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Events. March 1 – Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year. Births. April 24 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660) September 15 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659) December 1 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
French Wars of Religion. The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [1]
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May 6, 2022 · The French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) were a series of eight conflicts between Protestant and Catholic factions in France lasting 36 years and concluding with the Protestant King Henry IV of France (r. 1589-1610) converting to Catholicism in the interests of peace. Although Protestant forces won the final battles, Catholicism triumphed, and ...
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- The French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) are 8 conflicts fought between Catholics and Protestants in France; Catholicism became the dominant religio...
- The French Wars of Religion started with the Massacre of Vassy in 1562 in which Catholics murdered Protestant parishioners.
- The French Wars of Religion were ended by Henry IV of France converting to Catholicism in 1593 and issuing the Edict of Nantes in 1598.
- It is estimated that as many as 4 million people may have died in the French Wars of Religion.
The French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) were a series of eight conflicts between Protestant and Catholic factions in France lasting 36 years and concluding with the Protestant King Henry IV of France (r. 1589-1610) converting to Catholicism in the interests of peace.
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July 7 – The Treaty of Nemours forces King Henry III of France to capitulate to the demands of the Catholic League, triggering the Eighth War of Religion (also known as the War of the Three Henrys) in France.
Nov 2, 2009 · Summary. To many historians, and especially to Fernand Braudel, the part French towns played in the religious civil wars, and in particular their support of the Catholic League, marked a return to the age of medieval urban independence.
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Traditionally envisioned as the dawning of a new age characterized by the rebirth of classical learning and the arts, the Renaissance is often said to have been transported into France from Italy during the last decades of the 15th century and to have reached its peak there during the reign of King Francis I (ruled 1515–1547), after which it qui...
