French Wars of Religion

EUROPEAN HISTORY (1440-1650) The french wars of religion happened in the 1562-1598. Starting with the huguenots who are french protestants. They were scattered throughout france, they were mainly in commercial centers. France had substantial protestants minority, There was lots of conflicts between the catholics and the protestants. The center of these conflicts was Catherine de medici the queen of France who was from medici family from italy and married into the french royal family. She controlled france with her three sons and the last of the volu dynasty. Catherine was considered the most powerful woman of france. She was behind the most noteworthy event of the French Wars of Religion called the st. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Around 20,000 protestants were killed during this massacre. King henry the fourth defeated also known as henry of navarre was the protestant ruler of navarre was a huguenots. Henry the fourth defeated the catholic league in the last of the war of religion. He was the first french monarch of the House of Bourbon. He also was a protestant who became king in a overwhelming…

CH 12 Age of religious wars Matthew Bauchert RENEWED RELIGIOUS STRUGGLE PG 390 -392 • Peace of Augsburg – legal Lutheranism in HRE but not Calvinists and Anabaptists • After council of Trent-Jesuits launch global counter-offensive against Protestantism • Intellectuals preach tolerance before politicians • Castellio comments of killing of Servetus by calvin • Politiques- rulers who urged tolerance, moderation, and compromise • Catholics and Protestants struggle for control of France,…

They both caused conflict in the government and tension between common people, but France did not fall after a new religion was introduced, and Rome did. I viewed the Guises as similar to the Roman Officials who persecuted Christians, basically just big bullies. The protestant leaders who eventually gained enough power to raise an army against the French government reminded me of Emperor Constantine, because they both were catalysts to the spread of a new religion. These similarities allowed me…

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…

In the 16th Century, religion divided Europe. However, a hand full of rulers influenced their countries and led them towards success. These rulers were known as politiques. Politiques were rulers or people in places of position that put the success and well being of their states above religious unity. They did not just change how Europe was politically but changed it culturally as well. The rulers accomplished religious stability in their countries, balanced their governments, gained…

a former history professor at Boise State University, neither the Catholics nor the Huguenots were prepared for war, so peace from the war was settled a year later in March of 1668. However, little time had passed before another conflict arose. The Cardinal of Lorraine attempted to kidnap two allies of the Huguenots, The Prince of Condé and Odet de Coligny, a French aristocrat, and this action started the Third War of Religion.The Huguenots lost the two major battles in the Third War, and both…

The breakdown in public order in Paris in the years preceding the St Bartholomew's day massacre played a critical role in the attempted extermination of Huguenots in the city. The three wars that had taken place in the decade before had put massive strain on the crowns coffers and as a result, to cope with this deficit, the King increased the taille in 1571. He also asked for 600 000 livre in March 1571 from the Parisians Parlement in order to pay of the mercenaries needed to fight the…

were first hatched, but found agreement instead. “In the videos, both boys laugh at how simple it was to make others believe what they wanted them to. On camera, they vehemently denied 'copying' any other school shootings - saying they were going to be successful because they were going to die.” This literally showed their insanity and their mental issues. Another factor could be the gun control laws. Back then before it was easy for kids to get guns and nowadays it’s easy for kids to still…

Around the 1630s, French Jesuit missionaries sailed to the St. Lawrence Valley and were inspired by the game of lacrosse played by the Native Americans. Jean de Brebeuf was the first European to document the game in 1636. After recording one of the Huron’s contests, he would officially name the sport “lacrosse.” The reason it is called lacrosse is that Crosse means stick with a curve end, which would look similar to a bishop crozier. Later in the mid-1800s, French residents in Canada would…

The French and Indian War Introduction Have you ever wondered how America won its independence from England? When people came from England to find more land and to have their own religion, they were still under the control of England. Since they arrived, the colonists had to follow everything the king of England said, like taxes and laws that were being passed for these explorers. Then, the colonists got tired of the king of England made a stand for their independence. There was one particular…