When Religion turned into a War

The Religious and Civil Wars

 

 

  1. End of Renaissance-  Attack on Rome and sack of Florence in Italy
  2. Catharine Medici-  Controlled French kings
  3. France-   France Prime Minister to Louis XIII preserved Europe’s balance of  power and modernized France.
  4. Peasants Wars-  The peasants lost in Germany
  5. 3 Henry’s-  Henry II and III controlled by Catherine Medici
  6. St. Bartholomew’s Massacre-    Catholics killed 10,000 Huguenots in 1572
  7. Edict of Nantes- Catholics and Protestants both have right to exist & establish cities w/ armies to protect them.
  8. Politiques-  Monarchs and others believed practicality & politics should over rule religion.
  9. 30 Years War-  HRE tried to recreate Catholicism in Germany.  Leading to much fighting.
  10. The Dutch-  The Dutch become a Republic and were lead by William

 

"History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that produced these wars, it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing."

                  Baron de Montesquieu

 

"No kingdom has ever suffered as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ."

                  Baron de Montesquieu

 

“In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.”
                  Richard M. Nixon

 

 

These Civil wars and Religious Wars were a very brutal time in history.  From 1562- 1589 there was a total of nine civil wars.  The more wars that occurred the more civilians got killed.  In 1572 St. Bartholomew’s Massacre occurred and there was about 20,000 Huguenot deaths and Protestants them became feared for their lives.  Henry III and Henry IV were both killed and assassinated in the Religious Wars.  Henry the III was the son of Catherine Medici and he was killed in 1589.  He was all about power and independence.  Henry of Navarre took over for Henry III and tried to unit France, but could not take over Paris because of Catholic strength.  The Edict of Nantes was then established in 1589 to permit the Huguenots to worship publicly so towns in France could protect themselves.  The Edict was basically a truce to the Religious Wars.