History of the Rise of the Huguenots / Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird
Chapter 1 No.1
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France in the Sixteenth Century 3
Extent at the Accession of Francis I. 3
Gradual Territorial Growth 4
Subdivision in the Tenth Century 5
Destruction of the Feudal System 5
The Foremost Kingdom of Christendom 6
Assimilation of Manners and Language 8
Growth and Importance of Paris 9
Military Strength 10
The Rights of the People overlooked 11
The States General not convoked 12
Unmurmuring Endurance of the Tiers état 13
Absolutism of the Crown 14
Partial Checks 15
The Parliament of Paris 16
Other Parliaments 17
The Parliaments claim the Right of Remonstrance 17
Abuses in the Parliament of Bordeaux 19
Origin and Growth of the University 20
Faculty of Theology, or Sorbonne 22
Its Authority and Narrowness 23
Multitude of Students 24
Credit of the Clergy 25
Liberties of the Gallican Church 25
Pragmatic Sanction of. St. Louis (1268) 26
Conflict of Philip the Fair with Boniface VIII. 27
The "Babylonish Captivity" 28
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (1438) 29
Rejoicing at the Council of Basle 31
Louis XI. undertakes to abrogate the Pragmatic Sanction 32
But subsequently re-enacts it in part 33
Louis XII. publishes it anew 35
Francis I. sacrifices the Interests of the Gallican Church 35
Concordat between Leo X. and the French King 36
Dissatisfaction of the Clergy 37
Struggle with the Parliament of Paris 37
Opposition of the University 39
Patronage of the King 41
The "Renaissance" 41
Francis's Acquirements overrated 42
His Munificent Patronage of Art 42
The Collége Royal, or "Trilingue" 43
An Age of Blood 44
Barbarous Punishment for Crime 45
And not less for Heresy 46
Belief in Judicial Astrology 47
Predictions of Nostradamus 47
Reverence for Relics 49
For the Consecrated Wafer 50
Internal Condition of the Clergy 51
Number and Wealth of the Cardinals 51
Non-residence of Prelates 52
Revenues of the Clergy 52
Vice and Hypocrisy 53
Brant?me's Account of the Clergy before the Concordat 54
Aversion to the Use of the French Language 56
Indecent Processions-"Processions Blanches" 59
The Monastic Orders held in Contempt 60
Protests against prevailing Corruption 61
The "Cathari," or Albigenses 61
Nicholas de Clemangis 63
John Gerson 64
Jean Bouchet's "Deploration of the Church" 65
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Changes in the Boundaries of France during the 16th Century 66
Chapter 1 No.1
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Chapter 2 1512-1525.
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Chapter 3 1523-1525.
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Chapter 4 1525-1533.
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Chapter 5 1534-1535.
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Chapter 6 1535-1545.
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Chapter 7 1545-1547.
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Chapter 8 1547-1559.
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Chapter 9 No.9
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Chapter 10 No.10
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Chapter 11 No.11
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Chapter 12 FRANCE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
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Chapter 13 THE REFORMATION AT MEAUX.
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Chapter 14 FRANCIS I. AND MARGARET OF ANGOULEME-EARLY REFORMATORY MOVEMENTS AND STRUGGLES.
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Chapter 15 INCREASING SEVERITY.-LOUIS DE BERQUIN.
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Chapter 16 MELANCHTHON'S ATTEMPT AT CONCILIATION, AND THE YEAR OF THE PLACARDS.
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Chapter 17 CALVIN AND GENEVA.-MORE SYSTEMATIC PERSECUTION BY THE KING.
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Chapter 18 CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE VAUDOIS OF MéRINDOL AND CABRIèRES, AND LAST DAYS OF FRANCIS THE FIRST.
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Chapter 19 HENRY THE SECOND, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCHES.
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Chapter 20 FRANCIS THE SECOND AND THE TUMULT OF AMBOISE.
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Chapter 21 THE ASSEMBLY OF NOTABLES AT FONTAINEBLEAU, AND THE CLOSE OF THE REIGN OF FRANCIS THE SECOND.
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Chapter 22 THE REIGN OF CHARLES THE NINTH, TO THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE COLLOQUY OF POISSY.
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Chapter 23 THE COLLOQUY OF POISSY AND THE EDICT OF JANUARY.
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