INDEX
Material in the introduction and footnotes has not been indexed.
Page numbers from 267 relate to volume II.
Albert, of Austria, archduke: to succeed Ernest, 553; to marry the infanta, 553; caused alarm in Rome, 581; landed in Genoa, 584; arrived in Brussels, 590; attacked Picardy, 590
Aldobrandini, cardinal, secretary of state to Clement VIII: and dâOssat, 543, 555â6, 558â60, 582
Aldobrandini, Gian-Francesco, nephew of Clement VIII: extraordinary nuncio to Spain, 552â3, 559; carried two commissions, 552â3; is disregarded, 553; returned from Spain, 573
Alegria, Gabriel de, secretary to Tassis: sent by Parma to Mayenne, 237
Alençon, duc dâ: see Anjou
Amboise, edict of, March 1563: 27
Andrésy: peace conference at, 517
Androgne, seigneur dâ: sent to England, 1583, 55
Angennes, Claude dâ, de Rambouillet, bishop of Mans 1588: sent to Rome, 244â6, 253, 257, 500â1; quit Rome, 260; assisted with the abjuration, 492
Anjou, François, duc dâAlençon, duc dâ, 1576: 14; and the huguenots, 14â15; negotiations with queen Elizabeth, 14â15, 35; and the Netherlands, 15, 31â6, 41, 45, 46â9, 54, 56â7, 58, 64â5, 71â2; his coalition, 1573, 15; escaped from court 1575, 15, 28; manifesto of 1573, 15; and the peace of Monsieur, 16â17; relations with the Guises, 19, 32â3, 58, 60, 65; death, 10 June 1584, 65, 70, 103â4
Aragon, cardinal, president of the French congregation: advised Sixtus V, 323, 339; defended Mayenne, 327
Armada, the Spanish: 118, 134, 142; correlation of with French affairs, 145, 166, 170, 176; failure of, 223
Arques, battle of, 21 September 1589: 276, 278
Aumale, Charles de Lorraine, duc dâ: seized towns in Picardy 1587, 142â3, 146, 167, 169â70; and Boulogne, 143, 173; ordered out of Picardy, 171; sent to Paris, 175; warned the king, 227; governor of Paris, 231
Aumont, Jean dâ, marshal 1579: 185
Badoer, Alberto, Venetian ambassador in Rome: reported on Caetani, 308â9; and Sixtus V, 309, 319, 328, 330â1, 335â6; favoured Navarre, 310, 331, 336; and the Spanish, 314, 320â4, 331; reported on Luxembourg, 314; lamented the death of Sixtus V, 339; criticised Gregory XIV, 380
Barricades, the day of, 12 May 1588: 166, 179â88
Beaulieu, edict of, May 1576: see Monsieur, peace of
Beaune, Renaud de, de Semblançay, archbishop of Bourges, almoner to Henry IV: favoured a patriarchate, 389; his role at Suresnes, 463, 468â9, 477â9; reported on the conference, 479â80; directed the chapel royal, 489; devised Henryâs abjuration, 491â2
Beauvoir la Nocle, Jean de la Fin, seigneur de, French ambassador in England: sent to seek an alliance, 275; his instructions, 400â1; his flawed negotiation, 401, 404â6, 410â12, 413; protested to the queen, 421; pleaded for help, 455
Bec, Philippe du, bishop of Nantes: assisted with Henryâs abjuration, 492, 494
BelliĂšvre, Pomponne de, âsurintendant des financesâ: attended the assembly of Montauban, 69; at Blois, 1584, 75; and the Dutch commissioners, 81â2, 90; remonstrated with Guise, 146; received evasive replies, 146; sent to fetch Guise, 147; sent to Guise, 8 March 1588, 169; returned empty handed, 170; went to Soissons, 171; returned again, 175; sent back to Guise, 177; returned, 177â9; went to the Louvre, 180; mediated with Guise, 185â6; consulted by Villeroy, 437; plotted the recovery of Paris, 531
BenoĂźt, RenĂ©, âcurĂ©â of Saint-Eustache, confessor to Henry IV: instructed the king, 400; attended the assembly at Mantes, 490
Bergerac, Association of, November 1585: its purpose, 125â6; called for a council, 126, 129; ideals undermined, 133
Bergerac, peace of, September 1577: 31, 36
Birague, René de, chancellor 1573, cardinal 1578: Guisard, 18
Biron, Armand de Gontaut, baron de, marshal 1577: 185; self-seeker 269; undependable, 341; went to Normandy, 365; at Buhy, 367; favoured a siege of Rouen, 401; commanded to prepare the siege, 408; injured, 422; died, 429
Blois: 24, 64, 69, 75; see also Estates-general
Bonciani, Tuscan agent: feared schism, 542; in touch with Villeroy, 545; condemned delays, 564, and the bull of absolution, 588
Bongars, Jacques de, seigneur de Bauldry et la ...