Duplessis-Mornay
Americannoun
noun
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I have confidence in Duplessis-Mornay; let him play the leading part.
From Catherine De Medici by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
The reconciliation of Henri IV. with the Church of Rome, which delivered France from anarchy, was, however, a grief to some of his most loyal supporters, and of these Duplessis-Mornay was the most eminent.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
Orange was surrounded by men holding the free principles of Duplessis-Mornay and corresponding with him.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
Duplessis-Mornay, the future chief of the Huguenots, was so much oppressed with a sense of coming evil, that he hardly ventured into the streets on the wedding-day.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
Under Henri IV. the city was governed by Duplessis-Mornay, the "pape des Huguenots," becoming practically the metropolis of Protestantism.
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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