CHAPTER II.

HENRY II.

[1547–1559.]

Henry II.--Catherine and Diana--Montmorency--Coronation--King enters Paris--Fêtes--Heretic Burning--New Edicts--Chambres Ardentes--Edict of Chateaubriant--Persecution at Angers, Le Puy, Velay--Inquisition proposed--Resistance of Parliament--Siege and Battle of St. Quentin--Affair of the Rue St. Jacques--Martyrdom of Philippa de Lunz--Calvin’s Letter--Pré aux Clercs and Marot’s Psalms--Peace of Cateau-Cambresis--Divisions in the Paris Parliament--The Mercurial of June--Du Faur and Du Bourg arrested--First Synod of Reformed Churches--Confession of Faith and Book of Discipline--Edict of Ecouen--The Tournament--Henry’s Death 22