HIS387H1 Lecture Notes - Marguerite De Navarre, House Of Bourbon, Henry Iii Of France
12 Sep 2013
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On may 14, 1610, the first bourbon king, henry iv (of navarre) is assassinated by. This causes a sense of anxiety among the population because they realize that religious hatred is not yet dead. Religion (1562-1598), and are afraid of another civil war. Furthermore, the bourbon dynasty was still young, with the heir, louis xiii only 8 years old. This means that there would have to be a regency, held by the italian marie de m dicis, who was not trusted. There were also some rebellions by the cond . The french wars of religion was a war between the french calvinists (huguenots) and the catholics. While there were 20 million catholics, there were only 2 million calvinists. But, 40% of the nobility had concerted to protestantism. The wars are also a war of resistance and demonstrate the weakness of the valois dynasty. In the wars of religion, the crown generally sided with the catholics.
