The Massacre of St. Bartholomew: Preceded by a History of the Religious Wars in the Reign of Charles IXA history of the religious wars during the reign of Charles IX, including the War of the Huguenots, and the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. |
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... Lorraine- St. André - Anthony of Navarre and Condé - Coligny and Andelot - Dis- grace of Montmorency - Persecuting Edicts - Execution of Du Bourg- Discontent in France - Edict of Chambord - La Renaudie - The Meeting at Nantes - Tumult ...
... Lorraine- St. André - Anthony of Navarre and Condé - Coligny and Andelot - Dis- grace of Montmorency - Persecuting Edicts - Execution of Du Bourg- Discontent in France - Edict of Chambord - La Renaudie - The Meeting at Nantes - Tumult ...
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... Lorraine , and Marshal St. André , who had been the king's playmate . The constable was nearly sixty years of age when he was thus recalled from the retirement to which Francis I. had banished him . He was a man of harsh manners ...
... Lorraine , and Marshal St. André , who had been the king's playmate . The constable was nearly sixty years of age when he was thus recalled from the retirement to which Francis I. had banished him . He was a man of harsh manners ...
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... Lorraine suggested ( in 1555 ) a new edict , by virtue of which all per- sons convicted of heresy by the ecclesiastical judges should be punished according to the magnitude of the crime without appeal , and proposed the appointment of ...
... Lorraine suggested ( in 1555 ) a new edict , by virtue of which all per- sons convicted of heresy by the ecclesiastical judges should be punished according to the magnitude of the crime without appeal , and proposed the appointment of ...
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... Lorraine had sought a private interview with the Spanish Minister Granvelle , Bishop of Arras , at Peronne , in which they expressed their devotion to Spain , and entered into a league for the extirpation of heresy in Navarre , France ...
... Lorraine had sought a private interview with the Spanish Minister Granvelle , Bishop of Arras , at Peronne , in which they expressed their devotion to Spain , and entered into a league for the extirpation of heresy in Navarre , France ...
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... Lorraine lost three sees , and he swore to be avenged of Montmorency and the admiral .. In this he so far succeeded , with the help of Diana of Potiers , who worked upon the king by stories of the increase of heresy , that the ...
... Lorraine lost three sees , and he swore to be avenged of Montmorency and the admiral .. In this he so far succeeded , with the help of Diana of Potiers , who worked upon the king by stories of the increase of heresy , that the ...
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