The Massacre of St. Bartholomew: Preceded by a History of the Religious Wars in the Reign of Charles IXJ. Murray, 1871 - 497 páginas A history of the religious wars during the reign of Charles IX, including the War of the Huguenots, and the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. |
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... Catholic historian of these days has ventured to apologize for cruelties which could find no defender in the sixteenth centu- ry . Certain names , " he says , are branded for what is the result of a popular force and movement by which ...
... Catholic historian of these days has ventured to apologize for cruelties which could find no defender in the sixteenth centu- ry . Certain names , " he says , are branded for what is the result of a popular force and movement by which ...
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... Catholics were numbered among the heretics . A man was liable to be condemned for not lifting his cap on passing an image ( and they were at the corner of almost every street ) , for not kneeling at the sound of the Ave Maria bell , and ...
... Catholics were numbered among the heretics . A man was liable to be condemned for not lifting his cap on passing an image ( and they were at the corner of almost every street ) , for not kneeling at the sound of the Ave Maria bell , and ...
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... Catholic cler- gy . Another strong reforming agent was the misery of the times . With reference to Normandy , which was better off than many other provinces , a local historian writes : " The peo- ple were easily seduced ; the dues and ...
... Catholic cler- gy . Another strong reforming agent was the misery of the times . With reference to Normandy , which was better off than many other provinces , a local historian writes : " The peo- ple were easily seduced ; the dues and ...
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... Catholic . The rural population was then , as now , under the influence of the clergy , as also were the inhabitants of the smaller country towns . These are usually a narrow- minded class , an almost inevitable consequence of their ...
... Catholic . The rural population was then , as now , under the influence of the clergy , as also were the inhabitants of the smaller country towns . These are usually a narrow- minded class , an almost inevitable consequence of their ...
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... Catholic writer . Other influences , many of them sacerdotal , were at work to widen the interval between the priest and his flock - to reduce public worship into a sort of theatrical performance in which he and his colleagues were the ...
... Catholic writer . Other influences , many of them sacerdotal , were at work to widen the interval between the priest and his flock - to reduce public worship into a sort of theatrical performance in which he and his colleagues were the ...
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