L
La Barde, Jacques de:
on blasphemy commission, 198 ;
remonstrance to Louise de Savoie, 197
La Barde, Jean de, 48
Labitte, Charles, 326
La Brosse family, 218
La Bruyère (Lieutenant Civil), 407
La Chapelle-Marteau (prévôt des marchands), 371
Lâcheté , 156
La Croix du Maine, François Grudé, 24 , 473
La Guesle, Jacques de, 346 ;
in Edict of Nantes debate, 446 , 447 ;
Gallicanism of, 458 ;
in Henri IV's rehabilitation of Parlement, 437 , 438 ;
as praticien , 469 ;
and registration of Trent decrees, 452 ;
Remonstrances , 129 ;
support of Henri III, 378 ;
support of Henri IV, 381 ;
in Trent decrees debate, 369
Land, acquisition by robins , 50
Landes, Georges des, 447 , 448 n
Landriano (papal nuncio), 396 -97
in Henri IV's rehabilitation of Parlement, 435
Languedoc, heresy in, 162 , 204 , 206
La Plance, Regnier de, 221
La Popelinière, 117
La Porte, Eustache de:
arrest of, 237 ;
Larcher, Claude, 390 n
La Rivière (Protestant minister), 270
La Roche-Flavin, Bernard de: apology for Parlement, 61 ;
on discipline of magistrates, 465 -66, 467 ;
on legal education, 98 ;
on Pax Roman,, 107 ;
popularity of writings, 153 ;
on religious attitudes, 165 , 167 ;
Treize Livres des Parlements de France , 40 , 134 -35, 464
La Roche-sur-Yon, prince of, 258 , 259 , 268
La Rue (member of Sixteen), 361
Later generations (of Parlement), 12 ;
career patters of, 439 ;
and defeat of League, 332 ;
defense of Gallicanism, 415 , 481 -82;
ideal magistrate of, 469 ;
leadership of, 331 -32;
Latin church fathers, book collections of, 100
Latin language:
parlementaire knowledge of, 96 ;
La Vacquerie, Perre de, 136
La Vallée, Jacques de, 468
Lavie, 80
Law:
relationship of Parlement to, 67 ;
role in French society, 59 .
See also Customary law; Fundamental law; Roman law
Law and order:
parlementaire attitude toward, 144 -49;
robin attitude toward, 134
Lawyers:
avarice of, 156 ;
medieval view of, 154 ;
numerical increase of, 155 ;
religious beliefs of, 474 n;
role in European culture, 473 -75.
See also Gens de robe; Robins
Lay jurisdiction:
over clergy, 460 ;
violation of, 20
Laymen: in Parlement, 41 , 80 -81, 466 ;
possession of benefices, 47
League, Holy:
Arnaud on, 36 ;
Christophe de Thou and, 23 ;
compromise with parlementaires, 37 ;
goals of, 174 ;
Henri III's concessions to, 78 ;
leadership of, 174 ;
legality of, 176 ;
support of parlementaires for, 52 n;
ultramontanism of, 174
League, Paris, 63 , 187 , 188 ;
attack on Parlement, 374 -76, 388 ;
class struggle in, 340 ;
control of city, 380 ;
during Day of the Barricades, 362 ;
defeat of, 332 , 392 , 403 , 410 , 414 , 418 ;
domination of Estates of Blois, 369 ;
founders of, 338 -39;
murder of parlementaires, 340 , 390 -91, 408 , 439 ;
negotiations with papacy, 366 ;
oath of Parlement to, 419 ;
parlementaire opposition to, 388 ;
phases of rebellion, 332 ;
politique opposition to, 352 , 386 ;
public opinion on, 421 ;
renunciation of membership in, 436 ;
royalist counteroffensive against, 378 -84;
as social threat, 419 -20;
Spanish aid to, 336 , 339 , 367 , 382 n;
on succession of Henri IV, 379 ;
support in provinces, 403 ;
truce with royalists, 413 , 417 , 423 .
See also Ligueurs
Lebrun, François, 121 n
Le Camus, Martin, 218
Le Caron, Louis (Charondas):
career of, 32 -33;
early life of, 32 ;
legal scholarship of, 105 ;
as mainstream spokesman, 86 , 464 ;
on Pax Romana, 107 ;
in "scholarly Pléiade," 28 .
Works: Commentaire de la Coutume de Paris ,
32, Pandectes , 129
Leclerc, Jean. See Bussy-Leclerc (Jean Leclerc)
Leclerc, Nicolas, 196
Le Coq, Antoine, 213 ;
in Chambre Ardente, 218
Le Coq, Nicolas, 200
Le Coq dynasty, 9
Lefebvre, René, 48
Lefèvre d'Étaples, Jacques, 15 , 96 ;
evangelical reforms of, 172 ;
return of, 203 ;
translation of Bible, 177 , 189 ;
Valois protection of, 181 , 190 , 191 , 203
Leger, Étienne, 203
Légistes , 33 ;
constitutional views of, 61 ;
on customary law, 79 ;
Loisel on, 139 ;
nationalism of, 93 ;
offices held by, 153 ;
on reform of Parlement, 463 -64;
self-image of, 153 ;
support of monarchy, 482
Le Jau, Jean, 447
Le Lièvre, Jean, 179
Le Maistre, Gilles, 218 ;
on commission to Catherine de Médicis, 269 ;
and Edict of January, 265 , 266 , 267 ;
on expulsion of Protestants, 281 ;
leadership of ultras, 234 , 237 , 277 ;
on loyalty to crown, 243 ;
in negotiations with Condé, 280 ;
patronage by Guise family, 221 ;
as président, 183 , 184 , 222 ;
on punishment of heresy, 235 , 236 ;
venality of, 215
as bon catholique françois , 421 -22;
defense of Salic law, 406 , 434 ;
and duc de Mayenne, 423 ,
in Estates of the League, 402 ;
in Henri IV's rehabilitation of Parlement, 435 ;
in reduction of Paris, 430 ;
in succession debate, 409 , 410
Le Maistre, Pierre, 438
Le Maître family, 45
Le Maréschal, Claude, 448 n
Le Picart, Germain, 124
Le Roux, Jacques, 208 , 211 , 218
Le Roy, Louis, 129
Le Roy, Pierre, 428 n
Lescot, Léon, 438
Lèse-majesté, heresy as, 208
L'Estoile, Louis de, 39
L'Estoile, Pierre de, 38 -39;
admiration of Montaigne, 169 n;
on l'affaire Brisson , 390 -91;
on anti-Spanish sentiment, 388 ;
apology for Parlement, 61 ;
bias of, 484 ;
book collection of, 100 -104, 119 , 152 , 483 ;
character of, 140 ;
on coronation of Henri IV, 427 ;
on country life, 152 ;
on Day of the Barricades, 187 n, 358 -60;
on duc de Mayenne, 378 , 420 ;
on duc d'Épernon, 354 ;
early life of, 38 -39;
on Edict of Nantes, 446 , 447 -48, 449 n;
on Estates of the League, 404 ;
on family relationships, 122 -23;
on François de Monthelon, 368 ;
on Guise assassinations, 373 -74;
on Henri III's assassination, 381 ;
on Henri IV, 142 , 379 -80, 401 , 409 -10, 417 ;
on Henri IV's character, 417 ;
on Henri IV's entry into Paris, 430 , 431 -32;
on Henri IV's military victories, 385 ;
on Henri IV's observance of Holy Week, 436 ;
on Henri IV's succession, 382 ;
interrogation of Pierre Barrière, 414 ;
knowledge of theology, 171 -72;
on ligueur preachers, 388 -89, 396 ;
on Mary
Stuart, 352 ;
objectivity of, 119 ;
on Paris League, 38 , 39 n, 332 , 334 -35;
during Paris League rebellion, 333 , 364 ;
on Parlement of Châlons, 396 ;
on Parlement of Tours, 436 -37;
on political satires, 415 -16;
as politique , 322 n, 327 , 362 , 381 , 484 ;
on politiques , 399 ,
on publication of Trent decrees, 444 n;
on qualification for Parlement, 83 ;
reliability of writings, 483 -85;
religious beliefs of, 168 -70;
on religious reformation, 170 -71;
on role of Parlement, 463 ;
on siege of Paris, 386 ;
on Sixteen, 375 , 380 , 391 -92, 462 ;
on sorcery, 146 ;
as spokesman of Parlement, 184 ;
on superstition, 141 -42, 171 , 350 ;
support of monarchy, 319 , 322 n;
on table of Madame de Montpensier, 350 ;
on usefulness of journals, 484 -85;
view of history, 118 ;
on wealth, 131 -32.
Works: Dévotions du Roi , 322 -23;
"Drolleries de la Ligue ," 152 ,
Journal d'Henri III , 39 , 322 -23.
See also Mémoires-Jour-naux (L'Estoile)
Letters of remission, 148
Lettres de jussion , 69
Le Verrier, Jean, 194
Le Viste, Antoine, 48 ;
diplomatic missions of, 49 ;
and Louise de Savoie, 92 , 197
Le Viste, Jeanne, 13
Le Viste family, 9 ;
immigration to Paris, 43 ;
marriage alliances of, 13 , 17
L'Hermite de Souliers, Jean-Baptiste, 13 n
L'Hôpital, Louis de, 416
L'Hôpital, Michel de, 136 ;
on absolutism, 312 ;
acceptance of change, 312 n;
in assembly of St-Germain, 263 ;
career of, 240 -41;
Catherine de Médicis's patronage of, 240 ;
circle of, 327 ;
Claude Fauchet and, 28 ;
conflict with Parlement, 23 n, 241 , 243 , 309 -10, 476 ;
convocation of Estates General, 84 -85, 87 ;
disputes with de Thou, 23 ;
and Edict of Amboise, 289 ;
on Edict of January, 266 ;
and Fran-çois Hotman, 106 ;
interest in Stoicism, 108 ;
on jurisdiction of Parlement, 297 -98;
in literary circles, 312 -13;
loss of influence, 76 ;
and majority of Charles IX, 296 ;
and Montmorency family, 326 ;
opposition to venality, 309 ;
Pasquier and, 33 ;
political theory of, 464 ;
on pourparler de Paris , 255 ;
poverty of, 131 ;
on religious unrest, 251 -52;
religious views of, 310 , 312 -13;
on role of Parlement, 257 , 311 ;
on role on Estates General, 311 ;
stance on constitutionalism, 311 -12;
on study of Greek, 97 ;
toleration policy of, 254 , 276 , 326 ;
on Trent decrees, 301 -2;
in trial of Condé, 275
Libraries:
of parlementaires, 95 , 98 -104;
scope of, 99 -100
Ligueurs :
alliance with politiques , 340 , 418 -19;
constitutional views of, 61 ;
in Dijon, 393 ;
and Gallicans, 175 ;
hard-line, 378 ;
influence of Jesuits on, 36 ;
oath to Henri IV, 419 ;
in Parlement, 338 , 392 , 397 , 403 , 434 , 438 , 461 ;
religiosity of, 165 ;
takeover of Bureau de Ville, 363
Lincestre (preacher), 374 , 409
Lipsius, Justus, 110 ;
neo-Stoicism of, 111
Lit de justice , 484 ;
of July (1527), 70 -71, 72 -73;
as metaphor for Parlement, 74 ;
origin of, 70 ;
in Rouen (1563), 87 , 295 , 296 n, 297 ;
symbolic value of, 69
Lizet, Pierre:
as abbot of St-Victor, 221 ;
in Berquin case, 193 , 194 , 215 ;
book collection of, 99 ;
in Chambre Ardente, 215 -16;
and Christophe de Thou, 22 , 23 ;
defense of Parlement, 74 , 84 ;
denunciation of evocations, 180 ;
denunciation of heresy, 210 , 211 , 476 ;
entry into Parlement, 10 ;
and Fran-çois Olivier, 19 ;
on iconoclasm, 202 ;
integrity of, 216 n;
leadership of ultra faction, 23 , 479 ;
on lit de justice , 74 ;
poverty of, 215 ;
as président, 16 , 182 , 183 , 194 -95;
removal from office, 183 , 184 n, 220 -21;
on Roman law, 24 ;
work on customary law, 48
Loire valley.
itinerant courts in, 44
Loisel, Antoine:
on avenues of advancement, 45 ;
career of, 29 -30;
in Chambre de Justice, 30 ;
in chambre mi-partie, 261 n;
depiction of Pasquier, 135 -36, 137 , 139 , 463 ;
during domination of League, 31 , 135 ;
early life of, 29 ;
friendship with Pasquier, 27 , 135 ;
in Henri IV's rehabilitation of Parlement, 435 ;
on Jean Jouvenal des Ursins, 467 ;
on Jean Le Maistre, 409 ;
on legal education, 98 ;
le-
Loisel, Antoine (continued )
gal scholarship of, 105 ;
on loyalty to monarch, 421 ;
on nobility, 130 ;
on Pax Romana, 107 ;
purge of Parlement registers, 434 ;
in "scholarly Pléiade," 28,135 ;
as spokesman of Parlement, 184 , 463 , 464 ;
work on customary law, 66 .
Works: "Dialogue des avocats du Parlement du Paris," 30 , 82 n, 93 , 116 , 119 , 135 -40, 463 ;
Homonoee ou l'Accord et union des subjets du Roy , 419 ;
Institutes coutumières , 30 -31;
La Puce , 30
Lollardy, 175
Longueville, duc de, 254
Lorraine, cardinal of. See Charles, cardinal de Lorraine
Lorraine, house of. See Guise-Lorraine faction
Lothair (king of France), 334
Louis, prince de Condé. See Condé, Louis (prince de)
Louis IX (king of France):
Gallican church under, 88 ;
in history of Gaillard, 113
Louis XI (king of France):
appointments to Parlement, 42 -43, 44 ;
expansion of royal domain, 43 ;
Louis XII (king of France):
accession to throne, 43 ;
on composition of Parlement, 8 -9;
creation of judicial offices, 9 ;
Parlement during, 71 ;
patronage of Seyssel, 15 ;
renovation of Grand' Chambre, 70
Louis XIII (king of France), 76
Louis XIV (king of France), absolutism of, 59
Louis d'Orléans, assassination of, 373
Louise de Savoie:
and Chambre des En-quêes, 10 ;
conflict with Parlement, 72 , 177 , 195 -201, 208 ;
death of, 204 ;
defense of Paris, 179 ;
evocation of Grand Conseil, 198 ;
Journal of, 190 ;
negotiations with Charles V, 199 ;
Parlement's support of, 157 ;
regency of, 14 , 77 , 84 , 92 ;
religious beliefs of, 190 -91;
Robertet's aid to, 9
antiquarianism of, 36 ;
on nobility, 50 ;
on royal domain, 68
Luillier, Guillaume, 218
Luillier, Jean, 430 ;
and duc de Mayenne, 423 -24;
in Estates of the League, 402
Luillier, Madeleine, 18
Luillier family, 14
Luther, Martin, 164 ;
banning of works, 194 ;
L'Estoile on, 171 ;
pamphlets of, 189
Lutheranism, 25 ;
doctrines of, 204
Luxembourg, duc de, 444
Lyons:
civil war in, 271 ;
immigrants from, 43 ;
surrender to Henri IV, 424