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Vocabulary
Before the French Religious Wars
During the French Religious Wars
After the French Religious Wars
Key Individuals
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What is a Huguenot?
A french Calvinist
100
What two places signed the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis in 1559?
Spain and France
100
What two devices did King Francis I try to help raise revenue?
1- the sale of public offices 2- treaty with the papacy
100
What paved the way for the accession of Henry of Navarre?
The death of Catherine de’ Medici, followed by the assassination of King Henry III
100
When did King Francis rule?
1515-1547
200
What is a Politiques?
Catholic and Protestant moderates; believed only strong monarchies could save France from collapse
200
What did Catholics and Protestants both fear?
They both feared people of other faiths and people who are identified as satan.
200
How much of the French population became Calvinists after King Henry II died?
One-tenth
200
How many fortified towns did the Edict of Nantes grant liberty of all conscience and liberty of public worship to Huguenots?
150
200
Why was King Henry II reigning cut short?
He was accidentally shot in the face at the celebration of the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis.
300
What is Edict of Nantes?
A document that granted liberty of public worship to Calvinists; helped restore the peace (Henry Fourth of France, 98)
300
What did Catholics believe Lutherans and Calvinists could do?
They believed that they could be reconverted.
300
Who issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598 after converting to Catholicism?
Henry
300
What century did the Edict of Nantes and the reign of Henry IV prepare the way for French absolutism?
Seventeenth Century
300
Why was Emperor Charles V forced to allow the Princes to choose the state religions for themselves?
Because of religious division between Catholics and Protestants.