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Just as the reign of Louis XI. had been a period of rest and recovery from the English wars, so that of Henry IV. was one of restoration from the ravages of thirty years of intermittent civil war. JUST AS THE REIGN OF LOUIS THE ELEVENTH HAD BEEN A PERIOD OF REST AND RECOVERY FROM THE ENGLISH WARS SO THAT OF HENRY THE FOURTH WAS ONE OF RESTORATION FROM THE RAVAGES OF THIRTY YEARS OF INTERMITTENT CIVIL WAR
ts equal civil rights with those of the Catholics, accepted their marriages, gave them, under restrictions, permission to meet for worship and for consultations, and granted them cities for the security of their rights, of which La Rochelle was the chief. The Calvinists had been nearly exterminated in the north, but there were still a large number in the south of France, and the burghers of the chief southern cities were mostly Huguenot. The war had been from the first a very horrible one; there had been savage slaughter, and still more savage reprisals on each side. The young nobles had been trained into making a fashion of ferocity, and practising graceful ways of striking death-blows. Whole districts had been laid waste, churches and abbeys destroyed, tombs rifled, and the whole population accustomed to every sort of horror and suffering; while nobody but Henry IV. himself, and the Duke of Sully, had any notion either of statesmanship or of religious toleration. 11. Henry's Plans.-- D TO THE HUGUENOTS EQUAL CIVIL RIGHTS WITH THOSE OF THE CATHOLICS ACCEPTED THEIR MARRIAGES GAVE THEM UNDER RESTRICTIONS PERMISSION TO MEET FOR WORSHIP AND FOR CONSULTATIONS AND GRANTED THEM CITIES FOR THE SECURITY OF THEIR RIGHTS OF WHICH LA ROCHELLE WAS THE CHIEF THE CALVINISTS HAD BEEN NEARLY EXTERMINATED IN THE NORTH BUT THERE WAS STILL A LARGE NUMBER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE AND THE BURGHERS OF THE CHIEF SOUTHERN CITIES WERE MOSTLY HUGUENOT THE WAR HAD BEEN FROM THE FIRST A VERY HORRIBLE ONE THERE HAD BEEN SAVAGE SLAUGHTER AND STILL MORE SAVAGE REPRISALS ON EACH SIDE THE YOUNG NOBLES HAD BEEN TRAINED INTO MAKING A FASHION OF FEROCITY AND PRACTISING GRACEFUL WAYS OF STRIKING DEATH BLOWS WHOLE DISTRICTS HAD BEEN LAID WASTE CHURCHES AND ABBEYS DESTROYED TOMBS RIFLED AND THE WHOLE POPULATION ACCUSTOMED TO EVERY SORT OF HORROR AND SUFFERING WHILE NOBODY BUT HENRY THE FOURTH HIMSELF AND THE DUKE OF SALLY HAD ANY NOTION EITHER OF STATESMANSHIP OR OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION ELEVEN HENRY'S PLANS
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