the age of religious wars
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The Age of Religious Wars. Part One: France. The French Wars 1562-1598. The persecution of Huguenots John Calvin exiled French monarchs held Huguenots punishable by the Inquisition. Charles V’s son has a mishap which would cause chaos in France. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Age of Religious WarsPart One: France
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The French Wars 1562-1598
• The persecution of Huguenots
• John Calvin exiled
• French monarchs held Huguenots punishable by the Inquisition.
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Charles V’s son has a mishap which would cause chaos in
France.• Henry II was jousting
when he gets lanced through his visor, killing him.
• The sickly Francis II takes the throne only to die one year later.
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Three families contend for the French crown.
• The Guises
• The Bourbons
• Montmorency- Chatillon
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People join Calvinist churches to protest the Guise-led monarchy
• 2/5 of France’s aristocracy were Huguenots.
• Wanted something similar to the Peace of Augsburg.
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Catherine de Medicis
• Sought Protestant Allies.
• January Edict- Protestants could worship freely outside towns.
• Then all of the sudden…
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Geez Guise• Duke of Guise surprised Protestant
congregation and massacred them, sparking the religious war.
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The Hesitation• Conde and Coligny- Bourbon did not act
• Catherine and son gave in to the demands of the mighty Guises.
• Hey Ladies!
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Payback• The Duke of Guise is assassinated in
the 1st French religious war. 1562-63
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1568-1570
• Conde killed, Coligny- a brilliant strategist leads the Huguenots.
• Granted the right to worship in their territories and fortify their cities.
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Playing both sides
• Catherine wanted a Catholic France and began siding w/ the Guises.
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A Scary Day…
• August 22, 1572, Coligny was shot/ killed.
• Catherine was involved in the plot with the Guises.
• In a panic, she sent word to Charles IX that a Huguenot coup was after them.
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
• August 24, 1572. 3000 Huguenots were butchered in Paris. 17000 more in the following days.
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Wars to come…• Protestants throughout Europe saw the
massacre as a threat to their ways of life.
• Force can be used if necessary to stop tyranny.
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Henry III felt the pinch between the Catholic League and Huguenots
• The Peace of Beaulieu granted Huguenots religious freedom.
• One year later the Catholic League’s pressure on Henry makes him take it back.
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What happened next?
• Henry III attempted to destroy the League who now had Spain as an ally. He lost.
• He had more Guises assassinated.
• He was then forced to go to Henry of Navarre, a Huguenot leader, for help.
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Henry III killed, it may surprise you!
• Henry III was struck down by an enraged Dominican friar!
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Henry IV ascends to the throne.
• Spain won’t stand for a Protestant ruler.
• Henry’s support grew, he converted to Catholicism to save France and makes Protestantism tolerable.
• By 1596, the Catholic League was dispersed and gone.
• No more religious wars in France
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Edict of Nantes
• Huguenots get: the right to public worship, assembly, admission to public office/ universities, and fortified towns.
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Guess what happened next!• Henry IV was assassinated by a
Catholic fanatic
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Read 397- 402 on Spain
• Sinbad wants you to describe how religious wars came to Spain and the Netherlands, listing important events, people, etc. He knows all!!!