This first report is on pages up to 115 out of 479, or Part I. Youth and Humility, of Catherine de’ Medici by Jean Heritier. Catherine de’ Medici was born in Florence, Italy on April 13th 1519. Her family was the ruling power in Florence at the time because of their successful banking business. Both of her parents died within a month of her birth, and at age nine she was sent to live in a convent until she was ready to marry. When she was 14, her great-uncle Pope Clement VII arranged to marry her to the second son of Francois I, King of France, Henri II. The King and the rest of the French public quickly realised that Catherine’s rank was somewhat low to be marrying a prince, and that her dowry should have been larger. However, Francois I
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The rule of the Guises was filled with religious desputes, and when Francois died at only 16 and his 9 year old brother became King, Catherine was made Governor of …show more content…
III, and I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about, making it slightly hard to follow. I found out that the Huguenot Wars is the name for the fighting that occurred between 1562 and 1598 between Catholics and Protestants, or Huguenots. Catherine de’ Medici showed compassion towards the Huguenots, as they were growing in numbers in her kingdom, but this angered the Catholic Guises. Their supporters attacked a protestant congregation at Vassy, angering the provinces. This massacre was followed by many smaller fights, eventually ending in compromise in 1570. In 1572, a Huguenot leader, Gaspard II de Coligny, was murdered, and Civil war plagued France for four more years. In 1576, another compromise was made, allowing the Protestants freedom of worship. The peace did not last long, as in 1584, a Huguenot, Henry of Navarre, became heir to the Throne. This apparently led to another war under another name, The War of the Three Henrys, a war within a war. The Three Henrys were Henry of Navarre, the previously mentioned Huguenot heir, King Henry III of France, a moderate and the son of Catherine de Medici, and Henri I de Lorraine, duc de Guise, an extreme Catholic. I was curious as to how Henry of Navarre got to be heir to the throne, and I think royal family trees are super cool, so I looked it up and I will try to explain it clearly. So Catherine and
The rule of the Guises was filled with religious desputes, and when Francois died at only 16 and his 9 year old brother became King, Catherine was made Governor of …show more content…
III, and I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about, making it slightly hard to follow. I found out that the Huguenot Wars is the name for the fighting that occurred between 1562 and 1598 between Catholics and Protestants, or Huguenots. Catherine de’ Medici showed compassion towards the Huguenots, as they were growing in numbers in her kingdom, but this angered the Catholic Guises. Their supporters attacked a protestant congregation at Vassy, angering the provinces. This massacre was followed by many smaller fights, eventually ending in compromise in 1570. In 1572, a Huguenot leader, Gaspard II de Coligny, was murdered, and Civil war plagued France for four more years. In 1576, another compromise was made, allowing the Protestants freedom of worship. The peace did not last long, as in 1584, a Huguenot, Henry of Navarre, became heir to the Throne. This apparently led to another war under another name, The War of the Three Henrys, a war within a war. The Three Henrys were Henry of Navarre, the previously mentioned Huguenot heir, King Henry III of France, a moderate and the son of Catherine de Medici, and Henri I de Lorraine, duc de Guise, an extreme Catholic. I was curious as to how Henry of Navarre got to be heir to the throne, and I think royal family trees are super cool, so I looked it up and I will try to explain it clearly. So Catherine and