny, ii. 136; the settlement of the feud delayed, ii. 137; the hollow reconciliation at Moulins, ii. 184. See Triumvirs.

Guise, Henry, Duke of, son of Francis, throws himself into Poitiers, ii. 324; marries Catharine of Cleves, widow of Prince Porcien, ii. 432; his aid called in by Catharine de' Medici and Anjou in the assassination of Coligny, ii. 434; he comes to take leave of Charles, and receives a rough answer, ii. 446; goes with a band to assassinate Coligny, ii. 456; kicks the dead body of the admiral, ii. 459; pursues Montgomery and his companions, ii. 483; throws the responsibility of the massacre upon the king, ii. 491; policy of, in rescuing a few Huguenots, ii. 491, note; in making his province of Champagne an exception to the massacre, ii. 525.

Guise, Louis, Cardinal of, younger brother of the Cardinal of Lorraine, i 269; at Saverne, ii. 13; author of the massacre of Sens, ii. 46; at the Bayonne conference, ii. 170; tries a heretical curate, ii. 192.

Guitry, M. de, ii. 625.

H.

Hans, Jean de, a seditious preacher, i. 567.

Haton, Claude, on morals of clergy, i. 53, 54; on their non-residence and plurality, i. 457; complains of Huguenot boldness, i. 570; his singular account of the massacre of Vassy, ii. 23; on the miracle of the Cimetiere des Innocents, ii. 488; on the rosaries in the hands of Huguenot ladies, ii. 525.

"Haute justice" ii. 364, note.

Havre, the English in, ii. 84; surrender of, demanded of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 126; fall of, July 29, 1563, ii. 127.

Heidelberg, reception of Henry of Anjou at, ii. 610.

Hennuyer, Le, Bishop of Lisieux, apocryphal speech ascribed to, ii. 525.

Henry of Orleans, afterwards Henry II., married to Catharine de' Medici, i. 148; ascends the throne, March 31, 1547, i. 258; his insubordination, i. 259; his great bodily vigor, ib.; his character, i. 260; his inordinate love of pleasure, ib.; is ruled by Diana of Poitiers, Constable Montmorency, and Cardinal Lorraine, ib.; his court, according to Dr. Wotton, i. 261; rapacity of the courtiers, i. 272, 273; is persuaded to persecute the Protestants to atone for his immoral life. i. 274; publishes an edict, Fontainebleau, Dec. 11, 1547, against books from Geneva, etc., i. 275; witnesses the execution of a poor tailor of the Rue St. Antoine, i. 277; his edict conferring power of arrest for heresy upon ecclesiastical judges, Paris, Nov. 19, 1549, i. 278; he issues the edict of Chateaubriand, June 27, 1551, removing appeal from the decisions of presidial judges, i. 279; his more than papal strictness, i. 286; makes repeated attempts to introduce the Spanish Inquisition, i. 287, 288, 289; he breaks the truce of Vaucelles at the solicitation of Pope Paul IV., and renews war with Philip II., i. 297; issues the edict of Compiegne, July 24, 1557, i. 300; rejects the Swiss intercession after the affair of the Rue St. Jacques, i. 310; compels parliament to register the inquisition edict, i. 312; his indignation at the psalm-singing on the Pre aux Clercs, i. 315; summons Francois d'Andelot, whom he orders to be imprisoned, i. 317, 318; desperate schemes to obtain money, i. 321; makes the treaty of Cateau-Cambresis with Philip of Spain and Mary of England, i. 322; communicates to William, Prince of Orange, his own designs and those of Philip II. against the Protestants, i. 325; proposes a joint French and Spanish expedition against Geneva, i. 327; attends a mercuriale of the Parliament of Paris, i. 332; orders the arrest of Du Bourg and other counsellors, i. 335; marriage festivities for his daughter, i. 338; is mortally wounded by Montgomery in the tournament, June 30, 1559, i. 339; his death, July 10, 1559, i. 340; epigrams upon the event, i. 346.

Henry of Valois, third son of Henry II., afterward king of France as Henry III., baptized first Edward Alexander, i. 415; is made Duke of Anjou. See Anjou, Duke of.

Heptameron of the Queen of Navarre, i. 119, seq.

Heresy, views of Calvin respecting the punishment of, i. 211; made punishable as treason by Francis I., i. 222.

Herminjard, M., on Briconnet's defection, i. 81.

Hesse, the Landgrave of, his opinion of the representations of the Guises, ii. 17; declines to help the Huguenots, ii. 217; his distrust after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 552; will have nothing to do with the candidature of Alencon for King of the Romans, ii. 609.

Heu, Gaspard de, his judicial assassination, i. 379, 380.

Hospital, Michel de l', Chancellor, i. 13; rebukes Parliament of Bordeaux, i. 19; his character, i. 412; little good expected of him, ib.; one of the original conspirators of Amboise, ib.; speech at the Assembly of Fontainebleau, i. 416; refuses to sign the sentence of the Prince of Conde, i. 440; his address at the opening of the States General of Orleans, i. 455; declares the co-existence of two religions impossible, ib.; and that names of factions must be abolished, i. 456; his strange representation of the character of previous persecutions, ib., note; he is distrusted by Beza, i. 502; his speech at the opening of the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 512; he opposes the ratification of the plenary powers of the papal legate, i. 552; his speech to the notables at Saint Germain, i. 574; entreats Catharine to throw herself into the arms of the Huguenots, ii. 31; his danger from the fury of the Paris populace, ii. 69; his censure of the Norman parliament, ii. 130, note; his language to Santa Croce respecting the lives of French priests, ii. 153, note; he is attacked by Cardinal Lorraine in the royal council at Melun, Feb., 1564, ii. 154, 155; sends out, without the authority of the council, an edict for the relief of the scattered Huguenots, ii. 184, 185; his altercation at Moulins with Cardinal Lorraine, ii. 186; envoy to the Huguenots, ii. 210; his striking memorial counselling just and pacific treatment of the Huguenots, ii. 232, 233; Catharine de' Medici sides with his enemies, ii. 254; her animosity against him, because she suspects him of having prompted Charles IX. to entreat her to avoid war, ii. 263; another quarrel of L'Hospital and Lorraine respecting the chancellor's refusal to affix his signature to a papal bull, ii. 263, 264; his fall from power, ii. 264; he retires to Vignai, ii. 264, 265; his last days, ii. 613; his farewell letter to the king, ii. 614; his death, ii. 615.

Host, reverence for, i. 50.

Hotman, Francois, author of the "Vita Gasparis Colinii," i. 418; also of the "Epistre au Tigre de la France," i. 446; his escape from the massacre of Bourges, ii. 511; his "Franco-Gallia," ii. 615.

Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, i. 4.

Hugonis, a violent Roman Catholic preacher, ii. 254.

Huguenots, various explanations of the origin of the designation, i. 397-399; message of the escaped prisoners of Tours, i. 399; they petition Francis II. at Fontainebleau for liberty of worship, i. 417; general plans of extermination formed by their enemies before the death of Francis, i. 441, 442; the Spanish ambassador, Chantonnay, alarmed at the intemperance and violence of the scheme, i. 441, note; return of Huguenot exiles, i. 463; popular curiosity to hear their psalms and sermons, i. 468; their growing boldness, i. 478; they are said to have 2,150 churches, i. 560; difficulty of restraining their impetuosity, i. 561; Romish complaints of their boldness, i. 570; immense crowds at the preches, ii. 11; massacred at Vassy, ii. 22; summoned to Meaux, ii. 34; they seize Orleans, which becomes their centre during the first civil war, ii. 39; they justify their assumption of arms, ii. 40; their stringent articles of association, ii. 40, 41; nobles and cities that espouse their cause, ii. 41; their strict discipline, ii. 66; cruelty at Pithiviers, ii. 87; reverses of, ii. 101, 102; their ballads and songs, ii. 120-125; they lose favor at court, ii. 132, 133, 158; progress of, ii. 146; they are accused of poisoning the wells in Lyons, ii. 159; number of Huguenots in France, ib.; assaults upon unoffending Huguenots at Crevant, Tours, Mans, and Vendome, ii. 162; no redress obtained, ib.; various acts of oppression, ii. 163; excluded from judicial posts, ii. 165; progress of, ii. 181; Huguenot pleasantries, ii. 192; they suspect treacherous designs, ii. 193; alarmed by the march of Alva and the Swiss levy, ii. 196, 203; they plan to seize Cardinal Lorraine and liberate Charles IX., ii. 205; the sudden rising, ii. 206; they abate their demands at the outbreak of the second civil war, ii. 210; admiration of the sultan's envoy for their bravery at the battle of St. Denis, ii. 214, note; they solicit the help of the German princes, ii. 217; they are exonerated by Catharine de' Medici from the charge of disloyalty, ii. 219; their generous sacrifices, ii. 223; their imprudence in concluding the peace of Longjumeau without guarantees, ii. 238; treatment of returning Huguenots, ii. 241; deprived of their rights by interpretative ordinances, etc., ii. 244; admirable organization of, ii. 247; oath to be exacted of, ii. 257; the plot against them disclosed by an intercepted letter, ii. 259; advantages at the beginning of the third civil war, ii. 274; enthusiasm of their youth, ib.; the Protestant religion proscribed, ii. 275; their places of refuge, ii. 280; great successes in Poitou, Angoumois, etc., ii. 282; the great army collected in southern France joins Conde, ii. 284; negotiations and reprisals, ii. 287; they suffer defeat at Jarnac, ii. 301, seq.; they recover strength, ii. 312; their success at La Roche Abeille, ii. 319; they send a petition to the king, ii. 320, 322, 323; their single purpose, ii. 321, 322; they commit a serious blunder in laying siege to Poitiers, ii. 324; flight of refugees from Montargis, ii. 328; defeated at Moncontour, ii. 332-334; their heavy losses, ii. 335; their terms of peace, ii. 357; their successes compensate for their defeats, ii. 361; the Huguenot nobles flock to Paris to attend the marriage of Henry of Navarre, ii. 426; many alarmed by the king's cordiality, ii. 436; their constancy in the massacre at Orleans, ii. 510, 511, etc.; return of many who had apostatized, ii. 573, note; discontent of the Huguenots of the south with the terms on the edict of pacification of Boulogne, ii. 599; they obtain a truce from Marshal Damville, ib.; military organization of, provided for in the political assembly of Milhau and Montauban, ii. 600; their bold demands contained in a petition to the king, ii. 601, 602; demands of Lower Languedoc and Nismes, ii. 603; those of the tiers etat of Provence and Dauphiny, ib.; indignation of Catharine de' Medici at their boldness, ii. 604; they remain firm, ib.; they reassemble at Milhau, and perfect their organization, Dec. 17, 1573, ii. 617-619; injury to their cause, arising from their alliance with the "Politiques," or Malcontents, ii. 620; the Huguenots resume arms, 1574, undertaking the fifth civil war, ii. 622; failure of the conferences between Biron and the Huguenots, ii. 623, 624; their stout demands, ii. 624; some reasons of their military successes, ii. 630, 631; failure of persecution, war, and treachery, of which they had been the victims, ii. 639. See Coligny, Conde, etc.

Huguerye, Michel de la, his Memoires inedits, ii. 423; his assertions as to the premeditation of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ib.; his misrepresentation of the character of Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, ii. 424.

I.

Iconoclasm at Paris, i. 141, 143; by a monk at Troyes, for a "pious" object, i. 169; in various parts of France, i. 479; at Montauban, i. 485, 486; can it be repressed? ii. 42; stringent but ineffectual measures against, ii. 43; at Caen, ii. 44; at Orleans, ii. 45; at Valenciennes, etc., ii. 189; at Cateau-Cambresis, ii. 190.

Images, whimsical defence of, ii. 43.

Impatience with "public idols," i. 487; repressed by Calvin, ib.

Inconsistency of the laws and practice of the courts, i. 481.

Indiscreet partisans of reform, i. 162.

Informers against the Protestants, i. 361.

Inquisition, the, is jealously watched in France, i. 125 (see Commission to try Lutherans); also, i. 288.

Inquisition, Spanish, proposition to introduce into France, i. 287; opposed by parliament and withdrawn, i. 288; a second attempt ib.; manly speech of President Seguier against it, i. 289; a third attempt, i. 298, 299; the Pope appoints three inquisitors-general, i. 299; the papal bull confirmed by Henry II., i. 300; the inquisition edict registered by Henry in a "lit de justice," i. 312.

Insubordination to royal authority, ii. 247.

Interpretative ordinances, ii. 244.

Isabella, or Elizabeth, daughter of Henry II. of France and Catharine de' Medici, born April 2, 1545, married to Philip II. of Spain, June, 1559, i. 338; discloses the plot to kidnap Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, ii. 151; her discussion with her mother in the Bayonne conference, ii. 172-175; again her husband's mouthpiece, ii. 261.

"Italian Bible," the, Macchiavelli's Il Principe, ii. 552, note.

Ivoy, M. d', surrenders Bourges, ii. 72; treachery of his brother before Paris, ii. 90.

J.

January, the Edict of, by Charles IX. (January 17, 1562), a celebrated ordinance, i. 576; marks the termination of the period of persecution according to the forms of law, i. 577; inconsistencies of, ii. 3; the Huguenot leaders urge its observance, ib.; opposition of the papal party, ii. 4.

Jarnac, battle of, March 13, 1569, ii. 301, 302; the loss small in numbers, ii. 306; exaggerated bulletins of, ii. 307, 308.

"Jerusalem," temple de, one of the Protestant places of worship at Paris, destroyed by Constable Montmorency, ii. 37.

Jewel, Bishop, on the French Protestant refugees, ii. 293.

John Casimir, son of the elector palatine, comes to the assistance of the Huguenots, and meets Conde in Lorraine, ii. 222; letter of the princes assembled at his marriage, ii. 362.

John Lackland, King of England, confers upon the inhabitants of La Rochelle exemption from the duty of marching elsewhere or receiving a garrison from abroad, ii. 270.

Joupitre, Jean, mayor of Bourges, ii. 511.

Joyeuse, Viscount of, ii. 574.

Julius II., Pope, his bull giving Navarre to the first comer, believed to be a forgery, i. 107.

Julius III., Pope, his bull permitting the use of eggs, butter, and cheese, to be eaten during Lent, condemned and burned by order of Henry II. and parliament, i. 286.

July, the Edict of, by Charles IX. (July 11, 1561), a severe measure, prohibiting conventicles for preaching or celebrating the sacraments, i. 483; exultation of Guise, i. 484; Admiral Coligny declares that it cannot be executed, ib.; disappointment of Protestants, ib.

Jumieges, at the fair of, a friar pulled from the pulpit, and another preacher put in his place, i. 430.

Jurieu, Pierre, his remarks respecting the origin of the name "Huguenot," i. 398.

Justice, abuses in administration of, i. 19.

K.

Killigrew of Pendennis reaches Rouen, ii. 78.

King, the "fons omnis jurisdictionis," i. 122; emperor in his own dominions, ib.

King's authority, checks upon, i. 15.

King's evil, cured by the touch of the French monarchs, i. 100.

Knox, John on the affair of the Rue St. Jacques, i. 303, 307, 308; his sermon on the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, and his denunciation of Charles IX., ii. 550.

L.

La Court, ii. 509.

Lacretelle, M., estimates the Huguenots as numbering 1,500,000 souls, or one-tenth of the population of France, ii. 159.

La Force, Jacques Nompar de Caumont, Duke of, his wonderful escape in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 472, 473.

Lagebaston, President of the Parliament of Bordeaux, ii. 523.

Lainez, second general of the Order of Jesus, makes an intemperate speech at Poissy, i. 536; compares the Protestant ministers to apes and foxes, i. 537.

Lambert, Francois, first monk converted, i. 112; his history, i. 113; his imprudent appeals, i. 114; his marriage and his death, ib.

Languedoc, fifteen cities in this province receive Protestant ministers, i. 429; the children learn religion only from the Geneva catechism, ib.; of twenty-two bishops in Languedoc, all but five or six non-residents, ib.

Languet, Hubert his description of the persecution under Francis II., i. 366; of the confusion after the Tumult of Amboise, i. 397.

Lansac, a special envoy of Charles IX. to Germany, his unscrupulous misrepresentations, ii. 217, 218;

"Lansquenets," i. 11.

Laschene, a Protestant nobleman, decapitated at Paris, ii. 330.

Laudonniere Rene de, leads the second colonial expedition to Florida, ii. 199; escapes from the massacre of the Huguenots, and succeeds in returning to France, ii. 200.

Lausanne, the "Five scholars of," arrested, i. 283; tried and executed, i. 284, 285.

Leclerc, Jean, a wool-carder of Meaux, tears down a papal bull, i. 87; he is branded, i. 88; and burned alive at Metz, i. 89.

Leclerc, Pierre, a minister and martyr at Meaux, i. 253, 255.

Le Coq, his evangelical sermon, i. 151.

"Le Dieu le Fort," ii. 341.

Lefevre d'Etaples, Jacques, i. 44, 67; restores letters to France, i. 68; his studies, ib.; devotion, i. 69; his commentary on the Pauline epistles, i. 70; foresees the Reformation, ib.; controversy with Beda, i. 71; invited to Meaux, i. 73; spiritual progress of, i. 75; translates the New Testament, i. 77; his exultation, i. 79; retires to Strasbourg, i. 84-93; tutor of the Duke of Orleans, i. 94; librarian at Blois, ib.; hopes entertained by Aleander respecting, i. 94; mental sufferings and death, i. 95, 96.

Leicester, Earl of, ii. 381, 397; it is proposed to offer him the hand of Mademoiselle de Bourbon, ii. 399; on Charles IX. and the massacre, ii. 559, 560.

Le Laboureur, on the massacre of Vassy, ii. 24.

Lent, the Pope's bull permitting eggs, butter, and cheese to be eaten during the fast, condemned by parliament, and publicly burned, i. 286; negligent observance of, in court of Charles IX., i. 468.

Leo X., his concordat, i. 35, 36.

Leran, Viscount de, wounded and pursued into the room of Margaret of Valois, on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 467.

Lery, Jean, goes to Brazil with Villegagnon, and, on his return, writes a history of the expedition, i. 292; ii. 345, note; his account of the siege of Sancerre, ii. 590, 591, 594-598.

"Lettres de cachet," ii. 511.

Lhomme, or Lhommet, Martin, a bookseller, hung for having a copy of the "Tigre" in his possession, i. 445.

Libertine party, the, i. 195, 225.

Lieutenant de la Mareschaussee, his ineffectual defence and death on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 472.

Ligny, violence at, ii. 249.

Limousin, Protestantism in, i. 428.

Limueil, Isabeau de, her amorous intrigue with the Prince of Conde, ii. 145, 303.

"Lit de justice," i. 18, 312; ii. 492.

Liturgies of Farel and Calvin, i. 275, 276, 341, seq., 515.

Livry, the hermit of, i. 92.

Lomenie, Martial de, a secretary of the king. Marshal Retz obtains his office and his estate of Versailles, and then causes him to be murdered, ii. 485.

Longjumeau, edict of pacification of, March 23, 1568, ii. 234; the peace opposed by Coligny, and favored by Conde, ii. 235; discussion of the question of the sincerity of the court, ii. 236, 237; the edict thrown into the fire by Charles IX. in the parliament house, ii. 276.

Longjumeau Sieur de, assault upon his house, i. 476.

Longueville, Duke of, prevents the massacre of the Protestants from extending to Picardy, ii. 526.

Lorraine, Charles, Cardinal of, i. 261; he exchanges the title of Cardinal of Guise for that of Cardinal of Lorraine, i. 269; various estimates of his character, i. 270, 271; his servility toward Diana of Poitiers, i. 273; hypocrisy to the Swiss envoys, i. 310; his conference with Cardinal Granvelle, i. 315; his great power on the accession of Francis II., i. 351; indignation of the people against him and his brother, i. 375; message he receives from the escaped Huguenot prisoners of Tours, i. 399; perplexity of, i. 413; his politic speech at Fontainebleau, i. 422; his hypocritical assurances to Throkmorton, i. 424, note; pasquinade against, i. 447; a virulent pamphlet against him entitled "Epistre au Tigre de la France," i. 409, 444-448; effrontery of, in offering to represent the three orders at the States General, i. 457; favors the holding of the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 495; he meets Beza and professes to be well satisfied, i. 503, 504; but subsequently boasts that he overthrew Beza in the first interview, i. 505; his speech in reply to Beza, i. 528, 529; he demands of the Huguenot ministers subscription to the Augsburg Confession, i. 533; retires in disgust from Saint Germain, i. 555; goes with his brothers to meet the Duke of Wuertemberg at Saverne, ii. 13; his lying assurances, ii. 15, 16; he declares himself, on oath, guiltless of the death of any man for religion's sake, ii. 16; he returns to France from the Council of Trent, and unsuccessfully seeks the approval of the decrees, ii. 154; his wrangle at Melun, Feb, 1564, with Chancellor L'Hospital, ii. 154, 155; his encounter with Marshal Montmorency in Paris, ii. 166; forbidden by Catharine to hold communication with Granvelle and Chantonnay, ii. 181; he disregards the prohibition, ib.; his altercation with L'Hospital at Moulins, ii. 186; the Huguenots plan to seize him, ii. 205; his flight to Rheims, ii. 207; he invites Alva to enter France, ii. 208; his plot revealed, ii. 259, 260; makes another attack upon L'Hospital, and is prevented by Marshal Montmorency from making a bodily assault, ii. 264; his jealousy of Anjou, ii. 339; retires from court at the peace of Saint Germain, ii. 368; his rejoicing at Rome over the news of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 531, 532.

Lorraine, John, first Cardinal of, i. 267; his many ecclesiastical benefices, ib.

Lorraine, Mary of, married to James V. of Scotland, i. 268.

Loue, La, taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306, 351; killed near Montpellier, ii. 352.

Louis VIII., of France, confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Louis IX., St Louis, disliked in Perigord, i. 6; his Pragmatic Sanction, i. 26.

Louis XI., his aversion to assembling the States General, i. 12; consents to abrogate the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 32; subsequently re-enacts it, i. 33; confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Louis XII., re-enacts the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 35; his motto, ib.; confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Louise de Savoie, mother of Francis I., i. 50, 60; encourages reformed preachers, i. 74; regent, i. 109; change in her attitude, i. 110, 123.

Lude, Count of, ii. 324.

Luns, Philippine de, a young lady of wealth and rank, strangled and burned at Paris, i. 307.

Lusignan, "la pucelle," taken by the Huguenots, ii. 323.

Luther, his teachings condemned by the Sorbonne, i. 108; wide circulation of his works, i. 112; his books proscribed, ib.; his letters respecting Melanchthon's projected visit to France, i. 185, 186.

"Lutherans," rage of populace of Paris against, i. 302.

Lyon, Jacques du, Seigneur de Grandfief, plots to surrender La Rochelle, ii. 617.

Lyons, frontier town at accession of Francis I., i. 3; council of, i. 140; inspection of books at great fairs of, i. 281; in the hands of Maligny, i. 427; besieged, ii. 102; Huguenots accused of poisoning wells in, ii. 159; massacre at, ii. 513, seq.

M.

Macaulay, Lord, a remark ascribed by him to Admiral Coligny, ii. 463, note.

Macchiavelli's Il Principe, "the Italian Bible," ii. 552, note.

Mackintosh, Sir James, receives from M. de Chateaubriand important documents bearing upon the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 436.

Macon, persecution at, i. 217.

Madrid, a royal country-seat, ii. 259.

Madrid, treaty of, declared null, i. 136.

Magic, resort to, i. 48.

Maigret, Friar Aime, preaches at Lyons, i. 118.

Malassise, M. de, Henry de Mesmes, ii. 359, 363, 366.

Maligny seizes Lyons, but, not being supported, fails to keep the place, i. 427.

Malot, Jean, a minister at the colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Malta, siege of, by the Turks, in 1565, ii. 181.

Mandelot, M. de, Governor of Lyons, ii. 513; his perplexity, ii. 514; his responsibility for the massacre in Lyons, ii. 517; a suppliant for the spoils of the Huguenots, ii. 518.

Mangin, a martyr at Meaux, i. 254, 255;

Mans, Protestants of, plundered or killed, ii. 162.

Mansfeld, Count of. See Wolrad.

Marcel, prevot des marchands, ii. 482, etc.

Marche-aux-pourceaux, i. 46.

Marcourt, Antoine, probable author of the placard of 1534, i. 164.

"Mardi Gras," the rising of, ii. 625.

Margaret of Valois, youngest daughter of Henry II., born May 14, 1552, her hand declined by Sebastian of Portugal, ii. 379; proposed marriage to Henry of Navarre, ii. 392; the proposal comes from the Montmorencies, ii. 394; absurdity of the story of a romantic attachment of Margaret, in 1571, to Henry of Guise, ii. 395, note; she is said to be at first indifferent, afterward anxious to marry Henry of Navarre, ii. 395, 396; described by Jeanne d'Albret, ii. 405; the betrothal, ii. 426; the marriage, ii. 427; the entertainment in the Louvre, ii. 429; on the morning of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 466.

Marillac, Bishop of Vienne, i. 418; his speech at Fontainebleau, i. 420, 421.

Marlorat, Augustin, a prominent Huguenot minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509; in the Conference of Saint Germain, i. 539; he is hung by order of the Parliament of Rouen, ii. 80.

Maromme, Laurent de, a leader of the murderers at Rouen, ii. 520, 521.

Marot, Clement, i. 42; his flight to Ferrara, i. 179.

Marsac, Louis de, his words at the stake, i. 278.

Marshals, remonstrance of the, ii. 255.

Martigues, Sebastian of Luxemburg, Viscount of, ii. 341; his impiety, ib., note.

Martin Theodoric, of Beauvais, his elegies on Louis de Berquin, i. 157; remarks respecting Barthelemi Milon, i. 172.

Martyr, Peter, or Pietro Martiro Vermigli, a native of Florence and a reformer, invited to the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 494; his arrival, i. 527; his speech, i. 536; takes part in the Conference of Saint Germain, i. 539; his candid paper, i. 540.

Martyrs, Protestant, constancy of, i. 177; ingenious contrivance for prolonging their sufferings, ib.

Mary, Queen of Scots, wife of Francis II., i. 347; ii. 146, 545.

Mass, Roman Catholic, songs against, ii. 121, seq.

Massacre, of Protestants in Holy Week, 1561, i. 474; of Vassy, March 1, 1562, ii. 22; of Sens, April 12, 1562, ii. 46, 55; of Orange, June 5, 1562, ii. 49; of Toulouse, ii. 52-54; of Troyes, ii. 128, 129; of Roman Catholics at Nismes ii. 234, 225; in prisons of Orleans, Aug. 21, 1569, ii. 326; of the garrison of Rabasteins, ii. 361; at Paris (see Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day); of Meaux, Aug. 25 and 26, 1572, ii. 505-507; of Troyes, Sept. 4, 1572, ii. 507, 508; of Orleans, ii. 508 seq.; of Bourges, Sept. 12, 1572, ii. 511, 512; of Angers, ii. 512, 513; of Lyons, ii. 513-518; of Rouen, Sept., 1572, ii. 519-521; of Toulouse, ii. 521, 522; of Bordeaux, Oct, 1572, ii. 522-524; why the massacre is not universal, ii. 524, 525; cases of mercy, ii. 526, 527.

Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, in Paris, the question of its premeditation, chapter xvii. passim; La Huguerye's statements, ii. 423, 424; a significant mock combat, ii. 431; the plan as sketched by Anjou, ii. 433 seq.; Salviati's testimony respecting the want of premeditation and the ignorance of the king, ii. 435, 436; Coligny wounded, ii. 437; Catharine and Anjou resolve upon extreme measures, ii. 446; the blood council, ii. 447, seq.; Charles reluctantly consents, ii. 449; few victims selected at first, ii. 450; religious hatred as a motive, ii. 452; precautions taken, ib.; the municipal officers of Paris called in, ii. 454; murder of Coligny, ii. 457, seq.; of Huguenot leaders in the Louvre, ii. 465, seq.; on the signal bell from the Palais de Justice, the massacre becomes general, ii. 470; the part taken by the courtiers and the royal guard, ii. 471; pitiless butchery, ii. 474; shamelessness of the court ladies, ii. 476; wonderful escapes, ii. 477; the dead bodies buried by the municipality of Paris, ii. 484; the massacre not at first a popular movement, ii. 484, 485; pillage of the rich, ii. 485; action of the municipal officers, ii. 486; ineffectual orders issued to lay down arms, ii. 487; miracle of the hawthorn of the Cimetiere des Innocents, ii. 488; number of the victims in Paris, ii. 489; speech of the king at the "lit de justice," ii. 492; servility of parliament, ii. 493; Coligny's memory declared infamous, ii. 496; the verbal orders, ii. 502; two kinds of letters sent out, ii. 504; uncertain number of victims, ii. 530.

Masso, an agent in the massacre at Lyons, ii. 504, note; 514, 516.

Matignon, M. de, saves the Protestants of Caen and Alencon from massacre, ii. 526.

Maubert, Place, ii. 339.

Maurevel murders De Mouy, ii. 337; he is rewarded with the collar of the order, ii. 338; wounds Admiral Coligny, ii. 438, 439.

"Mauvais Garcons," highwaymen, i. 44.

Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, styles the French king "a king of asses," i. 14; ii. 360, etc.

May, Du, attempts to assassinate Admiral Coligny, ii. 194.

Mayenne, Charles, Duke of, son of Francis, Duke of Guise, ii. 324.

Maynet, a Huguenot member of the Parliament of Rouen, ii. 519.

Mazurier, Martial, i. 75, 82, 90, 91.

Medici family, the, is reputed to be destined to be fatal to Christendom, i. 569.

Meaux, Reformation at, i. 67 seq., 74, 75, 83, 86, 92; new persecutions at, i. 253; the "Fourteen of Meaux," i. 254; their execution, i. 255; iconoclasm at, ii. 68; consequent severity of the Parliament of Paris, ib.; massacre at, Aug. 25 and 26, 1572, ii. 505-507.

Medals, commemorative of the junction of the Huguenots and their German allies, ii. 318; of the battles of Jarnac and Moncontour, ii. 336, note; of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 532, 533, 559.

Melanchthon, i. 43; answers the Sorbonne's condemnation of Luther, i. 109; visited by a French agent, i. 160; draws up a plan of reconciliation, ib.; his extravagant concessions, i. 161; his own misgivings, i. 162; his plan makes a favorable impression on Francis I., ib.; is entreated to come to France, i. 182; his perplexity, i. 183; he is formally invited by Francis, and consents, i. 184; but fails to obtain permission from the Elector of Saxony, i. 185; his chagrin, i. 186; his articles reprobated by the Sorbonne, i. 187; approves of the execution of Servetus, i. 212.

Menendez, or Melendez, de Abila, sent by Philip II. to destroy the Huguenot settlements in Florida, ii. 200; his cruelty and success, ib.

Mercenary troops, i. 11.

"Mercuriale," nature of, i. 331; Henry II. goes in person to one of the Parliament of Paris, June 10, 1559, i. 332; that of June 23, 1561, i. 480, seq.

Merindol, some inhabitants of, summoned to Aix, i. 235; the infamous "Arret de Merindol," November 18, 1540, i. 236; preparations to carry it into effect, i. 237; it is delayed by friendly interposition, i. 238; the place is taken and destroyed, i. 247.

Merle, d'Aubigne, a singular mistake of, i. 200.

Merlin, Jehan Reymond, a Protestant pastor, at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509; counsels moderation to the Queen of Navarre, ii. 149; chaplain of Coligny, ii. 440, 457; his wonderful escape, ii. 477.

Meru, a younger Montmorency, ii. 441, note, 628.

Messignac, Huguenot loss at, ii. 284.

Metz, labors of Jean Chatellain at, i. 114; anger of the people at his execution, i. 116.

"Michelade," the, at Nismes, ii. 224, 225.

Milhau-en-Rouergue, calls for ministers, i. 479; the entire population becomes Protestant, ii. 147; refuses to admit a garrison, ii. 250; a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280; political Huguenot assembly at, ii. 600; second assembly, Dec. 17, 1573, at which the scheme of organization is perfected, ii. 617-619.

Miracles popular, i. 57; miracle of the hawthorn tree of the Cimetiere des Innocents, ii. 486.

Milon, Barthelemi, a paralytic, executed, i. 172; remarks of Martin Theodoric, of Beauvais, respecting ib.

Minard, President, assassination of, i. 370.

Ministers, Protestant, the popular clamor for, i. 479; their moderation, i. 479, 480; the demand unabated for, ii. 148.

Mirabel, a Huguenot leader, ii. 348.

Mirambeau, a Huguenot negotiator, ii. 623.

Miron, the Duke of Anjou's confession to, ii. 433.

Mole, La, one of the party of the Politiques, ii. 626; he is executed on the Place de Greve, ii. 628, 629.

Monastic orders incur contempt, i. 60.

Monclar, Viscount of, ii. 230, 352.

Moncontour, battle of, Oct 3, 1569, ii. 332 seq.; exultation of the Roman Catholic party after, ii. 336; medals struck at Rome, ib., note; extravagant action of parliament, ii. 337.

Money coined by the Huguenots, with the name and arms of Charles IX., ii. 219.

Mons, capture of, by Count Louis of Nassau, ii. 412.

Montagut, or Montaigu, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.

Montargis, the residence of the Duchess of Ferrara, affords a safe refuge to the Huguenots, ii. 73, 327; flight of Huguenots from Montargis to Sancerre, ii. 328.

Montauban, the Protestants of, being maligned, vindicate their loyalty, i. 480; beg that no more ex-monks be sent into France as Protestant ministers, ib.; iconoclasm at, i. 485, 486; it refuses to admit a garrison in, 1568, ii. 250; a Huguenot place of refuge, ii. 280; Coligny at, ii. 349; becomes, through Regnier's agency, a Protestant stronghold, ii. 574; political Huguenot assembly at, ii. 600; it provides for a military organization of the Huguenots, ib.

Montbeliard, Farel at, i. 117.

Montbrun, nephew of Cardinal Tournon, a Huguenot leader, in the Comtat Venaissin, etc., i. 414; ii. 226, 230, 284, 348, 526; his exploits in Dauphiny, ii. 621, 622.

Mont de Marsan, ii. 351.

Montecuccoli, Count of, accused of having poisoned the dauphin, Francis, and drawn asunder by four horses, i. 259.

Montelimart, Huguenots of, i. 404.

Montereul, Claude a curate, active in the massacre of Rouen, ii. 520.

Montesquiou, captain of Anjou's guards, treacherously murders the Prince of Conde, ii. 302.

Montferrand, M. de, Governor of Bordeaux, ii. 522; his brutal boast before the parliament that he had killed more than two hundred and fifty persons, ii. 524.

Montgomery, Gabriel, Count of, captain of the Scotch guard, mortally wounds Henry II. in the tournament, i. 339; commands the Protestants at Rouen, ii. 78; escapes with D'Andelot to La Rochelle, at the beginning of the third civil war, ii. 281, 282; throws himself into St. Jean d'Angely, ii. 312; takes for the Huguenots a great part of Bearn, ii. 323; goes to Coligny's assistance, ii. 332; his raids, ii. 349, 451; escapes from the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 481-483; obtains help from England for La Rochelle, ii. 588; Queen Elizabeth's interest in him, ib.; he lands in Normandy, ii. 630; takes Carentan, ib.; is taken prisoner at Domfront, ii. 631; delight of Catharine de' Medici, ii. 631, 632; his sentence and execution, ii. 633; his constancy, ii. 634.

Montigny's remark as to the Burgundians, ii. 185.

Montluc, Bishop of Valence, his speech in the assembly of notables of Fontainebleau, i. 418, 419; his description of the Protestant ministers, i. 403, 418; his evangelical preaching, i. 469; confers with the Protestants at Poissy, i. 538; Cardinal Lorraine's reference to him in the Colloquy of Poissy, ii. 8; at the Conference of Saint Germain, ib.; he is erroneously credited with writing Conde's reply to the Triumvirs, etc., ii. 61, 64; he is sent to secure the election of Anjou to the throne of Poland, ii. 552; his embarrassment, ii. 553, 560, note; his success, ii. 592, 593.

Montluc, Blaise de, a cruel general, ii. 51, 52; at Toulouse, ii. 53, 54; is praised by Pius IV. for his part in the massacre, ii. 54; his conversation with Alva at the Bayonne conference, ii. 171; breaks down Coligny's bridge of boats, ii. 350; accuses Damville, ii. 352; succeeds in Bearn, ii. 361, 574.

Montmorency, Anne de, Grand Master and Constable, i. 261; his ancient family and valor, i. 263; his cruelty, i. 263, 264; his unpopularity, i. 264; disgraced by Francis I., but recalled by Henry II., i. 265; opposes the breaking of the truce of Vaucelles, i. 297; taken prisoner at the battle of St. Quentin, i. 302; favors the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, i. 322; his fall from power at the accession of Francis II., i. 347; retires to his estates, i. 352, 353; his wealth, ib.; indignation of Catharine de' Medici with him, i. 352; his disgust at the progress of Protestantism and the popular demand for restitution, i. 469; joins in the triumvirate, notwithstanding his son's remonstrances, i. 470, 471; disappointment of the Protestants at, i. 470, note; his exploits at Paris in burning the Protestant preaching-places earn him the title of "le Capitaine Brulebanc," ii. 37; is taken prisoner at the battle of Dreux, ii. 94; he espouses the defence of Coligny, ii. 135; he takes sides against Cardinal Lorraine at Melun, ii. 155; opposes the nuncio's demand that the red cap be taken away from Cardinal Chatillon, ii. 182, 183; at the Conference of La Chapelle Saint Denis declares that the king will not tolerate two religions, ii. 211; he is mortally wounded in the battle of Saint Denis, ii. 215; three times a prisoner in previous wars, ib., note; his character and exploits, ii. 216; his conduct on entering La Rochelle, ii. 273. See Triumvirs.

Montmorency, Francois de, Marshal, eldest son of the constable, remonstrates with his father on the formation of the triumvirate, i. 470; he is temporarily removed from the governorship of Paris, ii. 32; his inability to check the excesses of the turbulent mob, ii. 97; espouses Coligny's defence, ii. 135; takes energetic measures with the Parisians, ii. 166; his encounter with Cardinal Lorraine, ii. 166, 167; he brings Coligny to Paris, ii. 167; proclaims the edict of Amboise by public crier, ii. 180; hollow reconciliation with the Guises, ii. 184; at Saint Denis, ii. 214; his retort to Catharine de' Medici, when Santa Croce demands the surrender of Cardinal Chatillon to the Pope, ii. 229; remonstrance of, ii. 255; reply to Coligny, ii. 323; proposes the marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, ii. 394; his honorable reception by Queen Elizabeth, ii. 399; Charles's estimate of, ii. 409; thrown into the Bastile, ii. 628.

Montpezat, M. de, ii. 523.

Montpellier, gathering of Huguenots for worship in the large school-rooms, i. 428, 429; the chapter of the cathedral introduces a garrison, whereupon the Protestants rise and strip the churches, i. 563, 564; the consuls write to Geneva to double their corps of Protestant ministers, ii. 148.

Montpensier, the Duke of, at the Bayonne conference, ii. 170; incites the massacre of Protestants, ii. 476, 529.

Montpipeau, the "tears" of, ii. 418, 419.

Montreal, ii. 359.

Montsoreau, M. de, his letter to Puigaillard, ii. 503; he treacherously murders M. de la Riviere, ii. 512.

Morata, Olympia, her precocity, i. 206.

Morel, Francois de, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Mornas, cruelty of Huguenots at, ii. 50, 51.

Mornieu, Andre, an echevin, heads the murderers of Lyons, ii. 515.

Mortier, Du, a privy councillor, refuses to sign the sentence of the Prince of Conde, i. 440.

Morvilliers, Bishop of Orleans, a skilful negotiator, his noble words on straightforward diplomacy, ii. 194, note; royal envoy, ii. 210, 255, 265, 368; replies to Coligny's memorial, ii. 417, note.

Mothe Fenelon, La, French ambassador in England, his recommendation of the Duke of Anjou, ii. 379; his perplexity in defending the massacre, ii. 541; declares himself ashamed to be counted a Frenchman, ii. 543; his cold reception by Queen Elizabeth, ib.; confesses that he is not believed, ii. 545; he is instructed to press the suit of Alencon for Queen Elizabeth's hand, ii. 606.

Motley, Mr. J. L., ii. 289, note, 537.

Mouchy, De, apologizes for using French language, i. 56; at the Conference of Saint Germain, ii. 7; his delight at its dismissal, ii. 8.

Moulin, Charles Du, a jurist, writes an able treatise against the Council of Trent, ii. 155, 156.

Moulins, the assembly of notables at, in 1566, ii. 183; alleged plan of the "Sicilian Vespers" to be executed at, ib.; reconciliation of Coligny and the Guises, and of the Montmorencies and Guises at, ii. 184; fresh encounter of Cardinal Lorraine and Chancellor L'Hospital at, ii. 185, 186.

Mouvans, a Huguenot leader in Provence, i. 407; his message to the Duke of Guise, i. 408; ii. 226, 230, 284.

Mouy, M. de, ii. 315, 333; murdered by Maurevel, ii. 337.

Mucidan, ii. 312.

Muntz, on Clemangis, i. 64.

Murderer, the, of a Huguenot rescued, ii. 97.

N.

Nancay, captain of the guard, superintends the butchery of the Huguenot leaders in the Louvre, ii. 466.

Nantes, the Protestants of, not to be compelled to hang tapestry on Corpus Christi Day, ii. 164; the municipality of, refuses to massacre the Protestants, ii. 529.

Nantouillet, the affair of, ii. 598, 599, note.

Nassau, Louis, Count of, brother of the Prince of Orange, enters France with the Duke of Deux-Ponts, ii. 315; at Moncontour, ii. 333, 335, 364; confers with Charles IX. and urges him to espouse the cause of the Netherlands, ii. 384, 385; captures Mons and Valenciennes, ii. 412; receives from Charles IX. assurances of help for the Prince of Orange, ii. 609; his death, ii. 610.

Navarre conquered by the Spanish, i. 107; little left to the king, i. 108.

Navarre, Bastard of, taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306.

Navarre, Antoine de Bourbon-Vendome, King of, husband of Jeanne d'Albret, favors the Reformation, i. 313; rejects Montmorency's advances, i. 352; his irresolution and pusillanimity, i. 354, 355; wants indemnity for the kingdom of Navarre, i. 356; is received at court with studied discourtesy, ib.; is deaf to remonstrance, i. 357; meets fresh indignity, i. 358; his irresolution embarrasses Montbrun at Lyons, i. 427; invites Beza to Nerac, i. 431; his short-lived zeal, i. 432; pressure upon him and Conde to force them to come to Orleans, ib.; his concessions, i. 433; at Limoges the Huguenot gentry offer him aid, i. 434; he dismisses his escort, i. 435; his infatuation, ib.; reaches Orleans, i. 436; is treated almost like a prisoner, ib.; his danger, i. 440; makes an ignominious compact with Catharine de' Medici just before the death of Francis II., i. 444; his opportunity at Charles IX.'s accession, i. 451; his contemptible character, ib.; his humiliation, i. 466; he receives more consideration in consequence of the bold demands of the Particular Estates of Paris, i. 467; his assurances to M. Gluck, the Danish ambassador, that he would have the gospel preached throughout France ib.; he invites Beza to the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 494; his urgency, i. 496; he is plied by the arts of the papal legate, i. 553; his apostasy, ii. 9; his defence of Guise after the massacre of Vassy, ii. 27; and Beza's reply, ii. 28; has become "all Spanish now," ii. 29; seizes Charles IX. and brings him back to Paris, ii. 36; he is mortally wounded at the siege of Rouen, ii. 79; his last hours and death, ii. 81; his character, ii. 82; extravagant eulogy of De Thou, ii. 83; mourning at the Council of Trent, ib.; his delight at the prospective marriage of his son to Margaret of Valois, ii. 393.

Navarre, Henry of, son of Antoine de Bourbon-Vendome and Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, afterward Henry IV. of France, born Dec. 14, 1553. Takes part in a tournament at the Bayonne Conference, ii. 179; remonstrates against the perfidy displayed by the Roman Catholics in the murder of Conde and other Protestants at Jarnac, ii. 305; with his cousin Conde, he becomes nominal general-in-chief of the Huguenots, ii. 314; they are nicknamed "the admiral's pages," ib.; at Moncontour, ii. 334; proposed marriage of Henry to Margaret of Valois, ii. 392 seq.; by the death of his mother he becomes King of Navarre, June 9, 1572, ii. 408; the papal dispensation delayed, ii. 410; the betrothal, ii. 426; the marriage, ii. 427; a significant mock combat, ii. 431; complains to the king of the attack on Coligny, ii. 439; his name not on the proscriptive roll, ii. 451; he is summoned by Charles IX. and ordered to abjure the Protestant religion, ii. 468; his very humble reply, ii. 469; his name associated with the royal family as having been an object of the pretended Huguenot conspiracy, ii. 490; his forced conversion, ii. 498, 499; his submission accepted by Pope Gregory XIII. and the validity of his marriage recognized, ii. 500; he re-establishes the Roman Catholic Church in Bearn, ib.; attempts flight, ii. 625, 627; his examination and defence, ii. 627, 628.

Navarre, Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of, daughter of Henry, King of Navarre, and Margaret of Angouleme, sister of Francis I., marries Antoine of Bourbon-Vendome, i. 313; reluctantly embraces the Reformation, i. 431, 432; her constancy, ii. 10; her letter to the Cardinal of Armagnac, ii. 82; she is cited to Rome and threatened with deposition as a heretic, Sept. 28, 1563, ii. 141; the royal council protests against the infraction of national liberties, and the insult to royalty, ii. 142; she establishes the Reformation in Bearn, ii. 148; meets much opposition, ii. 149; Spanish and other plots against, ii. 150; a plot to kidnap her and her children, ii. 150, 151; goes to La Rochelle at the beginning of the third civil war, ii. 281; her spirited letters, ib.; her words on Conde's death, ii. 303; her courage after the battle of Jarnac, ii. 311; her offices after the defeat of Moncontour, ii. 347; negotiates with Catharine de' Medici for peace, ii. 356; her letter warning the queen mother respecting the observance of the peace, ii. 373, and note; her reply to the royal proposal of a marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, ii. 395; she becomes more favorable to it, ii. 403; her solicitude, ii. 404; she is treated with tantalizing insincerity, ib.; she is shocked at the morals of the court, ii. 405; she goes to Paris, ii. 406; her last illness and death, ii. 406, 407; the story that she was poisoned, ii. 407; her character and motives traduced by the Memoires inedits de Michel de la Huguerye, ii. 424.

Navarre, Margaret of. See Angouleme, Margaret of.

Navy, French, i. 11.

Negotiations for peace of St. Germain, ii. 356 seq.

Nemours, Duchess of. See Este, Anne d'.

Nemours, Duke of, fails to keep his word pledged to the Baron de Castelnau, i. 388, 389; marries the widow of the Duke of Guise, and oppresses the Protestants of Lyonnais and Dauphiny, ii. 245; praised by Pius V. in a special brief, ib.; his jealousy of Aumale, ii. 317.

Nevers, Duke of, at the blood council, ii. 447.

New Testament, the, translated by Lefevre, i. 77.

New York, Huguenot church of, i. 345.

Nicodemites, the, i. 235, 538, 539.

Niort, ii. 283, 337, 338, 361.

Niquet, Spire, a poor bookbinder, roasted in a fire made of his own books, in the massacre of Paris, ii. 474.

Nismes, great concourse of the Huguenots of, i. 407; Huguenots guard the gates, i. 428; massacre of Roman Catholics by the Protestants, known as the "Michelade," ii. 224; brilliant capture of, by the Huguenots in the third civil war, ii. 345, 346; in Protestant hands, in 1572, ii. 573, 574; obtains a truce, ii. 599.

Normandy, progress of Protestantism in, i. 287; burdens of taxation in, i. 313; popular awakening in, i. 408; Admiral Coligny's successes in (Feb., 1563), ii. 99. See Rouen.

Non-residence of clergy, Claude Haton on, i. 457.

Norris, Sir Henry, English ambassador, on the murder of Protestants in Paris, ii. 249; on the condition of the French court, ii. 255.

Northumberland, Earl of, his rebellion, ii. 358.

Nostradamus, predictions of, i. 47; ii. 606.

Notables, assemblies of, i. 12; assembly at Fontainebleau, i. 415.

Noue, Francois de la, justifies Conde's military conduct in evacuating Paris, ii. 33; his description of the discipline of the Huguenot army, ii. 66, 67; on the irresistible desire for peace in 1568, ii. 235; taken prisoner at Jarnac, ii. 306; also at Moncontour, ii. 335; his success at Sainte Gemme, ii. 361, 384; he is sent by Charles IX. to treat with La Rochelle, ii. 579; he is badly received, ii. 580; he is subsequently chosen leader, ii. 581; he retires when the hope of reconciliation disappears, ii. 587; persuades the Huguenots to enter upon the fifth religious war, 1574, ii. 622.

O.

Oath to be exacted of the Huguenots, ii. 257.

Ossat, D', Cardinal, ii. 401.

Obedience, spirit of, pervading all classes, i. 8.

OEcolampadius, his correspondence with Lefevre, i. 86.

Official, or vicar, duties of i. 52.

Olaegui, secretary of the Spanish ambassador, reports the rapid spread of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day to the provinces, ii. 505.

Olivetanus, or Olivetan, Pierre Robert, translates the Bible for the Vaudois, i. 233.

Olivier, Chancellor, at first refuses to seal the royal commission to the Duke of Guise, making him lieutenant-general of France, with absolute powers, i. 390; his remark as to the Cardinal of Lorraine, and death, i. 411, 412.

Oppede, Jean Meynier, Baron d', first president of the Parliament of Aix, i. 243, seq.; his death, i. 252.

Orange, city and principality of, i. 4, 66; origin of Protestantism in, ii. 48; great regret of the Prince of Orange, ib.; massacre of Protestants at, ii. 49; the inhabitants reconciled by Charles IX. to those of the Comtat Venaissin, ii. 165; infringement upon the peace at, ii. 373; included in the Huguenot scheme of organization, ii. 618; plundered by M. de Glandage, ii. 620.

Orange, William the Silent, Prince of, learns from Henry II. the designs of Philip and himself for the extermination of the Protestants, i. 325; attempts to assist the Huguenots, ii. 288; outgeneralled by Alva, ib.; enters France and terrifies the court, ii. 289; the insubordination of his troops compels him to retire, ib.; his declaration, ii. 290; re-enters France with the Duke of Deux-Ponts, ii. 315; goes to Germany to obtain reinforcements for Coligny, ii. 332, 364.

Ordinances, royal. See Edicts.

Organization of the Huguenots, admirable, ii. 247.

Orgies, pretended, in "la petite Geneve," i. 365.

Orleans, the "ghost" of, i. 57, 58; progress of Protestantism at, ii. 12; the canons of the cathedral promise to attend the Protestant theological lectures, ii. 12; seized by Conde, it becomes the Huguenot centre during the first civil war, ii. 39; iconoclasm at, ii. 45; left by Conde and Coligny in D'Andelot's hands, ii. 85, 98; besieged by Guise, ii. 99; capture of the Portereau, ii. 100; use of bombs by the garrison, ii. 101; massacre of Huguenots in the prisons of, Aug. 21, 1569, ii. 326; the great massacre of, 1572, ii. 508, seq.; a German account of the same, ii. 569-571.

Orsini, Cardinal, ii. 531.

Orthez, Viscount D', Governor of Bayonne, magnanimously refuses to murder the Protestants, ii. 528.

Ory, Oriz, or Oritz, Inquisitor of the Faith, i. 224, 288.

P.

"Paix boiteuse et mal-assise," ii. 366.

Pamiers, persecution at, ii. 146; Huguenot commotion at, ii. 193.

Pamphlets against the Guises, i. 409; Cardinal Lorraine has twenty-two on his table directed against himself, i. 423; the "Epistre au Tigre de la France," i. 444, 448.

Panier, Paris, a doctor of civil law, put to death, i. 266.

Parcenac, ii. 226.

Paris, nobles flock to, i. 8; learns obedience, i. 9; wealth and population, i. 10; persecution at, i. 216, 220; first Protestant church organized, i. 294; the example followed elsewhere, i. 296; alarm at, after defeat of St. Quentin, i. 302; progress of Protestantism in, i. 562, 563; immense crowds at the Huguenot preaching, ii. 11; fanaticism of the people, ii. 37, 38; their delight at the prospect of war, ii. 41; their fury, ii. 69; approached by Conde, ii. 89; insubordination and riot at, ii. 96, 97; the people disarmed, ii. 141; the citizen soldiers at the battle of Saint Denis, ii. 215; processions at ii. 325; line of the walls in the sixteenth century, ii. 483; the municipal officers call the king's attention to the massacre, ii. 486.

Parliament of Bordeaux, i. 19.

Parliament of Paris, i. 16; claims right of remonstrance, i. 17; humored by the crown, i. 18; protests against repeal of Pragmatic Sanction, i. 33; opposes the concordat, i. 37; reluctantly registers it, i. 39; proceeds vigorously against the "Lutherans," i. 171; denounced by the Sorbonne as altogether heretical i. 328; its inconsistent sentences, i. 329; the mercuriale of 1559, i. 330, seq.; different issues of the trials of the five imprisoned judges, i. 375; the mercuriale of 1561, i. 481, seq.; diversity of sentiment in, i. 482, 483; its decision embodied in the "Edict of July," i. 483; its opposition to the edict of January, ii. 6; which it reluctantly registers, ii. 7; its excessive severity, ii. 68; it affects to regard Conde as a prisoner in the hands of the Protestant confederates, ii. 70; sternly reproved by Charles IX. for failing to record the edict of Amboise, ii. 139, 140; declares Coligny infamous, and sets a price on his head, ii. 330, 331; extravagance after the victory of Moncontour, ii. 337; its servile reply to Charles IX., ii. 493; it declares Coligny's memory infamous, ii. 496.

Parliament of Rouen, or Normandy, puts to death Augustin Marlorat, ii. 80. See Rouen.

Parliaments, provincial, i. 17.

Parma, Duchess of, Regent of the Netherlands, sets a price on the head of Theodore Beza, ii. 388, note.

Partenay falls into the hands of the Huguenots, ii. 282.

Pasquier, Etienne, on barbarism at the university, i. 42; his estimate of Calvin, i. 216; on Paris at the beginning of the first civil war, ii. 41.

Pasquinade against the Cardinal of Lorraine, i. 447.

Patriarche, the, a Protestant place of worship, i. 571, 573.

Paul III., Pope, his alleged intercession for the Protestants, i. 180; grounds of doubt respecting it, i. 181.

Paul IV., Pope, his disappointment at the escape of Andelot from the stake, i. 320; ii. 568; believes that no heretic can be converted, ib.

Paulin, Viscount of, ii. 230, note; 600.

Pauvan, Jacques, i. 89; his theses, i. 90; burned on the Place de Greve, i. 91.

Pavia, battle of, Feb. 24, 1525, i. 122.

Peace of Amboise, March 19, 1563, terminating the first civil war, ii. 115; peace of Longjumeau, or "short" peace, after the second civil war, ii. 234; number of Protestants murdered during, ii. 250; peace of St Germain, after the third civil war, ii. 363.

People, rights of, overlooked, i. 11; "incomparable kindness of," i. 14; submission to nobles, i. 15.

Perigord, Protestantism in, i. 428.

Perry, Mr. G. G., his remarks on Whittingham, ii. 293.

Persecution, failure of, i. 220; more systematic, i. 224; severity of, i. 296, 359.

Petit, Guillaume, the king's confessor, i. 72.

Petition of the Triumvirs, ii. 58.

Peyrat, M. du, ii. 514.

Pezenas, in Languedoc, i. 428.

Philip the Fair and Pope Boniface VIII., i. 27.

Philip II., King of Spain, offers aid to Catharine de' Medici, i. 358; opposed to a French national council, i. 426; plots with the Pope, ib; his aid invoked by the Sorbonne i. 467, 468; his threats of invasion, i. 555; his message to Catharine de' Medici, i. 567; he is commended by the Pope, i. 568; he sends Courteville on a secret mission, ib.; hesitates to aid the French Roman Catholics, ii. 54; his offers on paper, ib.; looks with suspicion on the projected conference at Bayonne, ii. 167; is said to have threatened Charles IX., ii. 195; he approves Alva's procrastinating policy respecting assistance to the Guises, ii. 208; offers 200,000 crowns if Charles will continue the war against the Huguenots, ii. 228; recalls his troops, ii. 342; opposes the peace, ii. 360, 365; his ambassador leaves the French court in disgust, after giving away the silver plate Charles had given him, ii. 391; his delight at hearing of the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, ii., 536 seq.

Philippe, M., an inconsiderate minister at Cateau-Cambresis, leads the iconoclasts, ii. 190; he is executed, ii. 191.

Philippi, ii. 603.

Pibrac, avocat-general, ii. 493.

Picardy, the Duke of Longueville prevents the massacre of the Protestants from extending to, ii. 526.

Pierre-Gourde, M. de, ii. 284.

Piles, M. de, ii. 312; his brave defence of St. Jean d'Angely, ii. 340; ravages the Spanish county of Roussillon, ii. 351, 355, 439; his murder at the Louvre on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 467.

Pinart, ii. 623.

Pithiviers, or Pluviers, captured by Conde, ii. 87; retaken by Guise, ii. 97.

Pius IV., Pope, his solicitude respecting France, i. 548; sends the Cardinal of Ferrara as legate, ib.; commends Philip II., i. 568; praises Blaise de Montluc, by a brief, for his part in the massacre of Toulouse, ii. 54; his bull against princely heretics, April 7, 1563, ii. 141.