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Henry IV, Makers of History By: John S. C. Abbott (1805-1877) |
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Henry IV. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1904
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty six, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District
of New York. Copyright, 1884, by SUSAN ABBOT MEAD.
PREFACE.
History is our Heaven appointed instructor. It is the guide for the
future. The calamities of yesterday are the protectors of to day. The sea of time we navigate is full of perils. But it is not an
unknown sea. It has been traversed for ages, and there is not a sunken
rock or a treacherous sand bar which is not marked by the wreck of
those who have preceded us. There is no portion of history fraught with more valuable instruction
than the period of those terrible religious wars which desolated the
sixteenth century. There is no romance so wild as the veritable
history of those times. The majestic outgoings of the Almighty, as
developed in the onward progress of our race, infinitely transcend, in
all the elements of profoundness, mystery, and grandeur, all that
man's fancy can create. The cartoons of Raphael are beautiful, but what are they when compared
with the heaving ocean, the clouds of sunset, and the pinnacles of the
Alps? The dome of St. Peter's is man's noblest architecture, but what
is it when compared with the magnificent rotunda of the skies? JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. Brunswick, Maine, 1856.
CONTENTS.
Chapter Page I. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 13 II. CIVIL WAR 45 III. THE MARRIAGE 68 IV. PREPARATIONS FOR MASSACRE 93 V. MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW 109 VI. THE HOUSES OF VALOIS, OF GUISE, AND OF
BOURBON 137 VII. REIGN OF HENRY III 167 VIII. THE LEAGUE 196 IX. THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF GUISE
AND OF HENRY III 220 X. WAR AND WOE 256 XI. THE CONVERSION OF THE KING 281 XII. THE REIGN OF HENRY IV. AND HIS DEATH 306
ENGRAVINGS. Page THE BIRTH OF HENRY OF NAVARRE 19 THE FLIGHT OF THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE 52 THE MARRIAGE 87 THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW 115 THE ASSASSINATION OF FRANCIS, DUKE OF GUISE 161 THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY, DUKE OF GUISE 228 THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY III. 238 THE ACT OF ABJURING PROTESTANTISM 292 THE RECONCILIATION WITH MAYENNE 309
KING HENRY IV.
CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. 1475 1564 Navarre. Catharine de Foix. Ferdinand and Isabella. Dismemberment
of Navarre. Plans for revenge. Death of Catharine. Marriage of
Henry and Margaret. Lingering hopes of Henry. Jeanne returns to
Navarre. Birth of Henry IV. The royal nurse. Name chosen for the
young prince. The castle of Courasse. Education of Henry. Death of
the King of Navarre. Jeanne d'Albret ascends the throne. Residence
in Bearn. Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots. Betrothal of
Henry. Henry's tutor. Remark of Dr. Johnson. Henry's motto. La
Gaucherie's method of instruction. Death of Henry II. Catharine de
Medicis regent. Influence of Plutarch. Religious agitation. The
Huguenots. The present controversy. The Sorbonne. Purging the
empire. The burning chamber. Persecution of the Protestants... Continue reading book >>
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