HIST 103g Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Pope Urban Viii, Global Governance, Counter-Reformation
Document Summary
Jacques callot, the grand miseries of the war (1633) Not a good time to be an everyday citizen. Hanging a lot of people in the same tree. About power, but at the base they are about religion. Francis ii: @15, dies 1590, dies a year later. Charles ix: @10, dies 1574, dies 14 years later. Not allowed to openly practice protestantism but not supposed to kill them either. Francis dubious, painting of st. bartholemew"s day massacre. People hanging, people getting stabbed, people dragged, throwing people into the river. The nobles aren"t the only ones getting down and dirty. Henry, king of navarre is a protestant heir. Guise becomes kind bc people want him and barricade henry iii"s soldiers. Aka council of blood to people in netherlands and belgium. Frederick v, elector palatine (protestant) vs ferdinand ii of austria (catholic) Marks the end of the holy roman empire power. Religion still causes problems even tho they tried to stop it.
