The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . rt and soul with Luther. The kingshilly-shallied after his fashion. He was a churchman onMonday and a Protestant on Wednesday ; sometimes hechanged his faith, like his shirt, every day. You neverknew where to find him. But, on the whole, when a newand lovely lady came to court and smiled on him, hethought of nothing but her, and then the Church had itsown way with the reformers. Thus Peter Leclerc, an old and wise priest who agreedwith Luther, was burned alive with thirteen of his
The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . rt and soul with Luther. The kingshilly-shallied after his fashion. He was a churchman onMonday and a Protestant on Wednesday ; sometimes hechanged his faith, like his shirt, every day. You neverknew where to find him. But, on the whole, when a newand lovely lady came to court and smiled on him, hethought of nothing but her, and then the Church had itsown way with the reformers. Thus Peter Leclerc, an old and wise priest who agreedwith Luther, was burned alive with thirteen of his friendsin the market-place of Meaux. Thus Louis Berquin, whohad written a book in favor of the Reformation, was sen-tenced to have a hole burned in his tongue, and to be con-fined between four walls, without pen, ink, or paper, forthe rest of his life ; a few days afterward the priestschanged their mind, and he was burned alive. Thus JohnLeclerc, for tearing down the notice of the price at whichthe priests would sell indulgences to commit sin, was hor-ribly punished ; his right hand was cut off, his nose w^s. TORTURES OF THE INQUISITION torn out, pinches of flesh were wrenched from his armswith hot pincers, a circlet of red-hot iron was bound roundhis head, and then his bleeding body was thrown upon thefagots and burned. And thus, in the year 1545, into thebeautiful country of Vaud, where most of the people wereProtestants, two cohmins of troops were marched, whosacked three towns and twentj^-two villages, massacredthree thousand people, sent seven hundred to the galleys, 178 [1515-1547 sold the children and young girls for slaves, and put up asign on leaving that no one under pain of death shouldgive shelter or money or food to any Vaudian or otherheretic. This was the beginning of the long struggle betweenthe Church and the Reformation in France. For nearlya hundred years from the reign of Francis the First thishistory will be little else than a story of religious
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