St. Bartholomew´s Eve
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Henty, G. A.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from St. Bartholomew´s Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars My dear Lads, It is difficult in these days of religious toleration to understand why men should, three centuries ago, have flown at each others throats in the name of the Almighty; still less, how in cold blood they could have perpetrated hideous massacres of men, women, and children. The Huguenot wars were, however, as much political as religious. Philip of Spain, at that time the most powerful potentate of Europe, desired to add France to the countries where his influence was all-powerful, and in the ambitious house of Guise he found ready instruments. For a time the new faith that had spread with such rapidity in Germany, England, and Holland, made great progress in France also. But here the reigning family remained Catholic, and the vigorous measures they adopted to check the growing tide drove those of the new religion to take up arms in self-defence. Although under the circumstances the Protestants can hardly be blamed for so doing, there can be little doubt that the first Huguenot war, though the revolt was successful, was the means of France remaining a Catholic country. It gave colour to the assertions of the Guises and their friends that the movement was a political one, and that the Protestants intended to grasp all power and to overthrow the throne of France. It also afforded an excuse for the cruel persecutions which followed, and rallied to the Catholic cause numbers of those who were at heart indifferent to the question of religion, but were Royalists rather than Catholics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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