The Devils

00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:12,113 at the mercy of any enemy, as weak 462 00:42:12,405 --> 00:42:15,491 and as helpless as a country village. 463 00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:20,747 And with the security of our independence gone, 464 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,708 our freedoms would go, too. 465 00:42:25,126 --> 00:42:29,213 We must write to the King, declare our loyalty 466 00:42:29,505 --> 00:42:33,676 and trust in his wisdom and justice. 467 00:42:38,056 --> 00:42:39,057 No! 468 00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:42,060 All the others if you like, Richelieu. 469 00:42:42,351 --> 00:42:45,104 If you can manage it. But not Loudun. 470 00:42:45,730 --> 00:42:49,192 We once promised dear old Sainte Marthe, the late lamented Governor, 471 00:42:49,484 --> 00:42:52,070 that we would never touch one teeny-weeny stone 472 00:42:52,361 --> 00:42:53,905 of his precious city. 473 00:42:54,655 --> 00:42:58,242 You would surely not expect us to go back on our word'? 474 00:42:58,534 --> 00:43:00,161 No, Your Majesty. 475 00:43:01,329 --> 00:43:02,288 Yes! 476 00:43:05,208 --> 00:43:06,125 Yes! 477 00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:08,795 - Out you go, pretty little birdie. - Fly away. 478 00:43:26,145 --> 00:43:29,357 Another Protestant bird for your bag, Richelieu. 479 00:43:29,649 --> 00:43:31,734 Honorably done, Your Majesty. 480 00:43:34,946 --> 00:43:37,073 Bye-bye, blackbird! 481 00:43:49,252 --> 00:43:52,046 "Father Moussault was a very good man. 482 00:43:52,338 --> 00:43:56,717 "It was God's will, but his death leaves us with a problem. 483 00:43:59,262 --> 00:44:01,430 "We need a new Father Confessor. 484 00:44:03,641 --> 00:44:06,435 "l have never met you, Father Grandier, 485 00:44:07,061 --> 00:44:10,398 "but God has often put you into my thoughts lately." 486 00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:15,695 Bless this ring, O Lord, which we bless in thy name. 487 00:44:16,988 --> 00:44:20,741 May she who is to wear it be ever faithful to her husband. 488 00:44:21,033 --> 00:44:24,579 May she enjoy the peace of mind docile to thy will, 489 00:44:24,871 --> 00:44:27,165 loving and being loved in thee, 490 00:44:28,207 --> 00:44:29,876 as long as life shall last. 491 00:44:30,418 --> 00:44:35,339 "And so Father Grandier, I trust you will become our spiritual director 492 00:44:35,631 --> 00:44:38,509 "and provide us with the guidance we need. 493 00:44:38,801 --> 00:44:40,344 "Yours in Christ." 494 00:45:33,564 --> 00:45:36,442 With this ring, I thee wed. 495 00:45:37,944 --> 00:45:40,112 This gold and silver, I thee give. 496 00:45:41,697 --> 00:45:45,326 With my body, I thee worship. 497 00:45:45,618 --> 00:45:48,329 And with all my worldly gifts, I thee endow. 498 00:45:50,039 --> 00:45:51,540 In the name of the Father 499 00:45:52,625 --> 00:45:54,001 and of the Son 500 00:45:55,044 --> 00:45:56,963 and of the Holy Ghost. 501 00:45:57,588 --> 00:45:58,506 Amen. 502 00:46:21,362 --> 00:46:22,613 Grandier. 503 00:46:28,369 --> 00:46:29,578 Grandier. 504 00:46:48,055 --> 00:46:50,474 We should step out into the sunlight. 505 00:46:50,766 --> 00:46:53,311 Bells should tell the world about us. 506 00:46:53,978 --> 00:46:56,856 It shouldn't be night and as quiet as this. 507 00:46:57,982 --> 00:46:59,984 Dear God, my husband, 508 00:47:01,694 --> 00:47:02,903 kiss me. 509 00:47:16,959 --> 00:47:17,877 Son of a lawyer. 510 00:47:18,169 --> 00:47:20,463 Nephew of the learned Canon Grandier of Sainte. 511 00:47:20,755 --> 00:47:22,631 Educated for 10 years at the Jesuit College of Bordeaux? 512 00:47:22,923 --> 00:47:27,970 As undergraduate, theological student, and after his ordination in 1615 513 00:47:28,262 --> 00:47:29,388 as Jesuit novice. 514 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,224 At 27, after two years of advanced theology and philosophy, 515 00:47:32,516 --> 00:47:33,351 presented by the Jesuits 516 00:47:33,642 --> 00:47:35,644 with the important living at St Peter's in Loudun. 517 00:47:35,936 --> 00:47:36,854 - Made Canon of... - Chal 518 00:47:38,981 --> 00:47:40,566 With a progressive Jesuit upbringing, 519 00:47:40,858 --> 00:47:43,736 it's not surprising your priest is bold and willful. 520 00:47:44,028 --> 00:47:46,030 If he were allowed to become governor of Loudun, 521 00:47:46,322 --> 00:47:48,491 he would defend Catholic and Protestant alike. 522 00:47:48,783 --> 00:47:51,243 And have command of the most heavily fortified town 523 00:47:51,535 --> 00:47:53,037 in all Poitou, Your Eminence. 524 00:47:53,329 --> 00:47:56,957 As long as Loudun stands, we will never gain control of the Southwest. 525 00:47:57,249 --> 00:47:59,668 Its fortifications must be demolished. 526 00:47:59,960 --> 00:48:03,214 With the masonry, we could use to build your new town of Richelieu. 527 00:48:03,506 --> 00:48:06,592 Except the rebel pri