Status ecclesiæ gallicanæ, or, The ecclesiastical history of France from the first plantation of Christianity there, unto this time, describing the most notable church-matters : the several councils holden in France, with their principal canons : the most famous men, and most learned writers, and the books they have written, with many eminent French popes, cardinals, prelates, pastours, and lawyers : a description of their universities with their founders : an impartial account of the state of the Reformed chuches in France and the civil wars there for religion : with an exact succession of the French Kings / by the authour of the late history of the church of Great Britain.

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Status ecclesiæ gallicanæ, or, The ecclesiastical history of France from the first plantation of Christianity there, unto this time, describing the most notable church-matters : the several councils holden in France, with their principal canons : the most famous men, and most learned writers, and the books they have written, with many eminent French popes, cardinals, prelates, pastours, and lawyers : a description of their universities with their founders : an impartial account of the state of the Reformed chuches in France and the civil wars there for religion : with an exact succession of the French Kings / by the authour of the late history of the church of Great Britain.
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Geaves, William.
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London :: Printed for Thomas Passenger ... and Ralph Smith ...,
1696 [i.e. 1676]
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"Status ecclesiæ gallicanæ, or, The ecclesiastical history of France from the first plantation of Christianity there, unto this time, describing the most notable church-matters : the several councils holden in France, with their principal canons : the most famous men, and most learned writers, and the books they have written, with many eminent French popes, cardinals, prelates, pastours, and lawyers : a description of their universities with their founders : an impartial account of the state of the Reformed chuches in France and the civil wars there for religion : with an exact succession of the French Kings / by the authour of the late history of the church of Great Britain." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42559.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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The Table of the First Part.

A.
  • ABbey of St. Badour. Page 34
  • Abbey of Lexovien. Page 32
  • Abbey of Shelles. Page 34
  • Abbey of St. Gallus. Page 56
  • Agelom a Monk of Luxovia. Page 62
  • Agobard Bishop of Lyons. Page 62
  • Agoiland the Saracen, his Treache∣ry and Death. Page 56
  • Alcuinus, a Learned Man, in the time of Charles the Great. p. 41 Governour of the Monastery of St. Martin. Page 45
  • Alcimus Bishop of Vienna. Page 27
  • Amandus Bishop of Bourdeaux. Page 13
  • Amandus Bishop of Paris. Page 33
  • D' Amboise, and Ascanius Cardi∣nals. Page 185
  • The Bishop of Ambian, a great Law∣yer, against the Fryars hearing of Confessions, &c. Page 148
  • The Battel at Agin-Court, where ten thousand French were slain. Page 163
  • Alanus of Chartres, Secretary to King Charles VII.
  • Antonius de Rosellis, a famous Reader of the Law. Page 172
  • Andoclus a Martyr. Page 8
  • Angisus Abbot of Lobien. Page 56
  • Ambrose Ansbert a good Writer. Page 67
  • Anselm Bishop of Laon, betrayeth Charles of Lorrain with his Wife and Children unto his Ene∣mies. Page 69
  • The Cardinal of Arles. Page 171
  • An Assembly of the Prelates at Tours, called by King Lewes XII. Page 186
  • Aponius, a Writer of divers Books. Page 38
  • Jacobus Amiotus, Abbot of Belle∣sona. Page 209
  • Aphordisius, first Pastor of Bour∣ges in France. Page 2
  • A great Army against the Albigen∣ses. Page 104
  • Arnalt, Bishop of Orleans, against the Pope's power over the French Bishops. Page 69
  • Arnulph, Bishop of Metz, a Learned and good Man. Page 32
  • Arnulph, a singular Preacher. Page 85
  • George, Cardinal of Armignag. Page 214
  • Avitus, Bishop of Vienna; he con∣verted the Burgundians to the Faith of Christ. Page 22
  • Audoenus, Bishop of Roven. Page 35
  • Austregesil, Bishop of Bourdeaux, Page 33

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B.
  • BAvo, a Ro••••er, Converted by Amandus. Page 33
  • Cardinal Bettone, Arch-Bishop of Avignon. Page 174
  • Peter Bertrand, Bishop of Edven, his Speech. Page 136
  • Theodore Beza, a Learned Prote∣stant Divine, his Works. Page 216
  • Frequent Meetings of Bishops at Or∣leans. Page 22, 23
  • Bertram, an Holy Man, and singular Writer. Page 64
  • Berengarius, the first that was ac∣counted an Heretick for denying Transubstantiation. Page 73
  • Bernard, a Monk of Clugny. Page 190
  • St. Bernard, Abbot of Clarevaux his story. Page 87, 88, 89
  • Ann du Bourg, a famous Prote∣stant, burnt for the Truth. Page 214
  • William Brissonnet, a Godly French Bishop. Page 193
  • Peter de Bruce, he Preacheth a∣gainst the Popes. Page 92
  • Pope Boniface VIII. affirmeth that the Realm of France is a Bene∣fice of the Papal Majesty. p. 127. He put France under an Inter∣dict. ibid. He investeth the Em∣perour Albert, King of France. Page 128
  • Bruno, the Founder of the Order of the Carthusians. Page 83
  • Queen Blanch worshippeth St. Ed∣mond at Canterbury. Page 112
  • William Budaeus, Secretary to King Francis I. his Library-keeper, and afterwards his Counsellour, his works. Page 189
  • Cardinal Bellay. ibid
  • William Bellay, a Learned Noble∣man. Page 190
  • Stephen Brulifer, a Doctor of Sor∣bon, and Franciscan. Page 172
C.
  • JOhn Calvin, his Learning and Industriousness. Page 193
  • Dr. John Castellan, a sincere Preacher of the Word in France, and Martyr. Page 194
  • The beginning of the Cistercian Or∣der. Page 83
  • Clovis I. the first Christian King of France, his story from Page 18
  • ad Page 22
  • Caesarius Bishop of Arles. Page 22
  • Charles the Great made Emperour of the West by the Pope. Page 44
  • He subdueth the Saxons, and redu∣ceth them to the Christian Faith. Page 45
  • Claudius, Bishop of Auxerre. Page 41
  • Jodocus Clichtoveus, a Learned Man of Paris. Page 184
  • Philip de Commines, an Historio∣grapher. Page 178
  • King Charles VII. reduceth all to his obedience, which was subdued to the English, except Calais. Page 164

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  • When the Cardinals were first shut up in a Conclave at the Election of the Pope. Page 120
  • Charles of Guise, Arch-Bishop of Rhemes, and Charles of Ven∣dosme made Cardinals. Page 206
  • Crescens one of the first Preachers in France. Page 2
  • Columban, an Holy Man. Page 33
  • Councils at Matiscon. Page 24, 25
  • A Council at Orleans. Page 23, 24
  • A Council at Poictiers. Page 26
  • A Council at Auxerre. Page 33
  • Councils at Cabillon, or Chalon, Page 34 & 52
  • A Council at Franckford. Page 42
  • A Council at Mentz. Page 46
  • Councils at Rhemes. Page 48, 68, 69, 84, 89
  • A Council at Clermont. Page 80
  • A Council at Tours. Page 49
  • A Council at Arles. Page 54
  • Councils at Lyons. Page 57, 111 & 119
  • Councils at Paris. Page 58 & Page 93
  • A Council at Meaux. Page 59
  • A Council at Pistis. ibid
  • A Council at Acciniacum. Page 60
  • A Council called by Pope John in France. Page 64
  • A Council at Soissons. Page 99
  • A Council at Bourges. Page 106
  • The Council of Constance. There it was decreed, that a Council lawfully assembled is above the Pope. Page 162
  • Charles the Great banisheth the Am∣brosian service, and establisheth the Gregorian. Page 55
  • A general Complaint made against the Clergy of France, by the Court of France, and all the Judges of France accusing them of many a∣buses. Page 145
D.
  • KIng Dagobert built the Temple of St. Denis, which hath since been the Sepulchre of the French Kings. Page 32
  • Francis Duraneus, a Learned Law∣yer. Page 208.
  • Durandus, a famous Lawyer and Divine. Page 142, 143
  • Dionisius, Bishop of Paris. Page 9
E.
  • ELigius, a Bishop. Page 35
  • Claudius Espencaeus, a Doctor of Sorbon, his Learned Writings Page 191
  • Eucherius, Bishop of Lyons. Page 15
  • Eustasius, Abbot of Lexovien. Page 32
  • Exuperius. Bishop of Tholouse. Page 13
F.
  • JAcobus Faber, a learned French∣man. Farel and Calvin were his Scholars. Page 183
  • Faustus, of an Abbot made Bishop of Rhegium in France. Page 20
  • France divided into divers Facti∣ons

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  • in the time when King Hen∣ry V. invaded it. Page 163
  • Fulco, Arch-Bishop of Rhemes murthered in the Council of Rhemes. Page 68
  • Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres, a lear∣ned Man. Page 72
  • Fursius, Foilan, and Ultan, built Monasteries in France. Page 35
  • King Francis the first, a Founder of Learning in Paris. Page 190
  • A contention between the Fryars of Paris, and the French Prelates. Page 148, 149, 150
G.
  • GAnderious, Bishop of Lyons. Page 34
  • Robert Gagwin, a French Histo∣rian. Page 183
  • John Gerson, a famous Divine of Paris, his Learning and Works. Page 164, 165
  • Gerebert, Arch-Bishop of Rhemes. p. 70. He wrote the Apology of the French Church. Page 71
  • Gotteschalk, his opinions. Page 63
  • Godfrey of Bovillon; chosen King of Jerusalem. Page 83
  • Gratian, a Preacher at Tours. Page 9
  • Gratian, the compiler of the Pope's Decrees. Page 101
  • Gregory, Bishop of Tours. Page 30
  • A strife between the Gray Fryars, Prelates, and Doctors of Paris. Page 114, 115
  • Gregory de Arimino opposeth the Parisian Doctors in the Article of Justification. Pope Gregory XII. translates his Seat back again from Avignon to Rome. Page 152, 153
  • When the Gospel began to be Preach∣ed in France by Peter Sebevilla. Page 192
  • Gul. de Sto. Amore, a Doctor of Paris. Page 111
  • Gul. de alta Petra, Bishop of Pa∣ris. Page 108
  • Guilem, an Abbot, he wrote the Life of St. Bernard. Page 92
  • Wesselus Gansfort, a Master in the Ʋniversity of Paris. Page 172
H.
  • HAyabad a Franciscan, Preach∣ed in Avignon before Pope Clement, that the Church of Rome is the Whore of Babylon, and the Pope and his Cardinals are Antichrist. Page 147
  • King Henry II. kill'd by Earl Montgomery with a Lance. Page 213
  • King Charles VI, puts the bearer of the Pope's Bulls to the punishment called the Honorary Amends. ibid
  • King Henry V. of England warreth in France, and dyeth there. Page 164
  • Henry VI. an Infant, is Crowned K. at Paris. ibid

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  • Herebald, Bishop of Auxerre. Page 62
  • Hildebert, Arch-Bishop of Tours. Page 78
  • Hinckmarus Arch-bishop of Rhemes Page 60, 61
  • Hinckmarus, Bishop of Laon. Page 60
  • Hilary, Bishop of Poictiers in France. Page 11
  • Hilary, first Bishop of Arles. Page 15
I.
  • IRenaeus, his story. Page 6, 7, 8
  • Jews banished out of France, by King Dagobert. p. 33. And by Philip Augustus. Page 93
  • Ivo, Arch-Bishop of Chartres, a Vas∣sal to Pope Urban II. He wrote divers Epistles to him. Page 79, 80
  • Joan of Arc, her Story, her Valour, Success and Death. Page 168
  • Indulgences granted to divers Chur∣ches, Brother-hoods, and Hospi∣tals. Page 218, 219, 220
  • Pope John XXII. erected the Church of Tholouse into an Arch-Bi∣shoprick: and divided the Dio∣cess of Tholouse into six Bi∣shopricks. Page 144
  • King John and his Son Philip are taken Prisoners by Edward the Black Prince, and carried into England. Page 148
  • James de Paradiso of Chartres, he wrote a little after the Council of Basil. Page 170
L.
  • LAndilenus, Bishop of Vienna. Page 34
  • Lazarus, first Pastor of Marseilles. Page 2
  • Good Laws enacted by King Lewes IX. Page 116
  • A League among the French Nobi∣lity against the Pope. Page 115
  • Launmarus of Chartres, a renown∣ed Fryar. Page 22
  • Leporius a French Monk, a Nesto∣rian. Page 20
  • A Letter sent in the name of St. Peter. Page 39
  • Vincentius Lirinensis. He wrote a∣gainst the Pelagians and Nesto∣rians. Page 18
  • The Emperour Lewes imprisoned in the Monastery of St. Medard at Soissons. Page 57
  • Lotharius becometh a Monk in the Abbey of Pluviers. When the Pope's Legates came first to the Councils of France. Page 59
  • King Lewes IX. lost all his Army and himself, ith his two Brethren, Alphonso and Charles, are taken Prisoners in Egypt. Page 113
  • The Principal Laws observed in the Creation of the Pope. Page 120, 121
  • Lupus, Bishop of Troyes. Page 17
  • Lupus, Bishop of Sens. Page 33
  • Lupus, Abbot of Ferraria. Page 63
  • Letters passed between King Philip

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  • ... the fair, and Boniface VIII. Page 128, 129
  • A Letter of the French Prelates sent to Pope Boniface VIII. Page 131, 132
  • Many Lutherans commanded to be put to death in Paris by King Henry II. Page 207
M.
  • CLaudius Mammertus Bishop of Vienna. Page 17
  • Margaret Queen of Navar, Sister to King Francis 1. her memoires, and poetical works. Page 191
  • A Table of French Martyrs. Page 175, ad 200
  • Martyrs at Lyons and Vienna Page 3, 4 &c.
  • Maurice, Bishop of Anjou. Page 13
  • Martial converted divers Provinces and People in France to the Faith. Page 2
  • Rabanus Maurus, famous in the Ʋ∣niversity of Paris. Page 62
  • St. Martin, Bishop of Turin. Page 13
  • The Monastery of St. Martin near Paris, called des Champs. Page 73
  • John le Mayre, a French Historian Page 183
  • Minerius, a cruel Persecutor of the Albigenses in the Town of Aix in Provence. Page 203
  • Miximus, builder of the Micians Monastery. Page 22
  • Maximinus, first Pastor of Aquens. Page 2
  • Maximinus, a Fryar of Orleans. Page 22
  • John Melrose, Abbot of the Augu∣stinians. Page 41
  • Francis Morellus, President in a Sy∣nod of the Protestants. Page 211
N.
  • WIlliam Nagaretta, Professour of the Laws, his Declara∣tion and Appeal against Pope Bo∣niface VIII. at Paris, before the King and his Council. Page 120
  • Nicholas de Clemangiis, a learned French-man, he wrote against the abuses of the Popes, and Court of Rome. Page 166
O.
  • ODilo, Abbot of Clugny, made Arch-Bishop of Lyons. Page 173
  • Odo, Bishop of Baieux. Page 77
  • Nicholas Orem, he Preacheth before the Pope and his Cardinals at A∣vignon. Page 152
P.
  • MAthias Parisiensis, proveth that the Pope is Antichrist. Page 155
  • The Pastorelli, and their Destructi∣on. Page 114

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  • Paschasius Rathbert, Abbot of Cor∣bey. Page 64
  • Paul of Pisa, Tutor to Charles the Great. Page 41
  • Peregrinus, when he flourished. Page 17
  • Philastrius, Bishop of Breux. Page 13
  • Philip the Apostle, said first to have Preached the Gospel in France. Page 1
  • Postellus, a learned French-man. Page 190
  • Peter Castellan, Bishop of Orleans. Page 191
  • Peter Abailard, an Antitrinitarian. Page 100
  • Peter, Bishop of Clugny. Page 91
  • Peter, a Monk of Paris. Page 100
  • Peter Cantor, he wrote against the Pope, and the Mass-Priests. Page 101
  • Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, the Master of the Sentences. Page 101
  • Peter de Cugneriis his Oration. Page 135
  • The Appeal of King Philip the Fair against Pope Boniface VIII. at Pa∣ris. Page 130
  • Articles of William de Plesiano Knight, read against Boniface VIII. at Paris. ibid.
  • Peter de Aliaco, Cardinal of Cam∣bray, and Chancellour of Paris. Page 169
  • The Pragmatic Sanction of King Charles VII. first made in a Sy∣nod assembled at Bourges. Page 168
  • An Arrest of the Parliament of Pa∣ris, against the Pope's exactions of Annates in France. Page 159
  • Projectus, Bishop of Marseilles. Page 33
  • The Story of Peter the Hermit, a French Pilgrim. Page 80, 81
  • Prosper of Aquitain, when he flourished. Page 17
Q.
  • ST. Quintin, a Preacher and Mar∣tyr. Page 9
R.
  • REmigius, Bishop of Rhemes he baptized King Clovis, and 3000. of his Souldiers with him. Page 20
  • Remigius, Bishop of Lyons, he de∣fended the Doctrine of Gottes∣chalk. Page 63
  • Robert the Norman refuseth the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Page 83
  • John Rochetalada Preacheth, that the Church of Rome is the Whore of Babilon, &c. and is burnt at Avignon. Page 147
  • Rusticus, a Martyr. Page 9
  • Thomas Rhedon, a French Carme∣lite. Page 172
S.
  • SAlvianus, Bishop of Marseilles. Page 17
  • Solonius a good Writer. ibid
  • Salonius, Bishop of Vopinga. Page 26

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  • Sagitarius, Bishop of Ebreduna. Page 26
  • Saturninus, the first Bishop of Tho∣louse. Page 9
  • Paulus Sergius, first Bishop of Nar∣bon in France. Page 2
  • Sebastian, a Martyr. Page 11
  • Sidonius Apollinaris, first Bishop of Clermont. Page 16
  • Henry Stevens, and Robert his Son, Henry, Robert's Son, and Paul the Son of that Henry, all learn∣ed Men, and Printers. Page 204
  • Great contention between the Ma∣sters of Sorbon in Paris, and the Preaching Fryars. Page 114
  • Serenus, Bishop of Marseilles. Page 27
  • The Sect, and Order of Monks cal∣led Stellati, instituted by King John. Page 152
  • The great Schism between the French and Italian Cardinals, after the Death of Pope Gregory XI. about the choice of the Pope. Page 155
T.
  • TRophimus, first Bishop of Arles. Page 1
  • Theodorus, Bishop of Marseilles. Page 30
  • Thevet, a learned French-man. Page 190
V.
  • VIctorinus of Aquitain. Page 21.
  • A Synod at Verceles against Berengarius. Page 74
  • An Assembly of Bishops at Vicenas. Page 138
  • A book written in France, called the Vergers Dream. Page 154
  • Peter Viret, an Eloquent French Divine. Page 194
  • Francis Vatablus, Regis Professor of the Hebrew Tongue in Paris, his Works. Page 205
W.
  • WUlfarius, Arch-bishop of Rhemes. Page 48
  • William, Arch-bishop of Tyre, a very learned Man. Page 93
  • The Waldenses, their Original, and Doctrine. Page 96
X.
  • XYstus, first Pastor of Rhemes. Page 1
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