§ 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    

CHAPTER V.

 

The Reformation in the Netherlands.

  § 1. The political situation 224   § 2. The beginnings of the Reformation 228   § 3. The Anabaptists in the Netherlands 234   § 4. Philip of Spain and the Netherlands 240   § 5. William of Orange 254    

CHAPTER VI.

 

The Reformation in Scotland.