CHAPTER I

. THE BEGINNING OF THE HUGUENOT REVOLT. THE CONSPIRACY OF AMBOISE 1

II. CATHERINE DE MEDICI BETWEEN GUISE AND CONDÉ. PROJECT OF A NATIONAL COUNCIL 40

III. THE STATES-GENERAL OF ORLEANS 69

IV. THE FORMATION OF THE TRIUMVIRATE 91

V. THE COLLOQUY OF POISSY. THE ESTATES OF PONTOISE. THE EDICT OF JANUARY, 1562 106

VI. THE FIRST CIVIL WAR. THE MASSACRE OF VASSY (MARCH 1, 1562). THE SIEGE OF ROUEN 131

VII. THE FIRST CIVIL WAR (_Continued_). THE BATTLE OF DREUX (DECEMBER 19, 1562). THE PEACE OF AMBOISE (MARCH 19, 1563) 172

VIII. THE WAR WITH ENGLAND. THE PEACE OF TROYES (1563-64) 198

IX. EARLY LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL CATHOLIC LEAGUES 206

X. THE TOUR OF THE PROVINCES. THE BAYONNE EPISODE 232

XI. THE TOUR OF THE PROVINCES (_Continued_). THE INFLUENCE OF THE REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS UPON FRANCE. THE AFFAIR OF MEAUX 283

XII. THE SECOND CIVIL WAR (1567-68) 326

XIII. THE THIRD CIVIL WAR (1568). NEW CATHOLIC LEAGUES. THE BATTLE OF JARNAC 349

XIV. THE THIRD CIVIL WAR (_Continued_). THE PEACE OF ST. GERMAIN 378

XV. THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW 422

XVI. THE FOURTH CIVIL WAR 454

XVII. THE LAST DAYS OF CHARLES IX. THE CONSPIRACY OF THE POLITIQUES 469

XVIII. HENRY III AND THE POLITIQUES. THE PEACE OF MONSIEUR (1576) 486

GENEALOGICAL TABLES 525

APPENDICES 529

INDEX 605

LIST OF MAPS AND PLATES

VIEW OF PARIS _Frontispiece_

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HUGUENOT MARCH TO ORLEANS, MARCH 29-APRIL 2, 1562 139

CAMPAIGN OF DREUX, NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER, 1562 180

BATTLE OF DREUX, ACCORDING TO COMMANDANT DE COYNART 181

SKETCH MAP OF THE FORTIFICATIONS OF HAVRE-DE-GRACE 202

THE TOUR OF THE PROVINCES, 1564-66 232

MARCH OF THE DUKE OF ALVA THROUGH SAVOY, FRANCHE COMTÉ, AND LORRAINE 308

EXECUTION OF EGMONT AND HOORNE IN THE MARKET SQUARE AT BRUSSELS 314

PARIS AND ITS FAUBOURGS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 327

BLOCKADE OF PARIS BY THE HUGUENOTS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1567 328

HUGUENOT MARCH TO PONT-À-MOUSSON AFTER THE BATTLE OF ST. DENIS 329

THE BATTLE OF ST. DENIS _between_ pp. 332, 333

AUTUMN CAMPAIGN OF 1568 368

CROQUIS DU THÉATRE DE LA GUERRE POUR LA PÉRIODE DU 24 FÉVRIER AU 13 MARS 1569, ACCORDING TO M. S. C. GIGON 376

BATAILLE DE JARNAC, ACCORDING TO M. S. C. GIGON 377

CAMPAIGN OF THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1569 380

POITIERS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 386

PLAN OF THE FORTRESS OF NAVARRENS MADE BY JUAN MARTINEZ DESCURRA, A SPANISH SPY 398

VOYAGE OF THE PRINCES AFTER THE BATTLE OF MONCONTOUR; MONTGOMERY’S ITINERARY IN BIGORRE AND GASCONY; UNION OF COLIGNY AND MONTGOMERY IN DECEMBER, 1569, AT PORT STE. MARIE 402

THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW 422

PLAN DE LA ROCHELLE EN 1572 458

LETTER OF HENRY III OF FRANCE TO THE DUKE OF SAVOY 484

LETTER OF HENRY III TO THE SWISS CANTONS 485

MAP OF FRANCE SHOWING PROVINCES 602

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