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France in the Sixteenth Century [1]3
Extent at the Accession of Francis I. [2]3
Gradual Territorial Growth [3]4
Subdivision in the Tenth Century [4]5
Destruction of the Feudal System [5]5
The Foremost Kingdom of Christendom [6]6
Assimilation of Manners and Language [7]8
Growth and Importance of Paris [8]9
Military Strength [9]10
The Rights of the People overlooked [10]11
The States General not convoked [11]12
Unmurmuring Endurance of the Tiers État [12]13
Absolutism of the Crown [13]14
Partial Checks [14]15
The Parliament of Paris [15]16
Other Parliaments [16]17
The Parliaments claim the Right of Remonstrance [17]17
Abuses in the Parliament of Bordeaux [18]19
Origin and Growth of the University [19]20
Faculty of Theology, or Sorbonne [20]22
Its Authority and Narrowness [21]23
Multitude of Students [22]24
Credit of the Clergy [23]25
Liberties of the Gallican Church [24]25
Pragmatic Sanction of. St. Louis (1268) [25]26
Conflict of Philip the Fair with Boniface VIII. [26]27
The "Babylonish Captivity" [27]28
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (1438) [28]29
Rejoicing at the Council of Basle [29]31
Louis XI. undertakes to abrogate the Pragmatic Sanction [30]32
But subsequently re-enacts it in part [31]33
Louis XII. publishes it anew [32]35
Francis I. sacrifices the Interests of the Gallican Church [33]35
Concordat between Leo X. and the French King [34]36
Dissatisfaction of the Clergy [35]37
Struggle with the Parliament of Paris [36]37
Opposition of the University [37]39
Patronage of the King [38]41
The "Renaissance" [39]41
Francis's Acquirements overrated [40]42
His Munificent Patronage of Art [41]42
The Collége Royal, or "Trilingue" [42]43
An Age of Blood [43]44
Barbarous Punishment for Crime [44]45
And not less for Heresy [45]46
Belief in Judicial Astrology [46]47
Predictions of Nostradamus [47]47
Reverence for Relics [48]49
For the Consecrated Wafer [49]50
Internal Condition of the Clergy [50]51
Number and Wealth of the Cardinals [51]51
Non-residence of Prelates [52]52
Revenues of the Clergy [53]52
Vice and Hypocrisy [54]53
Brantôme's Account of the Clergy before the Concordat [55]54
Aversion to the Use of the French Language [56]56
Indecent Processions--"Processions Blanches" [57]59
The Monastic Orders held in Contempt [58]60
Protests against prevailing Corruption [59]61
The "Cathari," or Albigenses [60]61
Nicholas de Clemangis [61]63
John Gerson [62]64
Jean Bouchet's "Deploration of the Church" [63]65
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Changes in the Boundaries of France during the 16th Century [64]66