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At the first outbreak the Huguenots seemed to have by far the greatest influence. An endeavour was made to seize the king's person, and this led to a battle at Dreux. AT THE FIRST OUTBREAK THE HUGUENOTS SEEMED TO HAVE BY FAR THE GREATEST INFLUENCE AN ENDEAVOUR WAS MADE TO SEIZE THE KING'S PERSON AND THIS LED TO A BATTLE AT DROUX
her 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. 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. RRIAGE 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 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
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