Faster access than browser!
258 relations: Ad fontes, Admiral of France, Affair of the Placards, Aldus Manutius, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Amiens, Angers, Angoulême, Anne de Montmorency, Anti-Protestantism, Antoine of Navarre, Arras, Assassination, Baptismal regeneration, Basel, Battle of Arques, Battle of Coutras, Battle of Craon, Battle of Dreux, Battle of Fontaine-Française, Battle of Ivry, Battle of Jarnac, Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille, Battle of Moncontour, Battle of Saint-Denis (1567), Battle of Vimory, Béarn, Blois, Brittany, Cahors, Calvinism, Cambrai, Camisard, Carcassonne, Cardinal Richelieu, Catherine de' Medici, Catholic Church, Catholic League (French), César, Duke of Vendôme, Cévennes, Centralized government, Champagne (province), Charlemagne, Charles de Bourbon (cardinal), Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Charles IX of France, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Charles, Duke of Aumale, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, ..., Chartres, Château de Blois, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Civil war, Cognac, France, College of Sorbonne, Concordat of Bologna, Confraternity, Council of Trent, Counts and dukes of Anjou, Counts and dukes of Penthièvre, Day of the Barricades, Death by burning, Dominican Order, Dragonnades, Dutch Republic, Dutch Revolt, Edict of Amboise, Edict of Beaulieu, Edict of Boulogne, Edict of Châteaubriant, Edict of Fontainebleau, Edict of Nantes, Edict of Saint-Germain, Edict of toleration, Elizabeth I of England, Estates General (France), European wars of religion, Excommunication, Facts on the ground, Flanders, Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, François de Beaumont, François Dubois, François Vatable, Francis I of France, Francis II of France, Francis Walsingham, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Francis, Duke of Guise, Franco-Ottoman alliance, Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, Galley slave, Gaspard II de Coligny, Geneva, Governor of Brittany, Grand Constable of France, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Guillaume Briçonnet (Bishop of Meaux), Guillaume Budé, Guyenne, Hebraist, Henri I de Montmorency, Henri, Duke of Montpensier, Henri, Prince of Condé (1552–1588), Henry I, Duke of Guise, Henry II of France, Henry III of France, Henry IV of France, Heptaméron, Heresy, Holy Roman Empire, House of Bourbon, House of Guise, House of Lorraine, House of Montmorency, House of Valois, Huguenot rebellions, Huguenots, Huldrych Zwingli, Iconoclasm, Infante, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Jacques Clément, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, James VI and I, Jean de Poltrot, Jeanne d'Albret, John Calvin, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Navarre, La Charité-sur-Loire, La Fère, La Rochelle, Le Catelet, Le Havre, Letters patent, Lieutenant general, List of French monarchs, List of Polish monarchs, List of rulers of Brittany, List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, Loire, Lords, Marquesses and Dukes of Elbeuf, Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, Louis IX of France, Louis XIII of France, Louis XIV of France, Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569), Louise of Lorraine, Lower Normandy, Lutheranism, Lyon, Margaret of Valois, Marguerite de Navarre, Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, Martin Luther, Mary, Queen of Scots, Mass (liturgy), Massacre of Mérindol, Massacre of Wassy, Massif Central, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Mérindol, Meaux, Michel de l'Hôpital, Michelade, Monarchomachs, Montauban, Nantes, Nîmes, Notre-Dame de Paris, Orange, Vaucluse, Ordinance (canon law), Orléans, Orthodoxy, Ottoman embassy to France (1534), Papal States, Paris, Parlement, Peace of Alès, Peace of Longjumeau, Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Peace of Vervins, Philip II of Spain, Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, Poissy, Poitiers, Poitou, Politique, Pomponne de Bellièvre, Pope Clement VIII, Pope Gregory XIII, Pope Leo X, Pope Sixtus V, Princes of Condé, Protestantism, Prussia, Public administration, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, Regicide, Reims, Reims Cathedral, Reiter, Religion in France, Religious war, Renaissance humanism, Rhône, Rhine, Rouen, Royal entry, Sacramentarians, Saint-Cloud, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saintonge, Salic law, Saluzzo, Seine, Sens, Siege, Siege of Amiens (1597), Siege of Calais (1596), Siege of Caudebec, Siege of Doullens, Siege of La Rochelle, Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73), Siege of Paris (1590), Siege of Rouen (1591), Siege of Sancerre, Sommières, Southern France, St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, Surprise of Meaux, Theodore Beza, Theology of Huldrych Zwingli, Thirty Years' War, Toleration, Toulouse, Tours, Treaty of Bergerac, Treaty of Fleix, Treaty of Hampton Court (1562), Treaty of Joinville, Treaty of Montpellier, Treaty of Nemours, Valence (city), Venice, Virtual Museum of Protestantism, Vulgate, Waldensians, Wassy, William Farel, William the Silent, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, 1562 Riots of Toulouse. Expand index (208 more) »
Ad fontes
Ad fontes is a Latin expression which means " to the sources" (lit. "to the sources").
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Ad fontes · See more »
Admiral of France
Admiral of France (Amiral de France) is a French title of honour.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Admiral of France · See more »
Affair of the Placards
The Affair of the Placards (Affaire des Placards) was an incident in which anti-Catholic posters appeared in public places in Paris and in four major provincial cities: Blois, Rouen, Tours and Orléans, overnight during 17 October 1534.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Affair of the Placards · See more »
Aldus Manutius
Aldus Pius Manutius (Aldo Pio Manuzio; 1449/14526 February 1515) was a Venetian humanist, scholar, and educator.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Aldus Manutius · See more »
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
Alexander Farnese (Alessandro Farnese, Alejandro Farnesio) (27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was an Italian noble who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma · See more »
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Amiens · See more »
Angers
Angers is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Angers · See more »
Angoulême
Angoulême (Poitevin-Saintongeais: Engoulaeme; Engoleime) is a commune, the capital of the Charente department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Angoulême · See more »
Anne de Montmorency
Anne, Duke of Montmorency, Honorary Knight of the Garter (15 March 1493, Chantilly, Oise12 November 1567, Paris) was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Anne de Montmorency · See more »
Anti-Protestantism
Anti-Protestantism is bias, hatred or distrust against some or all branches of Protestantism and its followers.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Anti-Protestantism · See more »
Antoine of Navarre
Antoine (in English, Anthony; 22 April 1518 – 17 November 1562) was the King of Navarre through his marriage (jure uxoris) to Queen Jeanne III, from 1555 until his death.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Antoine of Navarre · See more »
Arras
Arras (Atrecht) is the capital (chef-lieu/préfecture) of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; prior to the reorganization of 2014 it was located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Arras · See more »
Assassination
Assassination is the killing of a prominent person, either for political or religious reasons or for payment.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Assassination · See more »
Baptismal regeneration
Baptismal regeneration is the name given to doctrines held by major Christian denominations which maintain that salvation is intimately linked to the act of baptism, and that salvation is impossible apart from it.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Baptismal regeneration · See more »
Basel
Basel (also Basle; Basel; Bâle; Basilea) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Basel · See more »
Battle of Arques
The Battle of Arques occurred on 15–18 September 1589 between the French royal forces of King Henry IV of France and troops of the Catholic League commanded by Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne during the eighth and final war (1585-1598) of the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Arques · See more »
Battle of Coutras
The Battle of Coutras, fought on 20 October 1587, was a major engagement in the French Religious Wars between a Huguenot (Protestant) army under Henry of Navarre (the future Henry IV of France) and a royalist army led by Anne, Duke of Joyeuse.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Coutras · See more »
Battle of Craon
The Battle of Craon took place between 21–24 May 1592, between the French Royal army under the Duke of Montpensier and François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, reinforced by English contingents under Sir John Norreys, against the combined forces of Spain and the Catholic League of France during the War of the Three Henrys and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), in the context of the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Craon · See more »
Battle of Dreux
The Battle of Dreux was fought on 19 December 1562 between Catholics and Huguenots.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Dreux · See more »
Battle of Fontaine-Française
The Battle of Fontaine-Française occurred on 5 June 1595 between the French royal forces of King Henry IV of France and troops of Spain and the Catholic League commanded by Juan Fernández de Velasco and Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne during the eighth and final war (1585-1598) of the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Fontaine-Française · See more »
Battle of Ivry
The Battle of Ivry was fought on 14 March 1590, during the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Ivry · See more »
Battle of Jarnac
The Battle of Jarnac on 13 March 1569 was an encounter during the French Wars of Religion between the Catholic forces of Marshal Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes, and the Huguenots, near the nadir of their fortunes, financed by Reinhold von Krockow (who was wounded in the battle) and led by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, who was killed after his surrender and his body paraded on an ass in Jarnac, to Catholic jeers.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Jarnac · See more »
Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille
The Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille occurred on 25 June 1569 between the Catholic forces of King Charles IX of France commanded by the Duke d’Anjou and the Huguenots commanded by the Admiral de Coligny during the "Third War" (1568–1570) of the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille · See more »
Battle of Moncontour
The Battle of Moncontour occurred on 3 October 1569 between the Catholic forces of King Charles IX of France and the Huguenots during the "Third War" (1568-1570) of the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Moncontour · See more »
Battle of Saint-Denis (1567)
The Battle of Saint-Denis was fought on 10 November 1567 between Catholics and Protestants during the French Wars of Religion in Saint-Denis near Paris, France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Saint-Denis (1567) · See more »
Battle of Vimory
The Battle of Vimory occurred on 26 October 1587 between the French royal (Catholic) forces of King Henry III of France commanded by Henry of Guise and German and Swiss mercenaires commanded by Fabien I, Burgrave of Dohna and William-Robert de la Marck, Duke of Bouillon who were hired to assist Henry of Navarre's Huguenot forces during the eighth and final war (1585-1598) of the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Battle of Vimory · See more »
Béarn
Béarn (Gascon: Bearn or Biarn; Bearno or Biarno) is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Béarn · See more »
Blois
Blois is a city and the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France, situated on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orléans and Tours.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Blois · See more »
Brittany
Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Brittany · See more »
Cahors
Cahors (Caors) is the capital of the Lot department in south-western France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Cahors · See more »
Calvinism
Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity, Reformed Protestantism, or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Calvinism · See more »
Cambrai
Cambrai (Kimbré; Kamerijk; historically in English Camerick and Camericke) is a commune in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Cambrai · See more »
Camisard
Camisards were Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) of the rugged and isolated Cévennes region, and the Vaunage in southern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Camisard · See more »
Carcassonne
Carcassonne (Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Carcassonne · See more »
Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (9 September 15854 December 1642), commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu (Cardinal de Richelieu), was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Cardinal Richelieu · See more »
Catherine de' Medici
Catherine de Medici (Italian: Caterina de Medici,; French: Catherine de Médicis,; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589), daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was queen of France from 1547 until 1559, by marriage to King Henry II.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Catherine de' Medici · See more »
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Catholic Church · See more »
Catholic League (French)
The Catholic League of France (Ligue catholique), sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern) Catholics as the Holy League (La Sainte Ligue), was a major participant in the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Catholic League (French) · See more »
César, Duke of Vendôme
César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France (3 June 1594 – 22 October 1665) was the son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées, and founder of the House of Bourbon-Vendome.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and César, Duke of Vendôme · See more »
Cévennes
The Cévennes (Cevenas) are a range of mountains in south-central France, covering parts of the départements of Ardèche, Gard, Hérault and Lozère.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Cévennes · See more »
Centralized government
A centralized government (also centralised government (Oxford spelling)) is one in which power or legal authority is exerted or coordinated by a de facto political executive to which '''federal states''', local authorities, and smaller units are considered subject.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Centralized government · See more »
Champagne (province)
Champagne is a historical province in the northeast of France, now best known as the Champagne wine region for the sparkling white wine that bears its name.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Champagne (province) · See more »
Charlemagne
Charlemagne or Charles the Great (Karl der Große, Carlo Magno; 2 April 742 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor from 800.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Charlemagne · See more »
Charles de Bourbon (cardinal)
Charles de Bourbon (22 September 1523 – 9 May 1590) was a French cardinal.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Charles de Bourbon (cardinal) · See more »
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel I (Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy · See more »
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
Charles III (18 February 1543 – 14 May 1608), known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Charles III, Duke of Lorraine · See more »
Charles IX of France
Charles IX (27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was a French monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1560 until his death from tuberculosis.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Charles IX of France · See more »
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
Charles de Lorraine (17 February 1524 – 26 December 1574), Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine · See more »
Charles, Duke of Aumale
Charles of Guise, duc d'Aumale (25 January 1555 – 1631, Brussels) was the son of Claude, Duke of Aumale and Louise de Brézé.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Charles, Duke of Aumale · See more »
Charles, Duke of Mayenne
Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne (26 March 1554 – 3 October 1611), or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Charles, Duke of Mayenne · See more »
Chartres
Chartres is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Chartres · See more »
Château de Blois
The Royal Château de Blois (French: "Château Royal de Blois") is located in the Loir-et-Cher département in the Loire Valley, in France, in the center of the city of Blois.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Château de Blois · See more »
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the département of Yvelines, about 19 km west of Paris, France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye · See more »
Civil war
A civil war, also known as an intrastate war in polemology, is a war between organized groups within the same state or country.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Civil war · See more »
Cognac, France
Cognac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Cognac, France · See more »
College of Sorbonne
The College of Sorbonne (Collège de Sorbonne) was a theological college of the University of Paris, founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon (1201–1274), after whom it was named.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and College of Sorbonne · See more »
Concordat of Bologna
The Concordat of Bologna (1516), marking a stage in the evolution of the Gallican Church, was an agreement between King Francis I of France and Pope Leo X that Francis negotiated in the wake of his victory at Marignano in September 1515.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Concordat of Bologna · See more »
Confraternity
A confraternity (Spanish: Cofradía) is generally a Christian voluntary association of lay people created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Confraternity · See more »
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent (Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento, in northern Italy), was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Council of Trent · See more »
Counts and dukes of Anjou
The Count of Anjou was the ruler of the county of Anjou, first granted by Charles the Bald in the 9th century to Robert the Strong.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Counts and dukes of Anjou · See more »
Counts and dukes of Penthièvre
In the 11th and 12th centuries the Countship of Penthièvre (Breton: Penteur) in Brittany (now in the department of Côtes-d'Armor) belonged to a branch of the sovereign House of Brittany.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Counts and dukes of Penthièvre · See more »
Day of the Barricades
In the French Wars of Religion, the Day of the Barricades (in Journée des barricades), 12 May 1588, was an outwardly spontaneous public uprising in staunchly Catholic Paris against the moderate, hesitant, temporizing policies of Henry III.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Day of the Barricades · See more »
Death by burning
Deliberately causing death through the effects of combustion, or effects of exposure to extreme heat, has a long history as a form of capital punishment.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Death by burning · See more »
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers (Ordo Praedicatorum, postnominal abbreviation OP), also known as the Dominican Order, is a mendicant Catholic religious order founded by the Spanish priest Dominic of Caleruega in France, approved by Pope Honorius III via the Papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Dominican Order · See more »
Dragonnades
The "Dragonnades" were a French government policy instituted by King Louis XIV in 1681 to intimidate Huguenot families into either leaving France or converting to Catholicism.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Dragonnades · See more »
Dutch Republic
The Dutch Republic was a republic that existed from the formal creation of a confederacy in 1581 by several Dutch provinces (which earlier seceded from the Spanish rule) until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Dutch Republic · See more »
Dutch Revolt
The Dutch Revolt (1568–1648)This article adopts 1568 as the starting date of the war, as this was the year of the first battles between armies.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Dutch Revolt · See more »
Edict of Amboise
The Edict of Amboise also known as the Edict of Pacification, was signed at the Château of Amboise on 19 March 1563 by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Edict of Amboise · See more »
Edict of Beaulieu
The Edict of Beaulieu (also known at the time as the Peace of Monsieur) was promulgated from Beaulieu-lès-Loches on 6 May 1576 by Henry III of France, who was pressured by Alençon's support of the Protestant army besieging Paris that spring.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Edict of Beaulieu · See more »
Edict of Boulogne
The Edict of Boulogne, also called the Edict of Pacification of Boulogne and the Peace of La Rochelle, was signed in July, 1573 by King Charles IX of France in the Château de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Edict of Boulogne · See more »
Edict of Châteaubriant
The Edict of Châteaubriant, issued from the seat of Anne, duc de Montmorency in Brittany, was promulgated by Henri II of France, 27 June 1551.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Edict of Châteaubriant · See more »
Edict of Fontainebleau
The Edict of Fontainebleau (22 October 1685) was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Edict of Fontainebleau · See more »
Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes (French: édit de Nantes), signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was still considered essentially Catholic at the time.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Edict of Nantes · See more »
Edict of Saint-Germain
The Edict of Saint-Germain, also known as the Edict of January, was a decree of tolerance promulgated by the regent of France, Catherine de' Medici, in January 1562.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Edict of Saint-Germain · See more »
Edict of toleration
An edict of toleration is a declaration, made by a government or ruler and states, that members of a given religion will not be persecuted for engaging in their religious practices and traditions.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Edict of toleration · See more »
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Elizabeth I of England · See more »
Estates General (France)
In France under the Old Regime, the Estates General (French: États généraux) or States-General was a legislative and consultative assembly (see The Estates) of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Estates General (France) · See more »
European wars of religion
The European wars of religion were a series of religious wars waged mainly in central and western, but also northern Europe (especially Ireland) in the 16th and 17th century.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and European wars of religion · See more »
Excommunication
Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular receiving of the sacraments.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Excommunication · See more »
Facts on the ground
Facts on the ground is a diplomatic and geopolitical term that means the situation in reality as opposed to in the abstract.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Facts on the ground · See more »
Flanders
Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Flanders · See more »
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of Catholic men and women executed for treason and related offences between 1535 and 1679.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Forty Martyrs of England and Wales · See more »
François de Beaumont
François de Beaumont, baron of Adrets (c. 1512/1513 – February 2, 1587) was a leader (capitaine dauphinois) of the Huguenots in the religious wars of The French Reformation.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and François de Beaumont · See more »
François Dubois
François Dubois (1529–1584) was a French Huguenot painter who was born in Amiens.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and François Dubois · See more »
François Vatable
"Hebrew latin Sacred Bible", ten editions published between 1584 and 1729 François Vatable (late 15th century – 16 March 1547) was a French humanist scholar, a Hellenist and Hebraist.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and François Vatable · See more »
Francis I of France
Francis I (François Ier) (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Francis I of France · See more »
Francis II of France
Francis II (François II) (19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was a King of France of the House of Valois-Angoulême from 1559 to 1560.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Francis II of France · See more »
Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham (1532 – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster".
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Francis Walsingham · See more »
Francis, Duke of Anjou
Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (Hercule François; 18 March 1555 – 10 June 1584) was the youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Francis, Duke of Anjou · See more »
Francis, Duke of Guise
Francis de Lorraine II, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Duke of Aumale (François de Lorraine, duc de Guise; 17 February 1519 – 24 February 1563), was a French soldier and politician.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Francis, Duke of Guise · See more »
Franco-Ottoman alliance
The Franco-Ottoman alliance, also Franco-Turkish alliance, was an alliance established in 1536 between the king of France Francis I and the Turkish sultan of the Ottoman Empire Suleiman the Magnificent.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Franco-Ottoman alliance · See more »
Gabriel, comte de Montgomery
Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, seigneur de Lorges (5 May 1530 – 26 June 1574), a French nobleman, was a captain of the Scots Guards of King Henry II of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Gabriel, comte de Montgomery · See more »
Galley slave
A galley slave is a slave rowing in a galley, either a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar (French: galérien), or a kind of human chattel, often a prisoner of war, assigned to his duty of rowing.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Galley slave · See more »
Gaspard II de Coligny
Gaspard de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon (16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572) was a French nobleman and admiral, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion and a close friend and advisor to King Charles IX of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Gaspard II de Coligny · See more »
Geneva
Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Geneva · See more »
Governor of Brittany
This page is a list of royal governors of Brittany during the Ancien Régime.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Governor of Brittany · See more »
Grand Constable of France
The Grand Constable of France (Grand Connétable de France, from Latin comes stabuli for 'count of the stables'), as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor) and Commander in Chief of the army.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Grand Constable of France · See more »
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Granducato di Toscana, Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was a central Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Grand Duchy of Tuscany · See more »
Guillaume Briçonnet (Bishop of Meaux)
Guillaume Briçonnet (c. 1472 – 24 January 1534) was the Bishop of Meaux from 1516 until his death in 1534.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Guillaume Briçonnet (Bishop of Meaux) · See more »
Guillaume Budé
Guillaume Budé (Guilielmus Budaeus; 26 January 146723 August 1540) was a French scholar.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Guillaume Budé · See more »
Guyenne
Guyenne or Guienne (Guiana) was an old French province which corresponded roughly to the Roman province of Aquitania Secunda and the archdiocese of Bordeaux.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Guyenne · See more »
Hebraist
A Hebraist is a specialist in Jewish, Hebrew and Hebraic studies.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Hebraist · See more »
Henri I de Montmorency
Henri I de Montmorency (15 June 1534 in Chantilly, Oise – 2 April 1614), Marshal of France, and Constable of France, seigneur of Damville, served as Governor of Languedoc from 1563 to 1614.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Henri I de Montmorency · See more »
Henri, Duke of Montpensier
Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier, (12 May 1573 – 27 February 1608) was Dauphin of Auvergne, Duke of Montpensier, Sovereign Prince of the Dombes and Lord of Châtellerault.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Henri, Duke of Montpensier · See more »
Henri, Prince of Condé (1552–1588)
Henri de Bourbon-Condé (Henry I, Prince of Condé; 29 December 1552 – 5 March 1588) was a French Prince du Sang and Huguenot general like his more prominent father, Louis I, Prince of Condé.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Henri, Prince of Condé (1552–1588) · See more »
Henry I, Duke of Guise
Henry I, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 – 23 December 1588), sometimes called Le Balafré (Scarface), was the eldest son of Francis, Duke of Guise, and Anna d'Este.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Henry I, Duke of Guise · See more »
Henry II of France
Henry II (Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Henry II of France · See more »
Henry III of France
Henry III (19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589; born Alexandre Édouard de France, Henryk Walezy, Henrikas Valua) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1575 and King of France from 1574 until his death.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Henry III of France · See more »
Henry IV of France
Henry IV (Henri IV, read as Henri-Quatre; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithet Good King Henry, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Henry IV of France · See more »
Heptaméron
The Heptaméron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite of Navarre (1492–1549), published posthumously in 1558.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Heptaméron · See more »
Heresy
Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious organization.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Heresy · See more »
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire (Sacrum Romanum Imperium; Heiliges Römisches Reich) was a multi-ethnic but mostly German complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Holy Roman Empire · See more »
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and House of Bourbon · See more »
House of Guise
The House of Guise was a French noble family, partly responsible for the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and House of Guise · See more »
House of Lorraine
The House of Lorraine (Haus Lothringen) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Metz.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and House of Lorraine · See more »
House of Montmorency
Montmorency, pronounced, is one of the oldest and most distinguished noble families in France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and House of Montmorency · See more »
House of Valois
The House of Valois was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and House of Valois · See more »
Huguenot rebellions
The Huguenot rebellions, sometimes called the Rohan Wars after the Huguenot leader Henri de Rohan, were an event of the 1620s in which French Calvinist Protestants (Huguenots), mainly located in southwestern France, revolted against royal authority.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Huguenot rebellions · See more »
Huguenots
Huguenots (Les huguenots) are an ethnoreligious group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Huguenots · See more »
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli or Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Huldrych Zwingli · See more »
Iconoclasm
IconoclasmLiterally, "image-breaking", from κλάω.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Iconoclasm · See more »
Infante
Infante (f. infanta), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre and León), and Portugal, to the sons and daughters (infantas) of the king, sometimes with the exception of the heir apparent to the throne who usually bears a unique princely or ducal title.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Infante · See more »
Institutes of the Christian Religion
Institutes of the Christian Religion (Institutio Christianae Religionis) is John Calvin's seminal work of Protestant systematic theology.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Institutes of the Christian Religion · See more »
Isabella Clara Eugenia
Isabella Clara Eugenia (Isabel Clara Eugenia; 12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633) was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France, together with her husband Albert VII, Archduke of Austria.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Isabella Clara Eugenia · See more »
Jacques Clément
Jacques Clément (1567 – 1 August 1589) was a French conspirator and the killer of king Henry III.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Jacques Clément · See more »
Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples or Jacobus Faber Stapulensis (c. 1455 – 1536) was a French theologian and humanist.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples · See more »
James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and James VI and I · See more »
Jean de Poltrot
Jean de Poltrot (c. 1537 – 1563), sieur de Méré or Mérey, was a nobleman of Angoumois, who murdered Francis, Duke of Guise.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Jean de Poltrot · See more »
Jeanne d'Albret
Jeanne d'Albret (Basque: Joana Albretekoa; Occitan: Joana de Labrit; 16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III, was the queen regnant of Navarre from 1555 to 1572.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Jeanne d'Albret · See more »
John Calvin
John Calvin (Jean Calvin; born Jehan Cauvin; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and John Calvin · See more »
John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
John I of Zweibrücken (known as the Lame; Pfalzgraf Johann I von Zweibrücken; 8 May 1550 – 12 August 1604) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken during 1569–1604.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken · See more »
Kingdom of France
The Kingdom of France (Royaume de France) was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Western Europe.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Kingdom of France · See more »
Kingdom of Navarre
The Kingdom of Navarre (Nafarroako Erresuma, Reino de Navarra, Royaume de Navarre, Regnum Navarrae), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (Iruñeko Erresuma), was a Basque-based kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Kingdom of Navarre · See more »
La Charité-sur-Loire
La Charité-sur-Loire is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France in the south of Paris.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and La Charité-sur-Loire · See more »
La Fère
La Fère is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and La Fère · See more »
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and La Rochelle · See more »
Le Catelet
Le Catelet is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Le Catelet · See more »
Le Havre
Le Havre, historically called Newhaven in English, is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Le Havre · See more »
Letters patent
Letters patent (always in the plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president, or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Letters patent · See more »
Lieutenant general
Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Lieutenant general · See more »
List of French monarchs
The monarchs of the Kingdom of France and its predecessors (and successor monarchies) ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of the Franks in 486 until the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and List of French monarchs · See more »
List of Polish monarchs
Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes (the 10th–14th century) or by kings (the 11th-18th century).
New!!: French Wars of Religion and List of Polish monarchs · See more »
List of rulers of Brittany
This is a list of rulers of the Duchy of Brittany.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and List of rulers of Brittany · See more »
List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll
This is a list of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll · See more »
Loire
The Loire (Léger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Loire · See more »
Lords, Marquesses and Dukes of Elbeuf
The Seigneurie of Elbeuf, later a marquisate, dukedom, and peerage, was based on the territory of Elbeuf in the Vexin, possessed first by the Counts of Valois and then the Counts of Meulan before passing to the House of Harcourt.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Lords, Marquesses and Dukes of Elbeuf · See more »
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise (6 July 1555, Dampierre – 24 December 1588, Château de Blois), was the third son of Francis, Duke of Guise, and Anna d'Este.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Louis II, Cardinal of Guise · See more »
Louis IX of France
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis, was King of France and is a canonized Catholic and Anglican saint.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Louis IX of France · See more »
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII (27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Louis XIII of France · See more »
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (Roi Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Louis XIV of France · See more »
Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)
Louis de Bourbon or Louis I, Prince of Condé (7 May 1530 – 13 March 1569) was a prominent Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the House of Condé, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569) · See more »
Louise of Lorraine
Louise of Lorraine (French: Louise de Lorraine) (30 April 1553 – 29 January 1601) was a Queen consort of France from 1575 until 1589 by marriage to Henry III of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Louise of Lorraine · See more »
Lower Normandy
Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie,; Basse-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Lower Normandy · See more »
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer and theologian.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Lutheranism · See more »
Lyon
Lyon (Liyon), is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Lyon · See more »
Margaret of Valois
Margaret of Valois (Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), commonly Margot, was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became queen consort of Navarre and later also of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Margaret of Valois · See more »
Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre (Marguerite d'Angoulême, Marguerite d'Alençon; 11 April 149221 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alençon and Berry.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Marguerite de Navarre · See more »
Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme
Marie of Luxembourg (died 1 April 1547) was a French princess, the elder daughter and principal heiress of Peter II of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and Soissons, and Margaret of Savoy, a daughter of Louis I, Duke of Savoy.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme · See more »
Martin Luther
Martin Luther, (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Martin Luther · See more »
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Mary, Queen of Scots · See more »
Mass (liturgy)
Mass is a term used to describe the main eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Mass (liturgy) · See more »
Massacre of Mérindol
The Massacre of Mérindol took place in 1545, when Francis I of France ordered the Waldensians of the city of Mérindol to be punished for dissident religious activities.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Massacre of Mérindol · See more »
Massacre of Wassy
The Massacre of Wassy, also known as the Massacre of Vassy, is the name given to the murder of Huguenot worshipers and citizens in an armed action by troops of Francis, Duke of Guise, in Wassy, France on 1 March 1562.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Massacre of Wassy · See more »
Massif Central
The Massif Central (Massís Central) is a highland region in the middle of southern France, consisting of mountains and plateaus.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Massif Central · See more »
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Maximilien de Béthune, 1st Duke of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux (13 December 156022 December 1641) was a nobleman, soldier, statesman, and faithful right-hand man who assisted king Henry IV of France in the rule of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully · See more »
Mérindol
For the French doctor, see Antoine Mérindol (1570-1624) Mérindol is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Mérindol · See more »
Meaux
Meaux is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Meaux · See more »
Michel de l'Hôpital
Michel de l'Hôpital (or l'Hospital) (1507 – 13 March 1573) was a French statesman.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Michel de l'Hôpital · See more »
Michelade
The Michelade is the name given to the massacre of Catholics, including 24 Catholic priests and monks, by Protestant rioters in Nîmes on Michaelmas (29 September) 1567, following their failure to abduct the king and queen mother in the so-called Surprise of Meaux the previous day and in retaliation for the suppression of their Huguenot beliefs.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Michelade · See more »
Monarchomachs
The Monarchomachs (Monarchomaques) were originally French Huguenot theorists who opposed monarchy at the end of the 16th century, known in particular for having theoretically justified tyrannicide.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Monarchomachs · See more »
Montauban
Montauban (Montalban) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Montauban · See more »
Nantes
Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in western France on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Nantes · See more »
Nîmes
Nîmes (Provençal Occitan: Nimes) is a city in the Occitanie region of southern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Nîmes · See more »
Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris (meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Notre-Dame de Paris · See more »
Orange, Vaucluse
Orange (Provençal Aurenja in classical norm or Aurenjo in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Vaucluse Department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France, about north of Avignon.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Orange, Vaucluse · See more »
Ordinance (canon law)
An ordinance or ecclesiastical ordinance is a type of law, legal instrument, or by-law in the canon law of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and in Calvinism.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Ordinance (canon law) · See more »
Orléans
Orléans is a prefecture and commune in north-central France, about 111 kilometres (69 miles) southwest of Paris.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Orléans · See more »
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy (from Greek ὀρθοδοξία orthodoxía "right opinion") is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Orthodoxy · See more »
Ottoman embassy to France (1534)
An Ottoman embassy to France occurred in 1534, with the objective to prepare and coordinate Franco-Ottoman offensives for the next year, 1535.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Ottoman embassy to France (1534) · See more »
Papal States
The Papal States, officially the State of the Church (Stato della Chiesa,; Status Ecclesiasticus; also Dicio Pontificia), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope, from the 8th century until 1870.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Papal States · See more »
Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Paris · See more »
Parlement
A parlement, in the Ancien Régime of France, was a provincial appellate court.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Parlement · See more »
Peace of Alès
The Peace of Alais, also known as the Edict of Alès or the Edict of Grace, was a treaty negotiated by Cardinal Richelieu with Huguenot leaders and signed by King Louis XIII of France on 28 June, 1629.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Peace of Alès · See more »
Peace of Longjumeau
The Peace of Longjumeau (also known as the Treaty of Longjumeau or the Edict of Longjumeau) was signed on 23 March 1568 by Charles IX of France and Catherine de' Medici.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Peace of Longjumeau · See more »
Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was a treaty signed on 5 August 1570 at the royal Château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ending the third of the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye · See more »
Peace of Vervins
The Peace of Vervins or Treaty of Vervins was signed between the representatives of Henry IV of France and Philip II of Spain, on 2 May 1598, at the small town of Vervins in Picardy, northern France, close to the territory of the Habsburg Netherlands.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Peace of Vervins · See more »
Philip II of Spain
Philip II (Felipe II; 21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), called "the Prudent" (el Prudente), was King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples and Sicily (both from 1554), and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland (during his marriage to Queen Mary I from 1554–58).
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Philip II of Spain · See more »
Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur
Philippe Emmanuel de Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur (9 September 1558, Nomeny, Meurthe-et-Moselle – 19 February 1602, Nürnberg), the eldest surviving son of Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur and Jeanne de Savoie-Nemours, was a French soldier and prominent member of the Catholic League.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur · See more »
Poissy
Poissy is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Poissy · See more »
Poitiers
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west-central France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Poitiers · See more »
Poitou
Poitou, in Poitevin: Poetou, was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Poitou · See more »
Politique
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, politiques were those in a position of power who put the success and well-being of their state above all else.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Politique · See more »
Pomponne de Bellièvre
Pomponne de Bellièvre (1529 – 7 or 9 September 1607) was a French statesman, chancellor of France (1599–1605).
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Pomponne de Bellièvre · See more »
Pope Clement VIII
Pope Clement VIII (Clemens VIII; 24 February 1536 – 5 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was Pope from 2 February 1592 to his death in 1605.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Pope Clement VIII · See more »
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII (Gregorius XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 May 1572 to his death in 1585.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Pope Gregory XIII · See more »
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X (11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521), born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was Pope from 9 March 1513 to his death in 1521.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Pope Leo X · See more »
Pope Sixtus V
Pope Sixtus V or Xystus V (13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 24 April 1585 to his death in 1590.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Pope Sixtus V · See more »
Princes of Condé
The Most Serene House of Condé (named after Condé-en-Brie, now in the Aisne département) was a French princely house and a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Princes of Condé · See more »
Protestantism
Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Protestantism · See more »
Prussia
Prussia (Preußen) was a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525 with a duchy centred on the region of Prussia.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Prussia · See more »
Public administration
Public Administration is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Public administration · See more »
Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma
Ranuccio I Farnese (28 March 1569 – 5 March 1622) reigned as Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1592.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma · See more »
Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist
The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a term used in Christian theology to express the doctrine that Jesus is really or substantially present in the Eucharist, not merely symbolically or metaphorically.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist · See more »
Regicide
The broad definition of regicide (regis "of king" + cida "killer" or cidium "killing") is the deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for the killing of a person of royalty.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Regicide · See more »
Reims
Reims (also spelled Rheims), a city in the Grand Est region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Reims · See more »
Reims Cathedral
Reims Cathedral (Our Lady of Reims, Notre-Dame de Reims) is a Roman Catholic church in Reims, France, built in the High Gothic style.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Reims Cathedral · See more »
Reiter
Reiter or Schwarze Reiter ("black riders", anglicized swart reiters) were a type of cavalry in 16th to 17th century Germany.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Reiter · See more »
Religion in France
Religion in France can attribute its diversity to the country's adherence to Freedom of religion and freedom of thought, as guaranteed by the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Religion in France · See more »
Religious war
A religious war or holy war (bellum sacrum) is a war primarily caused or justified by differences in religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Religious war · See more »
Renaissance humanism
Renaissance humanism is the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Renaissance humanism · See more »
Rhône
The Rhône (Le Rhône; Rhone; Walliser German: Rotten; Rodano; Rôno; Ròse) is one of the major rivers of Europe and has twice the average discharge of the Loire (which is the longest French river), rising in the Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps at the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais, passing through Lake Geneva and running through southeastern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Rhône · See more »
Rhine
--> The Rhine (Rhenus, Rein, Rhein, le Rhin,, Italiano: Reno, Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Rhine · See more »
Rouen
Rouen (Frankish: Rodomo; Rotomagus, Rothomagus) is a city on the River Seine in the north of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Rouen · See more »
Royal entry
The Royal Entry, also known by various names, including Triumphal Entry, Joyous Entry, consisted of the ceremonies and festivities accompanying a formal entry by a ruler or his representative into a city in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period in Europe.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Royal entry · See more »
Sacramentarians
The Sacramentarians were Christians during the Protestant Reformation who denied not only the Roman Catholic transubstantiation but also the Lutheran sacramental union.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Sacramentarians · See more »
Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Saint-Cloud · See more »
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Saint-Germain-en-Laye · See more »
Saintonge
Saintonge, historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, is a former province of France located on the west central Atlantic coast.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Saintonge · See more »
Salic law
The Salic law (or; Lex salica), or the was the ancient Salian Frankish civil law code compiled around AD 500 by the first Frankish King, Clovis.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Salic law · See more »
Saluzzo
Saluzzo (Saluces) is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Saluzzo · See more »
Seine
The Seine (La Seine) is a river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Seine · See more »
Sens
Sens is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km from Paris.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Sens · See more »
Siege
A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege · See more »
Siege of Amiens (1597)
The Siege of Amiens was a siege and battle fought during the Franco-Spanish War (1595-1598) (as part of the French Wars of Religion) and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) between 13 May and 25 September 1597.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of Amiens (1597) · See more »
Siege of Calais (1596)
The Siege of Calais of 1596, also known as the Spanish conquest of Calais, took place at the strategic port-city of Calais (present-day Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France), between April 8–24, 1596, as part of the Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598), in the context of the French Wars of Religion, the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), and the Eighty Years' War.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of Calais (1596) · See more »
Siege of Caudebec
The Siege of Caudebec (Retraite du Duc de Parme) was a military event that took place between 24 April to 21 May 1592 as part of the French Wars of Religion and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of Caudebec · See more »
Siege of Doullens
The Siege of Doullens, also known as the Spanish capture of Doullens or the Storming of Doullens, took place between 14 and 31 July 1595, as part of the Franco-Spanish War (1595-1598), in the context of the French Wars of Religion.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of Doullens · See more »
Siege of La Rochelle
The Siege of La Rochelle (French: Le Siège de La Rochelle, or sometimes Le Grand Siège de La Rochelle) was a result of a war between the French royal forces of Louis XIII of France and the Huguenots of La Rochelle in 1627–28.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of La Rochelle · See more »
Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73)
The Siege of La Rochelle of 1572–1573 was a massive military assault on the Huguenot-held city of La Rochelle by Catholic troops during the fourth phase of the French Wars of Religion, following the August 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73) · See more »
Siege of Paris (1590)
The Siege of Paris took place in 1590 during the French Wars of Religion when the French Royal Army under Henry of Navarre, and supported by the Huguenots, failed to capture the city of Paris from the Catholic League.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of Paris (1590) · See more »
Siege of Rouen (1591)
The Siege of Rouen (December 1591 – May 1592) was an unsuccessful attempt by Henry IV of France to capture Rouen, the historical capital city of Normandy.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of Rouen (1591) · See more »
Siege of Sancerre
The Siege of Sancerre (1572–1573) was a siege of the fortified hilltop city of Sancerre in central France during the Wars of Religion where the Huguenot population held out for nearly eight months against the Catholic forces of the king.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Siege of Sancerre · See more »
Sommières
Sommières is a commune in the Gard department in southern France, located at the border with the Hérault department It lies from Nîmes, from Montpellier.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Sommières · See more »
Southern France
Southern France or the South of France, colloquially known as le Midi, is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Southern France · See more »
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
The St.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and St. Bartholomew's Day massacre · See more »
Surprise of Meaux
The surprise of Meaux (La surprise de Meaux) was a conspiracy organised in 1567 by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé to capture Charles IX and the rest of the French royal family.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Surprise of Meaux · See more »
Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza (Theodorus Beza; Théodore de Bèze or de Besze; June 24, 1519 – October 13, 1605) was a French Reformed Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Reformation.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Theodore Beza · See more »
Theology of Huldrych Zwingli
The theology of Huldrych Zwingli was based on the Bible, taking scripture as the inspired word of God and placing its authority higher than what he saw as human sources such as the ecumenical councils and the church fathers.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Theology of Huldrych Zwingli · See more »
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Thirty Years' War · See more »
Toleration
Toleration is the acceptance of an action, object, or person which one dislikes or disagrees with, where one is in a position to disallow it but chooses not to.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Toleration · See more »
Toulouse
Toulouse (Tolosa, Tolosa) is the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Toulouse · See more »
Tours
Tours is a city located in the centre-west of France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Tours · See more »
Treaty of Bergerac
The Treaty of Bergerac was signed at Bergerac on 14 September 1577 between Henry III of France and Huguenot princes, and later ratified by the Edict of Poitiers on 17 September.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Treaty of Bergerac · See more »
Treaty of Fleix
The Treaty of Fleix (also known as the Edict of Fleix and the Peace of Fleix) was signed on 26 November 1580 by Henry III of France in Le Fleix.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Treaty of Fleix · See more »
Treaty of Hampton Court (1562)
The Treaty of Hampton Court (also known as the Treaty of Richmond) was signed on 22 September 1562 between Queen Elizabeth and Huguenot leader Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Treaty of Hampton Court (1562) · See more »
Treaty of Joinville
The Treaty of Joinville was signed in secret on 31 December 1584 by the Catholic League, led by France's first family of Catholic nobles, the House of Guise, and Habsburg Spain.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Treaty of Joinville · See more »
Treaty of Montpellier
The Treaty of Montpellier (or the Peace of Montpellier) was signed in Montpellier on 18 October 1622 between King Louis XIII of France and Duke Henry II of Rohan.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Treaty of Montpellier · See more »
Treaty of Nemours
Articles of the Treaty of Nemours (or Treaty of Saint-Maur) were agreed upon in writing and signed in Nemours on 7 July 1585 between the Queen Mother, Catherine de' Medici, acting for the King, and representatives of the House of Guise, including the Duke of Lorraine.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Treaty of Nemours · See more »
Valence (city)
Valence (Valença) is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Drôme department and within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Valence (city) · See more »
Venice
Venice (Venezia,; Venesia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Venice · See more »
Virtual Museum of Protestantism
The Virtual Museum of Protestantism, created in 2003 by the Fondation pasteur Eugène Bersier, recounts the history of Protestantism in France from the 16th century to the present.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Virtual Museum of Protestantism · See more »
Vulgate
The Vulgate is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible that became the Catholic Church's officially promulgated Latin version of the Bible during the 16th century.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Vulgate · See more »
Waldensians
The Waldensians (also known variously as Waldenses, Vallenses, Valdesi or Vaudois) are a pre-Protestant Christian movement founded by Peter Waldo in Lyon around 1173.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Waldensians · See more »
Wassy
Wassy, formerly known as Wassy-sur-Blaise, is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Wassy · See more »
William Farel
William Farel (1489 – 13 September 1565), Guilhem Farel or Guillaume Farel, was a French evangelist, Protestant reformer and a founder of the Reformed Church in the Principality of Neuchâtel, in the Republic of Geneva, and in Switzerland in the Canton of Bern and the (then occupied by Bern) Canton of Vaud.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and William Farel · See more »
William the Silent
William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent or William the Taciturn (translated from Willem de Zwijger), or more commonly known as William of Orange (Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1581.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and William the Silent · See more »
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Count Palatine Wolfgang of Zweibrücken (Pfalzgraf Wolfgang von Zweibrücken; 26 September 1526 – 11 June 1569) was member of the Wittelsbach family of the Counts Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken 1532–1559.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken · See more »
1562 Riots of Toulouse
The 1562 Riots of Toulouse are a series of events (occurring largely in the span of a week) that pitted members of the Reformed Church of France (often called Huguenots) against members of the Roman Catholic Church in violent clashes that ended with the deaths of between 3,000–5,000 citizens of the French city of Toulouse.
New!!: French Wars of Religion and 1562 Riots of Toulouse · See more »
Redirects here:
Death of Charles IX, Fifth War of Religion, First War of Religion, Fourth War of Religion, Franco-Spanish War (1595-1598), Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598), Franco-Spanish War (1595–98), French Civil War, French Civil Wars, French Religion Wars, French War of Religion, French religious wars, French wars of religion, Huguenot Wars, Second War of Religion, Sixth War of Religion, Third War of Religion, Wars of Religion (France), Wars of Religion in France.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Wars_of_Religion
