CHAPTER XI: December, 1560-September, 1561.
December, 1560-September, 1561. The Reign of Charles the Ninth, to the Preliminaries of the Colloquy of Poissy [453]449 Sudden Change in the Political Situation [454]449 The Enemy of the Huguenots buried as a Huguenot [455]450 Antoine of Navarre's Opportunity [456]451 Adroitness of Catharine de' Medici [457]452 Financial Embarrassments [458]453 Catharine's Neutrality [459]453 Opening of the States General of Orleans [460]454 Address of Chancellor L'Hospital [461]455 Cardinal Lorraine's Effrontery [462]457 De Rochefort, Orator for the Noblesse [463]457 L'Ange for the Tiers État [464]458 Arrogant Speech of Quintin for the Clergy [465]458 A Word for the poor, down-trodden People [466]459 Coligny presents a Huguenot Petition [467]461 The States prorogued [468]461 Meanwhile Prosecutions for Religion to cease [469]462 Return of Fugitives [470]463 Charles writes to stop Ministers from Geneva [471]463 Reply of the Genevese [472]464 Condé cleared and reconciled with Guise [473]465 Humiliation of Navarre [474]466 The Boldness of the Particular Estates of Paris [475]467 Secures Antoine more Consideration [476]467 Intrigue of Artus Désiré [477]468 General Curiosity to hear Huguenot Preaching [478]468 Constable Montmorency's Disgust [479]469 The "Triumvirate" formed [480]471 A Spurious Statement [481]471 Massacres of Protestants in Holy Week [482]474 The Affair at Beauvais [483]474 Assault on the House of M. de Longjumeau [484]476 New and Tolerant Royal Order [485]476 Opposition of the Parisian Parliament [486]477 Popular Cry for Pastors [487]479 Moderation of the Huguenot Ministers [488]479 Judicial Perplexity [489]481 The "Mercuriale" of 1561 [490]481 The "Edict of July" [491]483 Its Severity creates extreme Disappointment [492]484 Iconoclasm at Montauban [493]485 Impatience with Public "Idols" [494]487 Calvin endeavors to repress it [495]487 Re-assembling of the States at Pontoise [496]488 Able Harangue of the "Vierg" of Autun [497]489 Written Demands of the Tiers État [498]490 A Representative Government demanded [499]492 The French Prelates at Poissy [500]493 Beza and Peter Martyr invited to France [501]494 Urgency of the Parisian Huguenots [502]496 Beza comes to St. Germain [503]497 His previous History [504]497 Wrangling of the Prelates [505]498 Cardinal Châtillon communes "under both Forms" [506]499 Catharine and L'Hospital zealous for a Settlement of Religious Questions [507]499 A Remarkable Letter to the Pope [508]500 Beza's flattering Reception [509]502 He meets the Cardinal of Lorraine [510]503 Petition of the Huguenots respecting the Colloquy [511]505 Informally granted [512]507 Last Efforts of the Sorbonne to prevent the Colloquy [513]508