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052183872X - The French Wars of Religion, 1562–1629 - by Mack P. Holt
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absolutism 216–22

Acarie, Madame 154–5

Agen 50, 137

Agenais 157

Alais, peace of (1629) 1, 192

Albret, Jeanne, queen of Navarre 39, 99, 227

Alençon, François, duke of see Anjou, François, duke of

Alva, duke of 63, 64, 66

Amboise 19

   conspiracy of 44–5

   edict of (1563) 55–6, 62, 65

Amiens 36, 74, 137, 165, 204

Andelot, François d’ 40, 56

Angers 91, 93

Anjou, François, duke of 171, 227

   death 121, 122

   as duke of Alençon 77, 98, 103

      escape from court 104–5

      Peace of Monsieur 106, 112, 168

   and the Dutch revolt 118–21

   and Queen Elizabeth 118–21

   seventh civil war 110–12

   sixth civil war 110–12

Anjou, Henry, duke of see Henry III

Anne of Austria 180

Antoine, Michel 219

Antwerp 121

Arles 138

armies

   Catholic League 140

   Huguenot 53–5, 64–5, 69–73, 111–17

   mercenaries 64–5, 69, 128, 135

   royal 53–5, 64–5, 69–73, 111–17, 140–41, 182–94

   Spanish aid to League 140–42, 161–64

Arnay-le-Duc 71

Arques 140

Auger, Edmond 94

Aumale, Claude, duke of see Guise

Auxonne 213–14


Barnaud, Nicolas 100

Basel 22

Béarn 181–2

Beaulieu, edict of (1576) 104–6, 112, 168

Beaune 5, 32, 157, 203, 206

Belin, Pierre 93

Benedict, Philip 2, 35, 36, 95, 193

Benoist, René 89

Bergerac, peace of (1577) 112, 168

Bernard, Etienne 149, 150

Beza, Theodore 19, 46, 101, 104

Bible 33

   humanist translations 14

   Vulgate 14

Biron, Armand de Gontaut, marshall and baron of 97, 136

Black Death 199

Blanchefort, Pierre de 110–11

Blois 18, 107, 109, 111, 131–2

Bodin, Jean 102–3, 108, 109, 110, 136, 199, 221

Bohemia 182, 188

Bologna, Concordat of (1516) 9–11, 27

Bordeaux 91, 92, 93, 94, 211

Bossy, John 2, 18

Boucher, Jean 133–4, 135

Bouillon

   Guillaume-Robert de la Marck, duke of 128

   Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, duke of 165, 179, 180, 184

Bourbon

   Antoine de, king of Navarre 38–40, 42, 43, 45–6, 52–5, 63, 230

   Charles de, cardinal 13, 126, 131, 140

   Henry (I) de, prince of Condé 99, 100, 104–5, 112, 126, 128, 228

   Henry (II) de, prince of Condé 179, 180, 186, 190, 228

   Louis de, prince of Condé 39–40, 42–5, 49, 63, 99, 228

      first civil war 50–6

      second civil war 64–5

      third civil war 66, 68–9, 73

Bourges 91–2, 137

   Pragmatic Sanction of (1438) 9, 11

   University of 21

Breunot, Gabriel 157

Briçonnet, Guillaume 14–16, 19, 227

Brissac, Charles de Cossé, count of 162

Brisson, Barnabé 139, 141, 162

Brittany 201

Bucer, Martin 21, 25

Buckingham, duke of 191, 194

Burgundy 5, 32, 37, 148–50, 157, 185, 203, 209, 212–14

Burke, Peter 5

Burlamaqui, Renée 90

Bussy-Le Clerc 139, 141


Cabourdin, Guy 209

Caen 143

Callas 113

Calvin, John 15, 18, 21, 25–6, 38–9, 197, 227

   doctrines 22–6

   Institution of the Christian Religion 21–6, 78

   political thought 78

Cambrai 165

Capucines 216

Carcassonne 144, 147

Carcès, count of 113

Carmelite order 154, 216

Carrouges, seigneur de 142

Casimir, John 65, 105, 119, 128

Cateau-Cambrésis, peace of 41

Catholics 1–5, 22, 53–5, 61–2, 65–7

   Holy League 123–55

   opposition to Edict of Nantes 170–3

   opposition to Protestantism 79–81, 112

   St Bartholomew’s massacres 82–96

Caumont, Jean de 123

chambre ardente 27–28

chambres mi-parties 106–7, 168, 178

Charles I, king of England 190

Charles V, Habsburg emperor 26, 197

Charles IX, king of France 45, 48, 52, 57, 97–8, 103, 127, 198, 228

   death 98, 103

   declares majority 57–9

   royal tour of the provinces 59–62

   St Bartholomew’s massacres 82–96

   second and third civil wars 63–72

Charny, Léonard Chabot, count of 148

Chartier, Roger 5

Chartres 130, 161–2

Châteaubriant, edict of (1551) 29–30, 41

Châtellerault 168

Châtillon

   marshall of France, sieur de 180, 184, 186

   Odet de 40

church

   Gallican Catholic 9–17, 26–7, 95

   Protestant 23–6, 51–2, 95–7

Cicero, Marcus Tullius 101

clergy

   Catholic 8, 79, 81, 89–90, 94, 143, 154–5, 181–2, 185–6

   Protestant 23–6, 95–6

Clement VIII, pope 164

Clément, Jacques 135

Cognac 69

Coligny, Gaspard de, admiral of France 40, 46, 50, 51, 56, 64, 76, 98, 180, 186, 228

   St Bartholomew’s massacres 82–5

   second civil war 63–5

   third civil war 65–73

Concini, Concino 180, 181

Condé, prince of see Bourbon

confraternities

   Blue Penitents 127

   Capucins 127

   Dames de Charité 216

   Grey Penitents 154

   Holy Ghost 68, 93

   Holy Sacrament 147

   Minimes 127

   White Penitents 127

Coras, Jean de 94

Corpus christi 20

Coton, Father 174

Couchey 212

Coutras 128

Cranmer, Thomas 9

Crespin, Jean 86

Cromé, François Morin de 153

Cromwell, Thomas 11

Croquants 157–60

Crouzet, Denis 2

Crucé, Oudin 139

Cuers 113


Daffis, Jean 145

Damville, Henri de Montmorency, sieur de 100, 105, 111, 228

Dauphiné 113–16, 186, 207

Davis, Natalie Zemon 2, 34, 88

Day of the Barricades 129–32, 136, 141

Day of Dupes 188

Delumeau, Jean 2

De Thou, Jacques-Auguste 103–4, 171

De Thou, Nicolas 162

Devotio moderna 13

Diefendorf, Barbara B. 2, 85, 89

Dijon 32, 37, 68, 75, 93, 157, 185, 201, 203–4, 214

   Catholic League in 137, 148–50

Dorléans, Louis 133, 139

Dreux 104, 107

De Bourg, Anne 40

Du Perron, Jacques Davy 176–7

Du Pont, Richard Regnault, seigneur 143

Duranti, Etienne 146

Du Tillet, Jean 11, 27

Du Vair, Guillaume 151


Edward VI, king of England 9

Elisabeth of Bourbon 180

Elizabeth, queen of England 56, 65, 67, 76–7, 112, 128

   and duke of Anjou 118–21

England 9, 67, 97, 140, 187, 189, 190–1, 197

Epernon, duke of 136, 164

Erasmus of Rotterdam 13–16

Ernst, Archduke of Austria 151

Estates-General 101–6, 131–3, 220–1

   Blois (1576) 107–11

   Blois (1588) 131–2

   Orléans (1560) 46

   Paris (1593) 150–1, 162

   Paris (1614) 181, 220–1

   Pontoise (1561) 46

eucharist

   Catholic mass 17–19, 33

   Protestant Lord’s supper 18–19


Farel, Guillaume 14, 15, 21

Febvre, Lucien 34, 35

Fervaques, Guillaume de Hautemer, sieur de 148, 149

Fleix, peace of (1580) 118

Foix, François de 12

Fontainebleau

   edict of (1595) 182

   conference at (1600) 176–7

Fontenay-le-Comte, sieur de 210

Francis I, king of France 9–11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 228

   persecution of Protestants 20–22

Francis II, king of France 42–5, 127, 198, 228

Frederick III, count and elector of the Palatinate 65, 105

Froumenteau, Nicolas 200

Fumel, François de, baron 50–1


Gaillac 91, 92, 93

Gastines family 79–80, 84–6

Geneva 15, 21, 23–6, 30, 33, 37, 96, 168, 173

Goulart, Simon 86

Greengrass, Mark 30

Grenoble 208

Guérin, Antoine 116–17

Guise

   Charles, cardinal of Lorraine 42, 45, 63, 65–7, 77, 109, 230

   Charles, duke of Mayenne 124, 134, 135, 136, 230

      as head of the Catholic League 140–51

   Claude, duke of Aumale 54, 56, 63

   Francis, duke of 42, 45–6, 48, 52–5, 63–4, 83, 229

   Henry (I), duke of 77, 109, 111, 229

      as head of the Catholic League 122–9

      assassination 132

   Day of the Barricades 129–31

   St Bartholomew’s massacres 83–93

   Henry (II), duke of 151

   Louis, cardinal of 132

   Mary of 67

Guiton, Jean 194

Guyenne 219


Habsburgs 188–9

Habsburg-Valois wars 9, 41, 73

Harlay, Achille de 139, 170, 171

Haton, Claude 88

Hauser, Henri 33, 34, 35

Henrietta Maria, queen of England 190

Henry II, king of France 12–13, 22, 26–9, 38–42, 177, 229

   persecution of Protestants 27–9, 198

Henry III, king of France 101, 103, 111–12, 119, 219, 229

   as duke of Anjou 63–9, 77, 84–5, 93, 97

   as king of Poland 98, 103

   assassination 135

   at Estates-General of (1576–7) 107–11

   fifth civil war 105–7

   sixth civil war 111–12

   struggle with the League 123–35

Henry IV, king of Navarre, king of France 2–3, 78, 82, 95, 98, 115, 192, 195–6, 210, 219–21

   abjuration of Protestantism 151–5, 196

   and Béarn 181–2

   and the Edict of Nantes 166–77

   assassination 177

   becomes heir to the throne 121–2

   capture of Paris 161–3

   fifth civil war 105–7

   restoration of France after civil wars 217–20

   sixth civil war 111–2

   seventh civil war 112

   struggle with the League 123–41, 144, 191, 196

Henry VIII, king of England 11

Holy Spirit, Order of 127

Horne, count of 66

Hotman, François 101, 104, 134, 173, 221

Hotman de Villiers, Jean 173–4

Huguenots 1–5, 16–20, 76–7, 107, 112, 205

   assembly at Saumur (1611) 179–80

   complaints of violence against 61–2

   Edict of Nantes (1598) 166–77

   first civil war 50–6

   geography of 30–3

   legal recognition of 47

   persecution of 20–30

   political thought 78–9, 99–102

   second and third civil wars 63–70

   social make-up of 33–7

   St Bartholomew’s massacres 82–96

   struggle with the Catholic League 123–41

   under Louis XIII 178–94

humanism 13–17, 21

Hundred Years’ War 198, 199, 208


Isabella Clara Eugenia, the Infanta 151, 162

Issoire 112

Ivry 140


James I, king of England 187

Jarnac 69

Jeannin, Pierre 148, 179, 180, 185

Joinville, treaty of (1584) 124

Jovyac, Jacques d’Hilaire, seigneur de 174–5

Joyeuse, Anne, duke of 128

Joyeuse, Guillaume de 147

Julius III, pope 26–7


Kempis, Thomas á 13


La Chapelle–Marteau 131, 132

La Charité 71, 91–3, 112

La Force, duke of 180, 182, 184, 186

Lagebâton, Jacques-Benoit 57

Languedoc 29–32, 99–100, 199

Largentière 113–15

La Rochefoucauld, baron de 51

La Rochelle 71, 92, 96–7, 168, 177–87

   edict of (1626) 190

   peace of (1573) 96–8

   siege of (1627–8) 177–92

La Rouvière, Jean 113–15

La Trémoille, duke of 165

La Vacquerie, Jean de 43

La Verne, Jacques 148–50

League, Holy Catholic 188, 194, 195, 196, 201, 202

   in Dijon 148–50

   in Paris 139–42

   in Rouen 142–45

   in Toulouse 145–7

   organisation 123–9

   political thought 133–6

   spirituality 152–5

Lefèvre d’Etaples, Jacques 13–17, 19, 21, 229

Le Havre 142

Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of 120

Le Maistre, Jean 139

Le Mans 137

Le Mercier family 86

Leo X, pope 9

Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel 34, 199

Lesdiguières, duke of 184, 186

L’Estoile, Pierre de 1, 123, 127, 129, 130, 132, 140, 154, 172–3

l’Hôpital, Michel de 46, 59, 60, 91, 198

Lhuillier, Pierre 163

Limousin 157–60

lit de justice 58–60

Livet, Georges 3–4

London 96

Longjumeau, edict of (1568) 65–6

Lorraine 209

Lorraine, Charles, cardinal of see Guise

Louis XIII, king of France 3–4, 178–80, 217, 220, 222, 230

   campaigns against the Huguenots 182–94

   revolt of the princes 180–82

Louis XIV 192, 193, 212, 217, 222, 230

Loyseau, Charles 221–2

Lussault, Mathurin and Françoise 86–7

Luther, Martin 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 25

Lyon 31, 35–7, 91, 138, 202, 205


Machiavelli, Niccolò 101

Mâcon 157

Malinigre, historian 184

Marcourt, Antoine 17

Marguerite d’Angoulême, queen of Navarre 16–17, 21, 227

Marguerite de Valois, queen of Navarre 78, 81, 118, 177, 231

Mariéjol, J.-H. 3

Marmoutier 162

Marseille 138, 208

Maurevert, sieur de 82–3

Mayenne, Charles, duke of see Guise

Mazurier, Martial 14

Meaux 91

   humanist circle at 14–16, 21

Medici, Catherine de, queen of France and Queen Mother 42, 45, 46–8, 57–60, 63–5, 111, 112, 115, 118, 119, 121, 193, 198, 230

   and the Catholic League 126–7

   death 132–3

   fifth civil war 106–7

   first civil war 52–5

   fourth civil war 96–7

   marriage alliances 76–8

   royal tour of the provinces 59–61

   St Bartholomew’s massacres 82–5

   second and third civil wars 64–70

   seventh civil war 118–19

Medici, Marie de 177, 185, 188, 230

   as regent 178–81

Mendoza, Bernardino de 120, 129, 140

Mercoeur, duke of 124, 164, 165

Metz 75

Michel, Pierre 149

Millau 100

Moirans 117

Molé, Edouard 139

Molière 211

Moncontour 69

Monsieur, peace of see Beaulieu, edict of

Montaigne, Michel de 1, 75, 211

Montauban 71, 92, 96, 97, 100, 185, 187

Montluc, Blaise de 53

Montmorency, Anne de, constable of France 40, 46, 52, 55, 230

Montpellier 187, 211

   peace of (1622) 187

Montpensier, Louis de Bourbon, duke of 109–11, 136

Montsoreau, count of 93

Moravians 193

Mornay, Philippe du Plessis, sieur de 102, 175–7, 179

Moulins 60, 105

Muchembled, Robert 2


Nantes 137, 186, 201–2, 208

   edict of (1598) 3, 4, 166–73, 177, 178, 179, 187, 192, 193, 222

Nassau, Louis, count of 69, 81, 99

Navarre, Antoine, king of see Bourbon

Navarre, Henry, king of see Henry IV

Neale, J. E. 3

Nemours

   duke of 149

   treaty of (1585) 126–7, 135

Nérac 21, 115

Netherlands, revolt of 63–7, 118–21

Neuchâtel 17, 18

Nevers, Louis de Gonzague, duke of 111, 136, 215

Nîmes 51, 92, 97

nobility 51–2, 208–12 see also Bourbon, Cologny, Guise, Montmorency


Oléron, island of 189

Orange, William, prince of 69, 118–21

Orléans 49, 53–5, 191, 192, 194

   University of 21


Parma, Alexander Farnese, duke of 141, 144, 191

Paris 79–80, 191, 201

   St Bartholomew’s massacre 82–5

   the Sixteen and the League 125–8

   submission to Henry IV 161–3 also see Parlement of Paris

Parlements 20, 40, 57, 169, 210

   of Aix 60, 171

   of Bordeaux 51, 57, 60

   of Dijon 32, 57, 60, 157, 171, 185

   of Grenoble 171

   of Paris 9, 16, 27–9, 40–1, 47–8, 57, 58, 65, 84, 107, 170–1, 185

   and the Catholic League 128, 130, 136, 139

   of Rennes 171

   of Rouen 54, 58–9, 143–4, 171–3

   of Toulouse 60, 94, 145–7, 171

Pasquier, Etienne 50, 128, 130, 136, 171

Pau 182

Paul III, pope 26

paulette 218–19

Paumier, Jean Serve 116–17

pays d’état 30, 32, 219

peasant revolts 113–18, 156–61

Périgord 157–60

Pernot, Michel 3

Philip II, king of Spain 26, 41–2, 47, 56, 63, 81, 119–21, 124, 231

   support of the Catholic League 124, 129, 141–2, 151

   war with France 164–6

Philip III, king of Spain 180

Piémond, Eustache 116

Pius IV, pope 56

Placards affair (1534) 17–20, 21, 22, 26

Poissy, Colloquy of (1561) 46

Poitiers 137

   edict of see Bergerac, peace of

Poitou 186

politiques 3, 4, 110, 118, 128–9, 139, 141, 144, 145, 151–2, 171–2, 193

preachers see clergy

Protestants see church, clergy, Huguenots

Provence 113

Puritans 190, 193


Ravaillac, François 178

Razats 113

Ré, island of 186, 189, 191

Reims 7, 161

Reinburg, Virginia 19

Renaudie, Jean du Barry, seigneur de 44

Restitution, edict of (1617) 182

Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, bishop of Luçon and cardinal of 181, 188–94, 231

Robert, François 212–13

Rochefort, Jacques de Silly, seigneur de 44–5

Rohan

   Anne de 182–3

   Henri, duke of 179–80, 184–7, 191–2

Rolland, Nicolas 153–4

Romans 115–17

Rosenburg, David 35–6

Rosny, baron of see Sully, duke of

Rouen 36–7, 53–4, 201–2

   Catholic League in 137, 142–4

   religious tensions 80–1

   St Bartholomew’s massacres 91–5

Roussel, Guillaume 14


St André, sieur de, marshall of France 6, 52, 54, 55, 62

St Bartholomew’s massacres 79, 81–95, 196

   in Paris 81–90

   in the provinces 91–5

St Cloud 130, 135

St Denis 151–2

St Gelais, Urbain de, bishop of Cominges 145–7

St Germain

   edict of (1562) 47

   edict and peace of (1570) 69, 70, 76, 77, 79, 82, 85, 89, 97

St Jean-d’ Angély 69, 184–5

Sabean, David 18

sacre 8–10, 20, 133, 161–2

Salic law 151

Salmon, J. H. M. 3, 160

Sancerre 96

Saumur 91–3, 135, 169, 179–80

Savoy, prince of 151

Serres, Jean de 173

Seville 199

Sillery, Nicholas Brûlart, sieur de 179

Sixteen, the see League, Holy Catholic

Sixtus V, pope 126

Sorbonne 11, 16, 22, 132, 188

Soubise, seigneur de 179–92

Strasbourg 15, 21, 25

Stuart, Mary, queen of Scotland 42, 67, 77

Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, baron de Rosny, duke of 173–4, 178–9, 217–19, 231

Sureau, Hugues 95–6

Sutherland, N. M. 83, 192

Sweden 197


Tard-Avisés see Croquants

Tarde, Jean 159

Tavannes, Gaspard de Saulx, seigneur de 67–8, 69, 92, 144

Tavannes, Jean de Saulx, seigneur de 144

Teligny, sieur de 84

Thirty Years’ War 188, 194

Thoré, Guillaume de Montmorency, sieur de 106

Toul 209

Toulon 113

Toulouse 90–3, 201, 137

   Catholic League in 137, 145–7

Tournus 157

Tours 139, 162

Trent, Council of 26, 63

Troyes 90–1, 93


Union, edict of (1588) 131

University of Paris see Sorbonne

Ursulines 216


Vassy 1, 49, 50

Vatable, François 14

Vigor, Simon 79, 89

Villebon d’Estouteville, sieur de 53

Villeroy, Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de 179, 180

Vivarais 113–15


Walsingham, Francis 18

women 213–16

   widows 213–14


Zurich 25

Zweibrücken, duke of 69


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