Protestantism in France From Death of Henry IV to the Revolution - James Aitken Wylie

ecoming somewhat obscure, that we wish to
follow.
The year after the king's accession (1611) the
Protestant nobles met at Saumur, and held one of
those political assemblies which they had planned
for the regulation of religious interests after the
abjuration of Henry IV.
The illustrious Duplessis-Mornay was elected
president, and the famous Pastor Chaumier was
made vice-president. The convocation consisted of
seventy persons in all – noblemen, ministers,
delegates from the Tiers Etat, and deputies from
the town of La Rochelle: in short, a Huguenot
Parliament. The Government, though reluctantly,
had granted permission for their meeting; and their
chief business was to elect two deputies-general, to
be accepted by the court as the recognized heads of
the Protestant body. The assembly met. They
refused simply to inscribe two names in a bulletin
and break up as the court wished; they sat four
months, discussed the matters affecting their
interests as Protestants, and asked of the
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