French

Wars of

Religion

Huguenots

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French Protestants (Calvinists)

Catherine de’ Medici

Queen of France

Catherine’s Sons

The last of the Valois Dynasty

Queen Regent

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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

20,000 Protestants Killed

Henry IV

Henry, the Protestant King of Navarre, defeats the Catholic League.

Henry IV, as Hercules vanquishing the Lernaean Hydra (i.e. the Catholic League),

by Toussaint Dubreuil, circa 1600

Worth a

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Politi-Q

Politique

Politics Over

Religion Henry IV

Politique

Politics Over

ReligionCardinal Richelieu

The Edict

of Nantes(1598)

RELIGIOUS

TOLERATION(Within Limits)

House of

BourbonBourbon monarchs

would rule France until the French

Revolution.

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KEY POINTS• HUGUENOTS (French Calvinists)

• Catherine de Medici• Queen of France (Catholic)

• St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

– 20,000 Protestants Killed

• Henry IV (of Navarre (Protestant)

• Politique (“Paris is worth a mass.”)

• Edict of Nantes

• House of BOURBON

– Succeeded Valois Dynasty

Art Credit: Sodacan