HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Toleration
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Cdm was catholic, though her motives were political and not religious. 1572: she feared that she was losing her influence over her weak son, king. Admiral de coligny, a protestant noble, became the king"s closest adviser. To keep her position as the power of the throne, she had coligny killed. At first, c9 objected to his mother"s scheme. However, he eventually yielded to her, but he requested that she would kill all the. With cdm"s complete approval, catholic mobs in paris hunted for protestant neighbors, dragged them from bed, and murdered them. On that same day, a hired killer assassinated coligny. The valois dynasty ended: after the bartholomews" day massacre, french politics became even more violent and confused. His younger brother, henry iii, was to become the last valois king of france. Thought he reigned for 15 years, he did not rule due to the intense civil wars that happened during the time.
