1. A CLICKER QUESTION 80% gets it, we draw for a point
The English Reformation was peculiar because the government broke with Rome…
after the pope took the side of the nobility against the king
after it took the side of France in a political dispute
after Catholic Spain attempted to invade England
when there was no theological (religious ideas) dispute between king and pope
after Protestantism had already come to dominate English religious life
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2. French wars of religion! 1559-1598 (While Elizabeth I rules England)
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3. 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!

5. The Valois Family The beginning of the end
While celebrating the treaty, Henry II dies
Poked in the eye by a lance during a jousting tournament

6. The Valois Family The 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.

7. CATHERINE DE MEDICI “The Shopkeeper’s Daughter” daughter of lorenzo the magnificent

8. THE SONS
Charles IX
Henry III
Francis II

9. 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

10. Question How do Henry II die? Dinosaurs Anthrax
Killed by mercenaries of the Pope
A horrible accident at a jousting tournament
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11. 40-50% of French Nobles are Huguenots Major fighting begins in 1562
Why?
Major fighting begins in 1562

12. 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

13. 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

14. ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S DAY MASSACRE August 24, 1572
5K-30K Huguenots killed
The Pope loves it!

15. Charles IX DIES FROM GRIEF
Henry III becomes KING

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

17. 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?

18. 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 before any religious considerations

19. Peace? Edict of Nantes (1598) Are the problems solved?
Henry IV grants religious toleration to Huguenots
Right to private worship
Access to universities, public office, fortified towns
Are the problems solved?