Some Thoughts on Stoner Alley
By Francis X. Maier One of my favorite, if cynical, figures from Reformation history and Europe's Wars of Religion is Henri de Bourbon. Raised as a committed (Calvinist) Huguenot, he succeeded to the French throne as Henri IV. But in a dominantly Catholic nation, he faced fierce resistance. So he did the pragmatic thing. He converted. His motives may have been dubious. But a line attributed to him – it's not clear that he ever actually said it – echoes down through the centuries: Paris vaut bien une Messe; "Paris is well worth a Mass." Simply put, he did what he needed to do to get what he…
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