THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS
FRANCE: CHAOS & VIOLENCE Lack of centralized government No control over military forces Fractured religiously
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS FRANCE: CHAOS & VIOLENCE Religious conflict Huguenots (French Calvinists) v. Catholics Unable to make permanent peace St. Barthelomew’s Day Massacre, 1572
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS FRANCE: CHAOS & VIOLENCE POLITIQUES: Champions of secular power Jean Bodin: Theory of Sovereignty Henry of Navarre = Henry IV (r ) Issues EDICT OF NANTES (1598) Founds Bourbon dynasty
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS FRANCE: UNIFICIATION & CENTRALIZATION Henry IV & the rebuilding of France “a chicken in every pot” built up central government laid foundations for absolutism But assassinated in 1610 Assassination of Henry IV, 1610
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS FRANCE: UNIFICATION & CENTRALIZATION Regency of Marie de Medici, Nobility & clergy force calling of Estates General But Marie dissolves it in 1614 Not called again until French Revolution (1789)
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS WAR IN THE GERMAN STATES Disarray & decline Increasing religious conflict Habsburgs trying to centralize authority
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS WAR IN THE GERMAN STATES THIRTY YEARS WAR ( ) Catholics v. Protestants Emperor v. states International conflict
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS WAR IN THE GERMAN STATES THIRTY YEARS WAR ( ) Conflict began in Bohemia (Czech lands) Spread to other Protestant regions Spain enters war to help Holy Roman Emperor Defenestration at Prague, 1618 Ferdinand II
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS WAR IN THE GERMAN STATES THIRTY YEARS WAR ( ) King of Denmark joins to support Protestants Swedes also champion Protestant cause Catholic France enters on Protestant side (!) Christian IV of Denmark Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Louis XIII of France
THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS WAR IN THE GERMAN STATES PEACE OF WESTPHALIA Allowed states to chose religion Holy Roman Empire virtually dissolved German states gain sovereignty Redrew map of Europe War extremely destructive