{"product_id":"2940015747218","title":"A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4","description":"CONTENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. FRANCIS I. AND CHARLES V.   9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIX.   FRANCIS I. AND THE RENAISSANCE.  137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXX.    FRANCIS I. AND THE REFORMATION.  179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXI.   HENRY II. (1547-1559.)   230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXII.  FRANCIS II. JULY 10, 1559--DECEMBER 5, 1560   269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII. CHARLES IX. AND THE RELIGIOUS WARS. (1560-1574.)   296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIV.  HENRY III. AND THE RELIGIOUS WARS. (1574-1589.)   388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CASTLE OF CHAIIIBORD.  FRONTISPIECE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRANCIS I  137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGALLERY HENRY II  230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIANA DE POITIERS  243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARY STUART  270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHENRY OF LORRAINE (DUKE OF GUISE)  332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF WOOD-CUT ILLUSTRATIONS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCardinal Ximenes  14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll Night a-horseback  19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBayard Knighting Francis I  19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeo X.  21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Duprat   24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles V.  39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis I. surprises Henry VIII  44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Field of the Cloth of Gold  45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Constable de Bourbon  53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Death of Bayard  76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCapture of Francis I.  91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouise of Savoy and Marguerite de Valois  102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis I.  115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Duke of Orleans and Charles V   128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise  130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSt. Thomas Aquinas and Abelard  140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClement Marot  162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis I.  waits for Robert Estienne  168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRabelais  171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe First Protestants  178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Farel  181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Castle of Pau  183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBurning of Reformers at Meaux  188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErasmus  194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBerquin released by John de la Barre  198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeretic Iconoclasts  201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMassacre of the Vaudians  218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalvin  222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry II.  235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne de Montmorency  235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuise at Metz  244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis II. and Mary Stuart love making.  251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine de' Medici (in her young days)  255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoust between Henri II.  and Count de Montgomery   268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArchers of the Body-guard   268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis II.  269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath of La Renaudie  283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter-dinner Diversions  284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Stuart  284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouis de Bourbon, Prince of Condo  285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColigny at the Death-bed of Francis II.  295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis de Lorraine, Duke of Aumale and of Guise  302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMassacre of Protestants  305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Duke of Guise waylaid  315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConde at the Ford  328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParley before the Battle of Moncontour  337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdmiral Gaspard de Coligny  346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles IX. and Catherine de' Medici  354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry de Guise and the Corpse of Coligny  369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Queen of Navarre and the Huguenot  372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChancellor Michael de l'Hospital  376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe St. Bartholomew  383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry III.  388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndolence of Henry III.  390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry le Balafre  400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Castle of Blois  428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry III. and the Murder of Guise  437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry of Navarre and the Scotch Guard  448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA POPULAR HISTORY OF FRANCE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVIII.----FRANCIS I. AND CHARLES V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe closer the study and the wider the contemplation a Frenchman bestows\u003cbr\u003eupon his country's history, the deeper will be his feelings of patriotic\u003cbr\u003epride, dashed with a tinge of sadness.  France, in respect of her\u003cbr\u003enational unity, is the most ancient amongst the states of Christian\u003cbr\u003eEurope.  During her long existence she has passed through very different\u003cbr\u003eregimens, the chaos of barbarism, the feudal system, absolute monarchy,\u003cbr\u003econstitutional monarchy, and republicanism.  Under all these regimens she\u003cbr\u003ehas had no lack of greatness and glory, material power and intellectual\u003cbr\u003elustre, moral virtues and the charms of social life.  Her barbarism had\u003cbr\u003eits Charlemagne; her feudal system St. Louis, Joan of Arc, and Bayard;\u003cbr\u003eher absolute monarchy Henry IV. and Louis XIV.  Of our own times we say\u003cbr\u003enothing.  France has shone in war and in peace, through the sword and\u003cbr\u003ethrough the intellect: she has by turns conquered and beguiled,\u003cbr\u003eenlightened and troubled Europe; she has always offered to the foreigner\u003cbr\u003ea spectacle or an abode full of the curious and the attractive, of noble\u003cbr\u003epleasures and of mundane amusements.  And still, after so many centuries\u003cbr\u003eof such a grand and brilliant career, France has not yet attained the end\u003cbr\u003eto which she ever aspired, to which all civilized communities aspire, and\u003cbr\u003ethat is, order in the midst of movement, security and liberty united and\u003cbr\u003elasting.  She has had shortcomings which have prevented her from reaping\u003cbr\u003ethe full advantage of her merits; she has committed faults which have\u003cbr\u003einvolved her in reverses.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146412114160,"sku":"2940015747218","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015747218","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}