History of the Rise of the Huguenots / Vol. 1

History of the Rise of the Huguenots / Vol. 1

Henry Martyn Baird

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History of the Rise of the Huguenots / Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird

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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

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