EUH 3931 Lecture Notes - Counter-Reformation, Religious Persecution, The Protectorate
3 Mar 2014
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French civil wars (at least 9 wars between 1562-1598: after the death of henry ii in 1559 a power struggle between three noble families for the crown ensued, the throne remained in the fragile control of the. 3 french kings from 1559 to 1589 were dominated by their mother, catherine de. M dicis who as regent fought hard to maintain. Atrocities against rival congregations occurred: st. bartholomew day massacre (august, 24, 1572, marriage of margaret of valois to protestant huguenot. Henry of navarre on this day was intended to reconcile catholics and huguenots: rioting occurred when the leader of catholic aristocracy, henry of guise, had a leader of the. Huguenot party murdered the night before the wedding: catherine de m dicis ordered the massacre of. 20,000 huguenots killed by october 3: the massacre initiated the war of the three. Machiavellian in nature: he converted to catholicism to gain the loyalty of.
