1562-98+French+Wars+of+Religion

Aminah & Victoria

(1562-98) || * Catholics (Catherine de Medici) vs. Protestants (Huguenots)
 * **Event & Dates** || **Major Causes** || **Key Events** || **Key Outcomes for Analysis** || **Interesting POV's to consider** ||
 * French Wars of Religion
 * Bourbon vs. Guise vs. Valois
 * 50% of nobility was Huguenots, including Bourbon family
 * Small towns and provinces opposed growing power of a centralized monarchy
 * Wars began when a Duke of Guise massacred peaceful Huguenots in 1562 || * Massacre led to thee days of killing of Huguenots in Paris
 * Huguenots rebuilt strength
 * ultra-Catholics formed "Holy League"
 * War of the Three Henries - turning point in war
 * Henry, Duke of Guise, seized Paris
 * Henry III assassinated Duke of Guise
 * Henry III assassinated
 * Henry of Navarre claimed the throne
 * Henry of Navarre was however not Catholic...said, "Paris is worth a mass," converted to Catholicism, reason of state || * War ended with Henry of Navarre's coronation (detente)
 * Edict of Nantes - guaranteed Huguenots the right to worship, allowed to enjoy political privileges, yet Catholicism was official religion of France
 * Wars showed need for strong government, laid foundation for the growth of the stronger monarchy - Absolutism || * The working people in towns and provinces resisted the growing power of the monarchy
 * Those people's loyalties were based upon their religious beliefs at the time
 * Unity was less important than "religious truth" ||