The Massacre of St. Bartholomew

INDEX.

Agriculture in France, 116.
Agrippa d’Aubigné, 85.
his defense of the war, 200.
Aix, Huguenots hanged at, 184.
Alençon, Huguenots uninjured at, 448.
Duke of, proposed as a husband for Elizabeth, 356.
his partiality for Coligny, 435.
his intrigues, 478.
Alessandrino (nuncio), audience at Blois, 347.
failure of his embassy, 347.
Alva, Duke of, at Bayonne, 249.
his opinion on the state of France, 253.
Tarquinian advice, 255, 272.
marches through Burgundy, 266.
his opinion of Cardinal Lorraine, 357.
Amboise, tumult of, 81.
act of grace of, 86.
pacification and edict of, 224.
Amiens, judicious arrangements at, 178.
Andelot offends Henry II., 68.
introduces reform in Brittany, 91.
urges war, 267.
death of, 301.
Angers, persecutions at, 34.
massacre at, 448.
Angoulême, the bastard of, 409.
Anjou, Prince of, threatens Condé, 266.
made lieutenant-general, 278.
Anjou commands royal army, 294.
wins battle of Jarnac, 296.
Moncontour, 305.
proposed marriage with Elizabeth, 332, 354.
his account of the massacre, 375, 383, 386, 387, 394, 396, 405, 406.
his fear of the king, 376.
disappointment at Maurevel’s failure, 383.
visit to the wounded admiral, 384.
share of the plunder, 467.
scene with the elector-palatine, 470.
Anthony of Navarre, 66.
his hesitation, 103.
invited to Orleans, 105.
plot to murder him, 108.
his apostasy, 185.
justifies the Vassy massacre, 190.
death of, 215.
Army, French, in sixteenth century, 126.
Arnay-le-Duc, battle of, 312.
Aurillac, murders at, 178.
Protestant retaliation, 310.
Avallon, chatelaine of, 239.

Banquet in sixteenth century, 121.
Baptisms, forced, 287.
Bar, the proctor of, 239.
Barbeville burned, 76.
Battle of Dreux, 217.
St. Denis, 272.
Jarnac, 296.
Battle of Roche-Abeille, 302.
Moncontour, 304.
Arnay-le-Duc, 312.
Bayeux, Huguenot sacrilege at, 240.
Bayonne, the meeting at, 248.
amusements at, 249.
diplomatic discussions at, 253.
Bearnese refuse to suppress the preaching, 445.
Beauvais, Easter riots at, 156.
Behm, the admiral’s murderer, 408, 409.
Berquin, Louis de, burned, 5.
Beza at Poissy, 167.
audience of queen-mother, 168.
address to the king, 170.
Birague, his origin, 320.
Blois, edict of, 73.
violence of Huguenots at, 156.
cruelties at capture of, 210.
festivities at, 347.
Bois Aubry, Abbot of, secretary of clergy, his speech, 154.
Bordeaux, the massacre at, 451.
Bouchavannes, a traitor, 402.
Bricquemaut of Villemangis, executed at Amboise, 82.
Brigandage in France, 115.
Briquemaut, Colonel, his necklace, 288.
rash language to Charles, 341.
hanged, 442.
Brissac, governor of Paris, 197.
death of, 301.
Brugière burned, 19.

Cahors, bloody riot at, 178.
Calvin and his Institutes, 6.
defense of Reformers, 10.
letter to the prisoners, 43.
Cambresis, treaty of, 48.
Carcassonne, sacrilege at, 156.
Carriages introduced, 121.
Castelnau, trial and execution, 82.
Castelnaudary, Palm Sunday at, 238.
Catherine de Medicis, early life, 23.
skill in business, 24.
grief at Henry’s death, 59.
letter to her daughter, 146.
policy, 147.
instructions to Cardinal Ferrara, 166.
letters to Rome and the emperor, 172.
unpopularity with Romanists, 177.
bold reply to Chantonnay, 186.
summons Condé to her assistance, 192.
defies Anthony of Navarre, 193.
message to Condé, 198.
attempts at negotiation, 204.
goes abroad masked, 208.
is present at siege of Rouen, 213.
exultation at victory of Dreux, 219.
advice to Charles, 245.
diplomacy at Bayonne, 248.
letter on the papal jurisdiction, 257.
suspected of heresy, 286.
desires treaty to be observed, 336.
reception of Coligny, 355.
described by Joan of Navarre, 349.
opposes war in Flanders, 362.
interview with Charles at Montpipeau, 363.
plots Coligny’s death, 377.
at his bedside, 385.
plots a general massacre, 389.
consultation at the Tuileries, 390.
reveals a pretended Huguenot plot, 394.
extorts king’s consent to massacre, 397.
checks the king’s irresolution, 405.
letter to Strozzi, 446.
message to Alva, 460.
discovers her mistake, 472.
reply to the Montauban demands, 477.
exultation at Montgomery’s capture, 481.
Caumont, Duc de la Force, his singular escape, 432.
Cavaignes hanged, 442.
Cevennes, march through the, 312.
Chabot protects the Huguenots, 456.
Chambord, ordinance of, 78.
Chambres ardentes, 33.
Chantonnay complains of toleration, 161.
Chapot, Jean, on the rack, 16.
Charles IX., his accession, 145.
opens the States-General, 150.
amnesties heretical prisoners, 157.
issues letters patent of April, 157.
acts in a court masque, 161.
presides over colloquy of Poissy, 169.
calls an Assembly of Notables, 175.
Triumvirate plot to seize him, 192.
brought from Fontainebleau to Paris, 193.
declared of age, 244.
reply to Alva, 256, 265, 323.
reproaches Coligny, 264.
plot to seize king, 269.
savage letter to Gordes, 271.
letters to Condé and Humières, 284, 317.
at siege of St. Jean d’Angely, 307.
advice to justices of Gap, 317.
marriage, 322, 324.
mad sports, 323.
La Chasse Royale, 323.
supports William of Orange, 331.
invites Coligny to court, 333.
distrust of Anjou, 334.
attachment to Teligny, 334.
reception of Coligny, 336.
letter to Duke of Savoy, 337.
reception of Queen Joan, 345.
answer to Alessandrino, 347.
letter to Pius V. on Margaret’s marriage, 351.
promises help to Prince Louis, 358.
goes to Montpipeau, 362.
offers Coligny a guard, 376, 403.
jealous of Anjou, 377.
wrath on hearing of attack on Coligny, 318.
threatens to punish the assassins, 382.
visits Coligny, 384.
tells his mother what Coligny said to him, 387.
letters to pacify the Huguenots, 393.
consents reluctantly to the massacre, 394.
tries to save Rochefoucault, 400.
irresolution, 405.
looks from a window at the murders, 414.
fires at the fugitive Huguenots, 426.
remorse and visions, 436.
justifies the massacre before the parliament, 438.
present at execution of Briquemaut, 442.
orders to provincial governors, 447.
medals to commemorate massacre, 464.
conspiracy to dethrone him, 478.
last illness and death, 480.
Charpentier’s apology for the massacre, 464.
Chateaubriant, edict of, 33.
Chatillon, Cardinal of, assaulted, 156.
deliberations at, 267.
Church property, its confiscation proposed, 165.
Clergy, corruption of, 3.
their power and wealth, 127.
abusive sermons, preached by, 90, 286, 327.
Coconnas executed, 479.
Cognac besieged, 301.
Coligny, Gaspard de, 67.
advice at Amboise, 86.
Fontainebleau, 99.
Orleans, 112.
his wife’s advice, 196.
saves the army at Dreux, 218.
charged with plotting the murder of Guise, 222.
letter on his son’s death, 228.
reconciliation with Guises at Moulins, 260.
reproached by king, 264.
dissuades from war, 268.
skill and discipline, 272.
death of his wife, 280.
visit to Tanlay, 291.
flight to Rochelle, 291.
defeated at Jarnac, 296.
victory at Roche-Abeille, 302.
wounded at Moncontour, 305.
letter to his children, 306.
marches to the south, 308.
victory at Arnay-le-Duc, 312.
remonstrance with Charles, 333.
marries Jacqueline of Montbel, 334.
arrival at court, 336.
influence with Charles, 340.
urges war with Flanders, 344.
memoir on proposed war, 358.
letter to William of Orange promising aid, 362.
warnings and cautions neglected, 367.
remarks at Henry’s wedding, 373.
last letter to his wife, 375.
wounded by an assassin, 379.
last interview with Charles, 384.
murdered by Behm, 408.
outrages to his corpse, 411.
Combelle robbed of his dispatches, 454.
Condé, Henry, Prince of, life saved by Elizabeth’s intercession, 434.
abjuration, 444.
Condé, Louis, Prince of, 67.
invited to Orleans, 105.
reception at court, 105.
trial, 107.
attempts to rescue king, 193.
speech at Meaux, 196.
appointed leader of Huguenot force, 197.
manifesto to the Protestant churches, 198.
made prisoner at Dreux, 218.
claims to be appointed lieutenant-general, 266.
battle of St. Denis, 272.
marches to meet the reiters, 275.
flight to Rochelle, 291.
killed at Jarnac, 296.
Confession of faith of French Reformers, 54.
Cornaton asks king for a guard for Coligny, 391.
escapes from the massacre, 407.
Correro, France in 1571, 323.
Cosseins appointed to guard Coligny’s house, 393.
assists in the murder, 407.
Council proposed, 92.
Court-masques, 161, 250.
Crespy, treaty of, 11.
Crozier and his blood-stained comrade, 425.
Cypierre murdered, 288.

Damville at Nismes, 276.
D’Aubigné at Amboise, 85.
De Crussol’s account of Huguenots, 159.
Delavoye, martyrdom of, 8.
De Nançay, captain of the guard, 401.
protects Margaret, 416.
De Pilles, his foolish threats, 388.
murdered in the Louvre, 415.
De Retz, his origin, 319.
rapid rise, 320.
voice against proposed massacre, 397.
Des Adrets, his ferocious retaliation, 231.
description of, by De Thou, 232.
Desmarais, his stout defense, 307.
De Thou eulogizes the king’s severity, 440.
private opinion of the massacre, 441.
Diana of Poitiers, character of, 26.
Dieppe, its wealth and commerce, 141.
Dieppe, ferocity of Huguenots at, 240.
Huguenots punished, 310.
the governor’s speech at, 458.
Discontent in France, 77.
Dloet burned, 17.
Dorat’s congratulations on the massacre, 453.
Dramatic amusements, 129.
Dress of people, 119.
Dreux, battle of, 218.
Du Bourg, his speech in Parliament, 51.
trial and execution, 74.
Duplessis-Mornay’s memoir on the Flemish war, 358.
escapes from the massacre, 430.
escape of his wife, 431.

Ecouen, edict of, 56.
Edict of Fontainebleau, 8.
Chateaubriant, 33.
Ecouen, 56.
Villars-Cotteret, 73.
Blois, 73.
Chambord, 78.
Amboise, 86.
Romorantin, 88.
April, 157.
July, 158.
January, 183.
St. Germains, 314.
Elector-palatine extols Coligny, 470.
Electoral excitement, 149.
Elizabeth, Queen of France, her marriage, 322, 324.
enters Paris, 325.
intercedes to save Condé, 434.
affection for Charles IX., 482.
horror at the massacre, 484.
Elizabeth of England, proposed marriage with Anjou, 332, 354.
Alençon, 356.
Elizabeth of England, cold reception of the French embassador, 468.
England, treaty with, 355.
horror at the massacre, 468.
Etienne, Robert, in exile, 18.
Executioner, his wages, 133.

Fontainebleau, edict of, 8.
meeting of Notables at, 197.
resolutions of, 102.
Flemish war, 357, 358, 359, 362.
Food of people, 119.
France, condition of, in 1560, 112.
distressed condition of, 217, 225.
Francis I., patronage of learning, 3.
persecutes Reformers, 7.
orders persecution of Vaudois, 10.
death of, 20.
Francis II., accession, 61.
alarm at court, 73.
letters ordering persecution, 94.
illness and death, 108.

Gap, dissensions at, 278.
edict neutralized at, 327.
Gastine cross, 343.
Genlis defeated and made prisoner, 359.
German princes, embassy from, 326.
Gibbets of Fontainebleau, 77.
Gondi: see De Retz.
Gondrin killed at Lyons, 234.
Gonzaga; see Nevers, Duke of.
Gordes hesitates to carry out the order, 456.
Gregory XIII. approves of the massacre, 466.
Guise, Francis, Duke of, 63.
lieutenant-general, 86.
combines with Montmorency, 163.
retires from privy council, 184.
goes to Saverne, 186.
orders the massacre at Vassy, 188.
ostentatiously enters Paris, 191.
plots to seize the king, 192.
gains victory at Dreux, 217.
besieges Orleans, 220.
murdered by Poltrot, 221.
Guise, Henry of, refuses to be reconciled to Coligny, 261.
character, 321.
threatening proceedings of, 338.
visits Alva, 356.
offers to fight Coligny, 357.
proposal to murder Coligny, 377.
asks leave to quit Paris, 394.
visits the city in secret, 398.
receives the final orders, 405.
recalled too late, 406.
insults the corpse of Coligny, 409.
blood drops from his hand, 475.

Hampton Court treaty, 209.
Havre surrendered to English, 209.
siege and capture of, 243.
Henry II., accession of, 22.
crowned at Rheims, 28.
present at burning of heretics, 30.
favorite Psalm, 45.
orders arrest of Du Bourg, 52.
wounded, 58.
death, 58.
Henry of Navarre at Bayonne, 255.
speech to the army, 300.
description of, 300.
retreat from Moncontour, 305.
first command, 312.
proposed marriage with Margaret, 338.
letter to Queen Elizabeth on his mother’s death, 366.
comes to Paris, 369.
marriage with Margaret, 372.
indignation at attack on Coligny, 328.
proposals to murder him, 391.
put under arrest, 424.
abjures, 444.
at the siege of Rochelle, 473.
Charles entrusts his wife and child to him, 480.
Heresy at court, 160.
Huguenot army, its discipline, 203.
Huguenots, their number estimated, 174.
regain courage, 472.
rush to arms, 473.
demands at Montauban, 477.

Ignorance of the people, 122.
Infants rechristened, 207.
Inns in France, 115.
Inquisition, introduction of, resisted, 37.

January, edict of, 183.
resisted by Tavannes, 184.
Huguenot rejoicings over, 184.
Jarnac, battle of, 296.
Joan of Navarre, her reforms in Bearn, 257.
takes refuge in Rochelle, 292.
fears for Coligny, 336.
on her son’s marriage, 340.
death at Paris, 356.
July edict, 158.

Knox, John, his denunciation of the murderers, 469.

La Mole executed, 479.
Lange, orator of Third Estate, 152.
address to king, 152.
La Noue describes origin of war, 196.
on army discipline, 203.
the conference at Thoury, 204.
on the reiters, 275.
governor of Rochelle, 474.
La Place, Pierre de, murdered, 425.
La Renaudie, 79.
killed at Amboise, 81.
La Rochefoucault, king tries to save him, 400.
murdered, 421.
Lavergne de Tressan at Jarnac, 312.
League of the Loire, 115.
Champagne, 289.
Toulouse, 290.
Lefevre, the first Reformer, 2.
Le Laboureur, his panegyric of Coligny, 410.
Le Mans, the bishop of, 240.
Le Puy, procession at, 35.
infant rebaptized, 207.
Léran saved by Margaret, 415.
Lignerolles murdered, 342.
Limoux, cruelties at, 238.
Lisieux, Bishop of, protects the Huguenots, 455.
L’Hopital appointed chancellor, 87.
inaugural address, 97.
origin, 98.
speech to States of Orleans, 151.
address to parliament, 158.
speech at Pontoise, 164.
letter to Genevan Calvinists, 167.
speech at Poissy, 169.
to the Notables at St. Germains, 182.
plot to murder him, 227.
proposes concessions to Huguenots, 269.
remonstrance to the king, 279.
joins the Politicians, 285.
resigns the chancellorship, 289.
escapes the massacre, 431.
Longjumeau, treaty of, 280.
Lorraine family, 63.
Lorraine, Cardinal of, 64.
discussion with Beza, 168.
retires from Privy Council, 184.
goes to Saverne, 186.
forbidden to enter Paris, 261.
runs away from Meaux, 271.
disgusted with St. Germains treaty, 317.
goes to Rome, 351.
rewards messenger of the massacre, 465.
Louvre, the murders at, 404, 414.
Lyons in 1560, 140.
Huguenot turbulence at, 180.
mastered by Huguenots, 235.
massacre at, 449.