Author : François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0332951138
A Popular History of France, Vol. 5 by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot Pdf
Excerpt from A Popular History of France, Vol. 5: From the Earliest Times Dissension into the royal army and the royal party which were protecting their privileges, their property, and their lives against the League. On returning to his quarters, he noticed the arrival of Marshal de Biron, who pressed him to lay hands with out delay upon the crown of France, in order to guard it and save it. But, in the evening of that day and on the morrow, at the numerous meetings of the lords to deliberate upon the situation, the ardent Catholics renewed their demand for the exclusion of Henry from the throne if he did not at once abjure, and for referring the election of a king to the states general. Biron himself proposed not to declare Henry king, but to recognize him merely as captain-general of the army pending his abjuration. Harlay de Sancy vigorously maintained the cause of the Salic law and the hereditary rights of mon archy. Biron took him aside and said, I had hitherto thought that you had sense; now I doubt it. If, before securing our own position with the King of Navarre, we completely estab lish his, he will no longer care for us. The time is come for making our terms; if we let the occasion escape us, we shall never recover it. What are your terms? Asked Sancy. If it please the king to give me the countship of Perigord, I shall be his forever. Sancy reported this conversation to the king, who promised Biron what he wanted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
