This second volume of Henry Martyn Baird's history of the Huguenots traces the French Protestant struggle from the Edict of January 1562 onward. It offers a detailed chronicle of the political and religious conflicts of the French Reformation. Listeners interested in Reformation history and early modern France will find it informative.
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HISTORY OF THE RISE OF THE HUGUENOTS. BY HENRY M. BAIRD, PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. FROM THE EDICT OF JANUARY (1562), TO THE DEATH OF CHARLES THE NINTH (1574). London: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 27, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCLXXX. Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Printers, London and Aylesbury.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND. BOOK II.
CHAPTER XIII. 1562-1563. Page Tƒŧ FƗǡǪǵ CƗ΄ƗƯ Wĵǡ 3 Unsatisfactory Character of the Edict of January 3 Huguenot Leaders urge its Observance 3 Seditious Sermons 5 Opposition of Parliaments 6 New Conference at St. Germain 7 Defection of Antoine of Navarre, and its Effects 9 He is cheated with Vain Hopes 10 Jeanne d'Albret constant 10 Immense Crowds at Huguenot Preaching 11 The Canons of Sainte-Croix 12 The Guises meet Christopher of Würtemberg at Saverne 13 Their Lying Assurances 15 The Guises deceive Nobody 17 Throkmorton's Account of the French Court 17 The Massacre of Vassy 19 The Huguenots call for the Punishment of the Murderers 23 The Pretence of Want of Premeditation 24 Louis of Condé appeals to the King 26 Beza's Remonstrance 27 An Anvil that had worn out many Hammers 28 Guise enters Paris 28
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