French toast war
French war 1562-1572
Course of the French War
- War between the Catholics and Huguenots in 1562
- The Saint Bartholomews day massacre where three thousand where killed and followed by twenty thousand more Huguenots where killed.
- King Henri III of France cancelled the treaty as a result of peace that only lasted a few months before the civil war continued
- . Finally ending with Catholic league dissolved and the issuing of the Edic of Nantes granting partial religious freedom of French Protestants and enough to put an end to the series of religious wars between Catholics and Protestants that devestated France from 1562-1598.
- End of French war in 1572
Key Figures of the French War
King Henry II of France
- Henry was the King of Ireland, Scotland, and Whales.
- King Henry was married on October 28, 1533 to Catherine De Medici.
- He is widely known for his persecution of the Protestant Huguenots (A French Protestant denomination) .
- He had them brutally punished with punishments such as burning them alive or cutting out their tongues to hinder the ability to preach their Protestant beliefs.
- Even ones suspected of being a Huguenot were imprisoned for life.
- He was also an avid hunter and jousting participant.
- A piece of silver from the joust imbedded itself through his eye and into his brain.
- Taking over nine days to pass away, it was an unpleasant and excruciating death.
- The loss of King Henry the second led to power struggles for the next forty years.
Henry III of France
- Henry III of France was the son of King Henry II and Catherine De Medici.
- Henry III of France, born in 1551, continued his father's war against the Protestant Huguenots, extending and worsening the 16th-century Wars of Religion.
- He was the last male in line of the Valois dynasty, a fact that stressed his reign.
- He was so selfish that he virtually bankrupt his big kingdom.
- Henry III of France, born in 1551, continued his father's war against the Huguenots, had his brother assassinated and was eventually stabbed to death by a priest.
Catherine De Medici
- Born on April 13, 1519 in Florence, Italy, as Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de' Medici.
- Married to Henry II, son of King Francis and Queen Claude of France, in 1533 .Both of which were 14 at the time.
- After the death of king Henry it caused Catherine to be cast into the political arena while being the mother of a vulnerable fifteen-year-old son-King Francis II. He died in 1560, just a year after his father.
- Charles died in 1574, and Catherine would soon play a key role in the reign of her third son, Henry III. He dispensed with her advice only in the last months of her life. She died on January 5, 1589 from what is suspected to have been pleurisy (the inflammation of the lungs lining).
Henry of Navarre
- Henry IV of France was born in 1553 and died in 1610.
- Henry IV is considered one of the greatest kings of France and was instrumental in ending the French Wars Of Religion.
- A Calvinist , he converted to Catholicism to satisfy the wishes of 90% or more of the population of France.
- In 1572, he married Marguerite de Valois, the daughter of Catherine de Medici in an effort to reconcile all sides in France.
- It was this wedding that attracted the gathering of nobles to Paris and prompted the Massacre of St. Bartholomew`s which rather than reconcile both sides lead to an even deeper split and an enormous hatred between the Huguenots and the Catholics.
The significance of the French War
The people were not allowed to choose their own religion, it led to separation of church and state. A law passed with the Catholic Church. They fought for their right to religion, they took back the choice of religion due to the Edict of Nantes. As soon as the Edict of Nantes was signed, anyone could have the freedom to choose their religion.
Cause of French War
Direct cause was the Saint bartholomews Day Massacure; is where three thousand Huguenots killed in Paris and twenty thousand killed around France.
Course/Summary of The French War
The French war was started between the Catholic league and the Huguenots in 1562-1572.
The Saint Bartholomews day massacre where three thousand where killed and followed by twenty thousand more Huguenots where killed. Soon after King Henri III of France cancelled the treaty as a result of peace that only lasted a few months before the civil war continued. Finally ending with Catholic league dissolved and the issuing of the Edic of Nantes granting partial religious freedom of French Protestants and enough to put an end to the series of religious wars between Catholics and Protestants that devestated France from 1562-1572..
Sources
- http://piedmont.k12.ca.us/phs/faculty/mcowherd/advanced-placement-european-history/primary-sources-unit-four-age-of-exploration-religious-wars/
- http://www.biography.com/people/henry-iii-9335147
- https://docs.google.com/a/stu.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZWFnbGVwbnQuazEyLm9yLnVzfGFwZXVyb3xneDo2ZTViMDhmOTIyZTI3ZDk
- http://www.marlowe-society.org/marlowe/work/massacre/plot/drampers_guises.html
Outcome of the French war.
The over all out come of the French war was cathloic league being dissolved and the issuing of the Edict of Nantes as a peace treaty granting partial religious freedom to the French Protestants was enough to end the series of religious wars between Cathloic and Protestants.
Edic of Nates
The Edic of Nates was signed on April 30, 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was, at the time, still considered essentially Catholic.