, 126.

Chantonnay, ambassador of Philip II., alarmed at the violence of the
proscriptive plans formed before the death of Francis II., i. 441;
his insolent threats, ii. 29;
his boast that, with Throkmorton, he could overturn the state, ii. 181.

Chapot, John, a printer from Dauphiny, executed at Paris, i. 256.

Charente, the river, ii. 299.

Charite, La, on the Loire, ii. 324;
siege of, 325, 355.

Charles VII. publishes the Pragmatic Sanction, i. 29.

Charles VIII. confirms the privileges of La Rochelle, ii. 271.

Charles Maximilian, second son of Henry II., afterward king as
Charles IX., i. 415;
his accession, Dec. 5, 1560, i. 449;
transfer of power consequent upon, i. 450;
financial embarrassment and religious dissension, i. 453;
he writes to the magistrates of Geneva to stop the coming of
Protestant ministers, i. 463;
their prompt and complete vindication, i. 464;
he issues a new and tolerant order, i. 476;
which is opposed by parliament, i. 477;
publishes the "Edict of July," by which all Protestant
conventicles are still prohibited, i. 488;
his conversation with his mother about superstition and
innovation, i. 500, note;
orders the restitution of churches, i. 544;
hopes entertained by the Protestants respecting him, i. 557;
his curiosity as to the mass, i. 558;
his health, ib., note;
issues an order favorable to the Huguenots, i. 560;
publishes the "Edict of January," in accordance with which the
Huguenots cease to be outlaws, i. 576, 577;
retires from Monceaux to Melun, ii. 30;
and thence to Fontainebleau, ii. 31;
is hurried back to Paris by Navarre and Guise, ii. 36;
his declaration that he is not held in duress, ii. 54;
his edict of April 11, 1562, ostensibly re-enacting, but really
annulling the edict of January, ii. 57;
receives reinforcements from Germany and Switzerland, ii. 70, 71;
issues his edict of pacification, Amboise, March 19, 1563, terminating
the first civil war, ii. 115;
demands of Queen Elizabeth the restoration of Havre, ii. 126;
he proclaims his own majority, Rouen, Aug. 17, 1563, ii. 138;
he sternly reproves the refractory Parliament of Paris, ii. 139, 140;
his "progress" through France, ii. 157, seq.;
his interpretative edicts and declarations infringe upon the edict of
pac