HUMAN-111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Salic Law, Jousting
24 Sep 2020
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Francis ii, r. 1559 60: legitimate king at 15, age of majority for kings was 13, was very impressionable, reign ended quickly, died in 1560. Francis ii followed by his two brothers, whose reigns were also short. Three successive, short reigns throw stability of france into question, ends the valois line of kings. Factions are created, political fragmentation threatens stability. France had salic law that prevented women from becoming rulers: she was italian, she was foreign, she was bourgeois, single, machiavellian. Guise was chosen by king of scotland as his wife. Henry iv of navarre, 1553 1610, r. 1589 1610: was calvinist, was first bourbon king, but converted to catholicism. Louis, prince of conde, 1530-69: was leading of calvinist(huguenot) faction in wars of religion, was calvinist from 1558: married a calvinist noblewoman. Two groups, bourbon and montmorency, two powerful families that emerge as leaders of the protestant faction of wars of religion.
