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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ter a bloody struggle the Protestants were defeated, and Conde was madeprisoner. A new leader now appeared for the Huguenots, the noblest manthose miserable wars can boast. This was the hero of the siege of St. Ouentin,Admiral Coligny. Again Coligny plucked glory from defeat. Rallying thebeaten Huguenots, he saved them from the worst consequences of defeat andretreated into Orleans. Guise besieged the town; its outworks were taken; its fall seemed certain.Once more, as in King Francis II.s time. Guise seemed all-powerful, his planscertain of success. His followers boasted openly that his foot already touchedthe throne of France, from which the little king, a prisoner in his hands, couldbe easily thrust aside. At that moment the bullet of a fierce Huguenot assassin pierced the mightyFrancis, Duke of Guise, and all his plans came to nothing, for he died. Hislast words protested his innocence of the fatal massacre of Vassy. Everything now changed. Queen Catherine regained her power. Both
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CHARLES IX. DURING THE SAINT BARTHOLOMEW MASSACRE France—Jeanne DAlbret 867 sides were weary of war, and consented to the terms of agreement she pro-posed. Yet the false days of peace that followed were full of signs of thereturn of war. Catharine found her Huguenot friends bitter and intractable.The Catholic party, dazed for a moment by the fall of its great leader, regainedits power. Catharine drew toward them more and more. Huguenots weresecretly murdered, or in places where their opponents were strong enough,openly executed. There was another uprising, in which Condd besieged Paris,and another peace, and an attempt by the queen to seize both Conde andColigny for execution. This led to more war, and in 1569 Conde held La Rochelle and most ofsouthern and western France. It is even said that he called himself king, andprinted coins with the bold legend Louis XHL, first Christian King ofFrance. Then came the battle of Jarnac, and Conde in his turn was slain. This strife, so fatal to

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