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Wars of Religion: 1559-1648French Civil Wars
Hapsburg-Valois Wars (c. 1519-1559)
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis 1559 Ended period of
dynastic wars Initiated period of
religious wars France kept HRE
from gaining hegemony in Germany
Spain got control of Sicily, Naples, and Milan
Wars of Religion 1560-1648 wars
fought largely over religious issues Spain to squash
Protestantism in Western Europe and Islam in Mediterranean
French Catholics to squash Huguenots
HRE to re-impose Catholicism
Calvinist Netherlands to break away from Spanish rule
Civil war in England between Puritans and Anglicans
French Civil Wars
9 wars (1562-1598) Death of Henry II in 1559
Three week sons could not provide the necessary leadership
Carherine de Médici Nobles convert to
Calvinists Upper class-surface issue Lower classes fueled by
preachers
St. Bartholomew Day Massacre(Aug 24, 1572)
Marriage of Margaret of Valois to Protestant Henry of Navarre
Leader of Catholic aristocracy Henry of Guise had leader of Huguenot party murdered
12000-20000 Huguenots killed 8/24-10/3 ordered by Catherine de Médicis
War of the Three Henrys
Henry IV (Henry of Navarre)(r. 1589-1610)
Ended the French Civil Wars
Was a politique Political solutions Converted to Catholicism
to gain loyalty of Paris “Paris is worth a mass”
Edict of Nantes 1598 a degree of religious toleration to Huguenots Worship Universities, public office,
fortified towns More like a truce in the
religious wars
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