CHAPTER IV.

THE REFORMATION IN FRANCE.

§ 1. Marguerite d'Angoulême and the "group of Meaux" 136

§ 2. Attempts to repress the movement for Reform 144

§ 3. Change in the character of the movement for Reform 151

§ 4. Calvin and his influence in France 153

§ 5. Persecution under Henry II. 161

§ 6. The organisation of the French Protestant Church 164

§ 7. Reaction against persecution 169

§ 8. The higher aristocracy won for the Reformation in France 171

§ 9. France ruled by the Guises 173

§ 10. Catherine de' Medici becomes Regent 178

§ 11. The Conference at Poissy 186

§ 12. The massacre at Vassy 189

§ 13. The beginning of the Wars of Religion 191

§ 14. The massacre of St. Bartholomew 198

§ 15. The Huguenot resistance after the massacre 200

§ 16. The beginnings of the League 205

§ 17. The League becomes disloyal 207

§ 18. The day of Barricades 211

§ 19. The King takes refuge with the Huguenots 214

§ 20. The Declaration of Henry IV. 217

§ 21. Henry IV. becomes a Roman Catholic 219

§ 22. The Edict of Nantes 221