HUMAN-111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Isabella Clara Eugenia, Misogyny, Protestantism

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMAN-111
• Professor: Halm

Document Summary

Misogyny predisposes all subjects of the realm to oppose the queen. War of the three henry"s: henry iii, henry of navarre, henry of guise. Henry of guise is leading the catholic league. Catholic league trying to find a suitable catholic candidate for the throne. Isabella clara eugenia advanced as catholic queen, but rejected. Henry of guise increasingly eyeing the throne for himself. Catholic league so strong, henry iii loses paris. Parisians are fiercely pro-catholic, makes paris more susceptible. Henry iii was a threat to catholic league because he recognised henry of. 1688: henry iii is fed up with catholic league, assassinates henry of guise. Catholics were furious, a catholic who assassinates a catholic deserves. 1689: henry iii is assassinated by a dominican friar. Catherine de medici dies in same year as henry iii, house valois disappears. Henry iii, on deathbed, names henry of navarre as his heir. France descends into anarchy, peasants fed up with noble factionalism, develop.