Arizona republican., 1902-04-20

Of this rocr girl scarcely twenty years of age. c9u.d see have l-roEn that r-rerty-lct,r --cors Iatcr 2 paraI d2cree -.-1id declare her innocent. and that Iaz ch.-oi e Jnc ecuipr5r tile @l'l7h cI nc painter. the song oi tne poac. 7Ii J1e p2r cf rha historian would unite to ItIl.Hcrjaij2e "Tae EIaid Of OTieeHe-
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 \ s.roH@ cnntroet to Joan Of A.c, Y ilo E.,s artuatad by jha Eufcst patiiotisla. is Catherine d. MeGici. whose ruling itiss.au Wrss personal ambition. An It. .,ii2l iv birth. daughter Q. I-aven4o de
 Nnii:i, th"j great patron of Hiorsn- ij'e at. "Gs Va# brought to France when tut ,hi.'t."n years old and ni2r- riei ;o Y .s.ri. %uA ur the kirG. u was E", jiN the accession to the throne of hcs c:,c.t son. Francis II, that she lisriuNed her love of power. France at Jkis time. in 17Go. was in a secthins iarul nt C. religious intolerance. The
 Reformation had spread throughout ta- kingdom ard numbered among it's ldh-rsats men b5rs 0t the nobility and man prcnineut as soldiers and states men.
 CsthariEe was Catholic, but she "as no religious zeaiot. prosecuting fer ,31a.icnee' sake; in I9ct. she cared lit ,}- for religion in itself, yct she dis lilzsi tho Prattstants. chiefly h'cdus" their principles appozed the ansolut" despotigl,3 sitn desired to rnaiitain. in order ,o ,irou.nveat (he Guiaas. ] the tenders af inc C3r5alic f3ctiCu. sin" i cnjo:.G jnto secret aliiunle with th' 1 HU. io-e. whom :iie ultimately be- i tf...od. She afjclNard mad" a traair : win Spain to cNt:.p1ta aA h@reticS. i .iac expressly tiocIare'i that shc cnu:d aiioW in irlac- '.G. ono form ur Wor- ship. As ot.or-nlot til.r or Charles iE i her roUer v.aa absliutc. Her name i.f { inielibly associatoG win the massacre cf SJ. Bartholomew. WAicn she insti- ! ga,cd.
 Her seventy years of lie afford 2, dark record of intrigue, treachery and Unprincipled policy, that almost sub i verted the French monarchy. Her ] character won for her the appella tion [ cf "rhc JezebeI of modern history" ] Her arhitrary and tyrann!caI admin , istr2 ton reused the opposition Gf a Ro- 1 mar l3shclic parJy. at the head oi 1 which was har fourth son. the duke O ! -AleGcon. It was generally believed ] that she ccruived at the InachiuatiOns
 lit1-S --Ll u Ills ttliiil. SS-I--- tlls. T. l the fife cf this strange wcnan no sac ! .iice on the altar Of her ambition was ] tee great, net even that ot m2terna ] affection. Having betrayed all whc i ti-usJad her she died in old age, ab- ] hcr.ed ard forsaken.
 MADAM DE 1IAINTENON.
 | The religious civil wars that socurge6 France continued until after the ac- cessioa e Henry " to lhe throne
 Though leader of the ProtssCaut party
 ie conciiiatad and united I'ia.ya by
 formally prGfosS;rG himscir q Catholic This was al"aye considered a stroke 0 exrediency. and tha whole reign O. thi'
 monarch was a sGccs@si i.a of concilla
 tory actions. conducive to the pcac' and prosperity Of the nali1a.
 To secure tho PrCteet@ats perfect lib e.ty Of conscience and the the admin 5stration Of imuaf.ial .iEs5ica l.e pro rnui2lteG the raM3uS !tai1l or Nantes
 The wisdom of tlis measure was dem
 onattajcd hy the unax@mp!sd l"oepai
 fly that prevailed tlvau&f9ol!t Franc during tho ai%hly-s- .Vv2 years tile et.c
 4-:e n force. Never in the history c
 he 1zir.-IofIl hGd literature. science ar' lAe a..s favrissed SO abUndantly a