um in imperio_. There was no longer one government
and one allegiance in France but two, and the two were at war.

[Sidenote: The Huguenots]

It was just at this time that the name of Huguenot applied to the
Protestants, hitherto called "Lutherans," "heretics of Meaux" and, more
rarely, "Calvinists." The origin of the word, first used at Tours in
1560, is uncertain. It may possibly come from "le roi Huguet" or
"Hugon," a night spectre; the allusion then would be to the ghostly
manner in which the heretics crept by night to their conventicles.
Huguenot is also found as a family name at Belfort as early as 1425.
It may possibly come from the term "Hausgenossen" as used in Alsace of
those metal-workers who were not taken into the gild but worked at
home, hence a name of contempt like the modern "scab." It may also
come from the name of the Swiss Confederation, "Eidgenossen," and
perhaps this derivation is the most likely, though it cannot be
considered beyond doubt. Whatever the origin of the name the picture
of the Huguenot is familiar to us. Of all the fine types of French
manhood, that of the Huguenot is one of the finest. Gallic gaiety is
tempered with earnestness; intrepidity is strengthened with a new moral
fibre like that of steel. Except in the case of a few great lords, who
joined the party without serious conviction, the high standard of the
Huguenot morals was recognized even by their enemies. In an age of
profligacy the "men of the religion," as they called themselves, walked
the paths of rectitude and sobriety.

[1] Remy Belleau: _La Reconnue_, act 4, scene 2.

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Charles, Duke of Bourbon,
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_Henry IV_
_1589-1610_
==(1)Margaret of France
==(2)Mary de' Medici

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Claude, Duke of Guise, d. 1527
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