A Royal House (4)

Battle lines were being drawn in more ways than one. Jeanne d’Albret, Queen of Navarre, had thrown in her lot with the French Huguenots. So had the highest military commander of France, Admiral Coligny. Ministers were coming into France who had been trained in the doctrines of the sovereignty of God under men such as Calvin and Beza. Sometimes these ministers came in openly and served their churches freely. Mostly they came in secretly and served in churches unknown to any but those belonging...