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15 Cards in this Set
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Catherine de'Medici
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Italian widow of King Henry II of France. She attempted to govern the country for her royal sons, two of whom died, and the third who died in 1589.
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Duke of Guise
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Led the Catholic party against the Huguenots
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Henry of Navarre
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King of a small independent kindgom between France and Spain, led the Huguenots
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Admiral de Coligny
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Also led the Huguenots
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Jean Bodin
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French political philosopher who was the first to develop the modern theory of sovereignty
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Richelieau
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Took over running France in the name of Marie de'Medici and her son Louis XIII
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Marie de'Medici
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Widow of Henry IV, ruled France until giving control of the affairs to the Cardinal Richelieu
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Louis XIII
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The young son of Henry IV and Marie de'Medici
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
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Called by Catherine de'Medici; thousands of Huguenots were dragged from their beds after midnight and unceremoniously murdered.
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Gallican liberties
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The freedom that the French clergy had long-struggled for
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Huguenots
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French Protestants who were one of the factions in the civil war in France
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politiques
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People that were willing to overlook the religious ideas of people in different churches as long as they would simply obey the king and go peaceably about their business
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"Paris is worth a Mass"
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Supposedly said by Henry IV in 1593 when he abjured the Calvinist faith and became Catholic
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Edict of Nantes
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Guaranteed security and an extent of religious freedom to the Protestants living in France
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parlements
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French parliaments
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