lergy in the States General of Orleans,
makes a speech of insufferable arrogance, i. 458;
he pictures the sad straits of the clergy, and asks for the
restoration of the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 459;
his word for the down-trodden people, i. 460;
he is compelled to apologize to Admiral Coligny, ib.

R.

Rabasteins, massacre of the garrison of, ii. 361.

Ramee, Pierre de la, or Ramus, assassinated at the instigation of
Charpentier, ii. 478.

Rapin, a Protestant gentleman sent by the king, judicially murdered
by the Parliament of Toulouse, ii. 239.

"Rapin, Vengeance de," ii. 351.

Rapin, Viscount of, ii. 230, note.

Read, M. Charles, i. 446;
ii. 569.

Rector of the university, i. 22.

Reform, abortive efforts at, i. 61.

Reformation, the French, becomes a popular movement, i. 196.

Regnier, a Huguenot gentleman of Quercy, spared in the massacre
at Paris, through the magnanimity of his personal enemy
Vezins, ii. 480;
by his bravery and determination saves Montauban for the
Huguenots, ii. 574, 575.

"Reiters," i. 11.

Relics, reverence for, i. 49;
great variety of, i. 50.

Renaissance, era of the, i. 41.

Renaudie, Godefroy de Barry, Seigneur de la, leader in the Tumult
of Amboise, i. 379;
assembles the malcontents at Nantes, i. 380;
is betrayed by Des Avenelles, i. 382;
his death, i. 389;
his body hung and quartered, i. 392;
inscription over his remains, ib.;
an alleged admission of disloyal intentions on his part, i. 394.

Renee de France, Duchess of Ferrara, her hospitality, i, 179;
her court, i. 205;
her eulogy by Brantome, i. 206;
on her return to France, rebukes the Duke of Guise, i. 437;
affords a safe asylum to the Huguenots at
Montargis, ii. 73, 110, 111, 327;
her letter to Calvin respecting the Duke of Guise, ii. 109;
her answer to Malicorne, ii. 111;
her aversion to war, ii. 327, note.

Renel, Marquis de, murdered by Bussy d'Amboise, ii. 472.

Rentigny, Madame de, courageously refuses a pardon based on
recantation, and is executed as a Protestant, i. 311.

Renty, ii. 352.

Representative government, long break in history of, i. 13;
demanded by the "tiers etat" at Pontoise, i. 492.

Rescue of Protestant prisoners, i. 367.

Retz, De, Count and Marshal (Albert de Gondy), ii. 339,