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6. Catherine's Policy.  Catherine made use of the suspension of arms to try to detach the Huguenot leaders, by entangling them in the pleasures of the court and lowering their sense of duty. The court was studiously brilliant. Catherine surrounded herself with a bevy of ladies, called the Queen Mother's Squadron, whose amusements were found for the whole day. SIX CATHERINE'S POLICY CATHERINE MADE USE OF THE SUSPENSION OF ARMS TO TRY TO DETACH THE HUGUENOT LEADERS BY ENTANGLING THEM IN THE PLEASURES OF THE COURT AND LOWERING THEIR SENSE OF DUTY THE COURT WAS STUDIOUSLY BRILLIANT CATHERINE SURROUNDED HERSELF WITH A BEVY OF LADIES CALLED THE QUEEN MOTHER'S SQUADRON WHOSE AMUSEMENTS WERE FOUND FOR THE WHOLE DAY
rençy was made prisoner on the one side, Condé was taken on the other. Orleans was the Huguenot rallying-place, and while besieging it Guise himself was assassinated. His death was believed by his family to be due to the Admiral de Coligny. The city of Rochelle, fortified by Jeanne of Navarre, became the stronghold of the Huguenots. Leader after leader fell--Montmorençy, on the one hand, was killed at Montcontour; Condé, on the other, was shot in cold blood after the fight of Jarnac. A truce followed, but was soon broken again, and in 1571 Coligny was the only man of age and standing at the head of the Huguenot party; while the Catholics had as leaders Henry, Duke of Anjou, the king's brother, and Henry, Duke of Guise, both young men of little more than twenty. The Huguenots had been beaten at all points, but were still strong enough to have wrung from their enemies permission to hold meetings for public worship within unwalled towns and on the estates of such nobles as held with them.  AND THOUGH MONTMORENCY WAS MADE PRISONER ON THE ONE SIDE CONDIE WAS TAKEN ON THE OTHER ORLEANS WAS A HUGUENOT RALLYING PLACE AND WHILE BESIEGING IT NIZE HIMSELF WAS ASSASSINATED HIS DEATH WAS BELIEVED BY HIS FAMILY TO BE DUE TO THE ADMIRAL DU COLINI THE CITY OF ROCHELLE FORTIFIED BY JEANNE OF NAVARRE BECAME THE STRONGHOLD OF THE HUGUENOTS LEADER AFTER LEADER FELL MONTMORENCY ON THE ONE HAND WAS KILLED AT MONCONTOUR CONDE ON THE OTHER WAS SHOT IN COLD BLOOD AFTER THE FIGHT OF JARNAC A TRUCE FOLLOWED BUT WAS SOON BROKEN AGAIN AND IN FIFTEEN SEVENTY ONE CULINY WAS THE ONLY MAN OF AGE AND STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE HUGUENOT PARTY WHILE THE CATHOLICS HAD AS LEADERS HENRY DUKE OF ANJOU THE KING'S BROTHER AND HENRY DUKE OF GIZ BOTH YOUNG MEN OF LITTLE MORE THAN TWENTY THE HUGUENOTS HAD BEEN BEATEN AT ALL POINTS BUT WERE STILL STRONG ENOUGH TO HAVE WRUNG FROM THEIR ENEMIES PERMISSION TO HOLD MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP WITHIN UNWALLED TOWNS AND ON THE ESTATES OF SUCH NOBLES AS HELD WITH THEM
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