HIST-308 Lecture 90: Jeanne's reforms
9 Apr 2020
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Jeanne was introduced to the reforms by her mother. Marguerite never fully broke with the institutional church. In 1560, jeanne openly made calvin"s teachings the official version of christianity within. To jeanne and the huguenots was at first measured. This was due to the fact that tensions surrounding the reformation got entangled with aristocratic infighting: guide and conde. Two of the more powerful noble houses in france, guise and conde, took sides. With their aristocratic rivalry now involved, france was all set to descent into a series of wars of religion: french wars of religion. Without getting into all of the gory details. Let is suffice to say that the wars of religion led to bloodshed. The bloody climax was the mob riot of the st. bartholomew"s day massacre. Catherine may have approved: a divisive marriage. The more proximate cause for the massacre was a massive catholic reaction against a marriage that catherine helped arrange.
