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20: 456:. The duc de Guise accepted an urgent message from the King to permit the orderly withdrawal of the foreign troops: "by consenting to rescue the royal forces, at the same time as claiming to save the city, he was able to project an image of his innocence and virtue, while actually delivering a fatal blow to the king's authority." 422:
were to be arrested. The king ordered a census to be taken of Paris, a move that would flush out any "strangers", or non-Parisians, in the city, including forces of the duc de Guise, for the census ordered for 12 May was to be a very exact search of houses, with lists of people, arms and horses.
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Despite a royal interdict, the duc de Guise had returned to Paris in the wake of a betrayed conspiracy that had been set for 24 April, for he could not afford to be seen to desert his followers. In response the king, housed in the
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so hastily erected in the streets from materials at hand were the first appearance of that staple of French revolutions. The militia formed the backbone of the revolt; the royal troops were immobilised in the various
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and never to leave the throne to a prince who was not Catholic; secret clauses extended amnesty to all deeds of the Catholic League, accorded support to its troops and made over to the League additional fortified
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and his fashionable court were perceived as effete and disengaged. Second, they were seen as all too ready to come to terms with the Protestants and the heir presumptive to the French throne,
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interference. The staunchly Catholic populace of Paris harbored genuine animosity towards king Henri III for several reasons. First, his unacceptable
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had capitulated and the duc de Guise was in undisputed possession of Paris, where he was offered the crown but refused it.
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Patterson, Jonathan (2016). "'Diables incarnez, Machiavelistes, heretiques': The Villains of Pierre Matthieu's
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and of every revolutionary moment of tension since. The construction of the city's wide boulevards during
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against England as the Spanish ambassador, Mendoza, had planned, but it still effectively distracted any
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The Revolt of Paris, 1588: Aristocratic Insurgency and the Mobilization of Popular Support.
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of the kingdom. However, on 23 December of that year, the duc de Guise was assassinated in
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The royal forces withdrew to the Louvre, as all the gates of Paris were closed save the
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Ascoli, Peter M. (1984). "The Sixteen: Radical Politics in Paris during the League".
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was driven, in part, by a desire to make it harder to barricade the city's streets.
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Diplomacy and Dogmatism: Bernardino de Mendoza and the French Catholic League
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The timing of the tumult was not as well coordinated with the sailing of the
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They were chained together with chains that appeared suddenly at each point.
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Jensen deciphered for the first time many of Mendoza's dispatches.
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during the Day of the Barricades, by Paul Lehugeur, 19th century
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From his strong position, Guise forced the King to sign at
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Henry IV of France and the Politics of Religion, 1572–1596
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against the moderate, hesitant, temporizing policies of
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Sutherland 2002:183 and note 96, and following pages
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Duke of Guise
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French Wars of Religion
First; 1562–1563
Conflict in the provinces
Rouen
Vergt
Dreux
Orléans
Saint-Denis
Chartres
Jarnac
La Roche-l'Abeille
Poitiers
Orthez
Moncontour
Saint-Jean d'Angély
Arney-le-Duc
Mons
Sommières
Sancerre
La Rochelle
Dormans
La Charité-sur-Loire
Issoire
Brouage
La Fère

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