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Still Catherine persuaded Antony of Bourbon to return to court just as his wife, Queen Jeanne of Navarre, had become a staunch Calvinist, and while dreaming of exchanging his claim on Navarre for the kingdom of Sardinia, he was killed on the Catholic side while besieging Rouen. At the first outbreak the Huguenots seemed to have by far the greatest influence. STILL CATHERINE PERSUADED ANTONY OF BON TO RETURN TO COURT JUST AS HIS WIFE QUEEN JEANNE OF NAVARRE HAD BECOME A STAUNCH CALVINIST AND WHILE DREAMING OF EXCHANGING HIS CLAIM ON NAVARRE FOR THE KINGDOM OF SARDINIA HE WAS KILLED ON THE CATHOLIC SIDE WHILE BESIEGING RON AT THE FIRST OUTBREAK THE HUGUENOTS SEEMED TO HAVE BY FAR THE GREATEST INFLUENCE
es, even permitting conferences to see whether the French Church could be reformed so as to satisfy the Calvinists. Proposals were sent by Guise's brother, the Cardinal of Lorraine, to the council then sitting at Trent, for vernacular services, the marriage of the clergy, and other alterations which might win back the Reformers. But an attack by the followers of Guise on a meeting of Calvinists at Vassy, of whose ringing of bells his mother had complained, led to the first bloodshed and the outbreak of a civil war. 5. The Religious War.--To trace each stage of the war would be impossible within these limits. It was a war often lulled for a short time, and often breaking out again, and in which the actors grew more and more cruel. The Reformed influence was in the south, the Catholic in the east. Most of the provincial cities at first held with the Bourbons, for the sake of civil and religious freedom; though the Guise family succeeded to the popularity of the Burgundian dukes in Paris. UENOTS TO KEEP DOWN THE GISE EVEN PERMITTING CONFERENCES TO SEE WHETHER THE FRENCH CHURCH COULD BE REFORMED SO AS TO SATISFY THE CALVINISTS PROPOSALS WERE SENT BY GEZ'S BROTHER THE CARDINAL OF LORENNE TO THE COUNCIL THEN SITTING AT TRENT FOR VERNACULAR SERVICES THE MARRIAGE OF THE CLERGY AND OTHER ALTERATIONS WHICH MIGHT WIN BACK THE REFORMERS BUT AN ATTACK BY THE FOLLOWERS OF GEEZ ON A MEETING OF CALVINISTS AT VESIL OF WHOSE RINGING OF BELLS HIS MOTHER HAD COMPLAINED LED TO THE FIRST BLOODSHED AND THE OUTBREAK OF A CIVIL WAR FIVE THE RELIGIOUS WAR TO TRACE EACH STAGE OF THE WAR WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITHIN THESE LIMITS IT WAS A WAR OFTEN LULLED FOR A SHORT TIME AND OFTEN BREAKING OUT AGAIN AND IN WHICH THE ACTORS GREW MORE AND MORE CRUEL THE REFORMED INFLUENCE WAS IN THE SOUTH THE CATHOLIC IN THE EAST MOST OF THE PROVINCIAL CITIES AT FIRST HELD WITH THE BOURBON FOR THE SAKE OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THOUGH THE GEIS FAMILY SUCCEEDED TO THE POPULARITY OF THE BURGUNDIAN DUKES IN PARIS
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