CHAPTER XII: September, 1561-January, 1562.
September, 1561-January, 1562. The Colloquy of Poissy and the Edict of January [514]509 The Huguenot Ministers and Delegates [515]509 Assembled Princes in the Nuns' Refectory [516]510 The Prelates [517]511 Diffidence of Theodore Beza [518]512 Opening Speech of Chancellor L'Hospital [519]512 The Huguenots summoned [520]513 Beza's Prayer and Address [521]514 His Declaration as to the Body of Christ [522]519 Outcry of the Theologians of the Sorbonne [523]519 Beza's Peroration [524]520 Cardinal Tournon would cut short the Conference [525]521 Catharine de' Medici is decided [526]522 Advantages gained [527]522 The Impression made by Beza [528]522 His Frankness justified [529]524 The Prelates' Notion of a Conference [530]526 Peter Martyr arrives [531]527 Cardinal Lorraine replies to Beza [532]528 Cardinal Tournon's new Demand [533]529 Advancing Shadows of Civil War [534]530 Another Session reluctantly conceded [535]531 Beza's Reply to Cardinal Lorraine [536]532 Claude d'Espense and Claude de Sainctes [537]532 Lorraine demands Subscription to the Augsburg Confession [538]533 Beza's Home Thrust [539]534 Peter Martyr and Lainez the Jesuit [540]536 Close of the Colloquy of Poissy [541]537 A Private Conference at St. Germain [542]538 A Discussion of Words [543]540 Catharine's Premature Delight [544]541 The Article agreed upon Rejected by the Prelates [545]541 Catharine's Financial Success [546]543 Order for the Restitution of Churches [547]544 Arrival of Five German Delegates [548]544 Why the Colloquy proved a Failure [549]546 Catharine's Crude Notion of a Conference [550]547 Character of the Prelates [551]547 Influence of the Papal Legate, the Cardinal of Ferrara [552]548 Anxiety of Pius the Fourth [553]548 The Nuncio Santa Croce [554]549 Master Renard turned Monk [555]551 Opposition of People and Chancellor [556]551 The Legate's Intrigues [557]552 His Influence upon Antoine of Navarre [558]554 Contradictory Counsels [559]555 The Triumvirate leave in Disgust [560]556 Hopes entertained by the Huguenots respecting Charles [561]557 Beza is begged to remain [562]559 A Spanish Plot to kidnap the Duke of Orleans [563]559 The Number of Huguenot Churches [564]560 Beza secures a favorable Royal order [565]560 Rapid Growth of the Reformation [566]561 Immense Assemblages from far and near [567]562 The Huguenots at Montpellier [568]563 The Rein and not the Spur needed [569]565 Marriages and Baptisms at Court "after the Geneva Fashion" [570]565 Tanquerel's Seditious Declaration [571]566 Jean de Hans [572]567 Philip threatens Interference in French Affairs [573]567 "A True Defender of the Faith" [574]568 Roman Catholic Complaints of Huguenot Boldness [575]570 The "Tumult of Saint Médard" [576]571 Assembly of Notables at St. Germain [577]574 Diversity of Sentiments [578]575 The "Edict of January" [579]576 The Huguenots no longer Outlaws [580]577 __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
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FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE FRENCH REFORMATION TO THE EDICT OF JANUARY (1562). __________________________________________________________________