A CLICKER QUESTION80% gets it, we draw for a point

• The English Reformation was peculiar because the government broke with Rome…A. after the pope took the side of the nobility against the king

B. after it took the side of France in a political dispute

C. after Catholic Spain attempted to invade England

D. when there was no theological (religious ideas) dispute between king and pope

E. after Protestantism had already come to dominate English religious life

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French wars of religion!1559-1598 (While Elizabeth I rules England)

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SO FRANCE IN 1559

• Just finished the Hapsburg-Valois Wars (war between royal families)• Charles V dies in 1558• War ends with Treaty of

Cateau-Cambresis of 1559

• Consequences• France messing with

Hapsburg power in Germany

• Calvinism spreading like wildfire in France• French Calvinists –

Huguenots!

The Valois FamilyThe beginning of the end

• While celebrating the treaty, Henry II dies• Poked in the eye by a lance during a jousting

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The Valois FamilyThe beginning of the end

• Three weak sons followed…• Francis II• Charles IX• Henry III

• Catherine de Medici controlled the sons and looked to keep the Valois in command• She was mother to all three boys/men• Put politics over religion and played both sides in

the upcoming civil war• SHE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT.

CATHERINE DE MEDICI“The Shopkeeper’s Daughter”

daughter of lorenzo the magnificent

THE SONS

Francis II

Charles IX

Henry III

THE FAMILIES

• THREE FAMILIES HAVE INFLUENCE• VALOIS – THE CATHOLIC RULING FAMILY• GUISE – SUPER CATHOLIC• BOURBON – STRONG HUGUENOT FAMILY

• Next in line if Valois line runs out

Question

• How do Henry II die?• Dinosaurs• Anthrax• Killed by mercenaries of the Pope• A horrible accident at a jousting tournament• Chuck Norris

40-50% of French Noblesare Huguenots

Why?

Major fighting begins in 1562

How does fighting start?

• January Edict (1562)• Catherine allows Huguenots the right to worship

freely in the fields• Catholics are furious…triggers violence against

Huguenots

TEN YEARS LATER…

• Catherine eventually supports Guises she’s afraid Huguenots are trying to corrupt her son, Charles IX

• Daughter of Catherine and Bourbon Henry of Navarre getting married in 1572 – creates a peace• On night before, Catherine/Charles IX order

massacre of all the Huguenots who have come to Paris

ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S DAY MASSACRE

August 24, 1572

5K-30K Huguenots killedThe Pope loves it!

Charles IX DIES FROM GRIEF

Henry III becomes KING

Question

• The primary religious group behind the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was…• Scientologists• Catholics• Huguenots• Muslims• Baptists

THE BIG, HAIRY, UGLY QUESTION FOR PROTESTANTS…

YES, YOU SUBJECT YOURSELF TO EARTHLY AUTHORITY (LUTHER),

BUT DO YOU CONTINUE TO TAKE THIS CRAP

FROM CATHOLICS LYING DOWN?

war of three henrys

• Three families begin to fight each other at the same time

• Henry III (Valois) and Henry of Guise both killed in fighting…Henry of Navarre (Huguenot) becomes new King of France – Henry IV• Pope and Philip II are furious

• Converts to Catholicism once King• Compromise and make peace• “Paris is worth a mass”• Example of a politique

• The interest of the state comes beforeany religious considerations

Peace?

• Edict of Nantes (1598)• Henry IV grants religious toleration to

Huguenots• Right to private worship• Access to universities, public office, fortified

towns

• Are the problems solved?