This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... Revolt cf the Netherlands heretic was to be excluded from both earth and heaven. The decree caused terror and wrath among the people. Nothing else was talked about in the streets, in the homes, at funerals, at weddings. And little by little the sentiment prevailed that it would be better to fall with ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... Revolt cf the Netherlands heretic was to be excluded from both earth and heaven. The decree caused terror and wrath among the people. Nothing else was talked about in the streets, in the homes, at funerals, at weddings. And little by little the sentiment prevailed that it would be better to fall with arms in hand, in battle, than to be tortured and butchered by the Inquisition. The war of independence followed, in which William of Orange became the father and savior of his country, after a long and heroic struggle. The war of extermination waged against Massacre heretics in France is another evidence of the jf?" true nature of the great church of the world. From the first day the Protestants began to multiply in France, the Jesuits prevailed upon the government to persecute them. But the Protestants had influential defenders, such as Admiral Coligny, Prince Conde, and others, and these led their friends in armed conflicts, and for seventy years the country was the scene of bloodshed and all the outrages of a religious war. Catherine de Medici, a niece of Pope Clement VII, was one of the persecutors. She did not hesitate at the use of poison, or any other means of gaining her object. During the religious conflict, Protestants, we must admit, desecrated Catholic churches, destroyed paintings and images, levied contributions upon clergymen, and even murdered some of their tormentors. But the Catholic acts of revenge surpass even the most active imagination. We prefer not to recite the details. The great tragedy of this "war" is the massacre of St. Bartholomew, which was perpetrated as an attempt to exterminate Protestantism by one terrible blow. Charles IX, to satisfy the bloodthirst of Catharine de Medici, gave the command secretly. On the...
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