Admiral Gaspard de Coligny- but the assassin didn’t fully kill him. Coligny was found injured‚ leaving the Huguenots furious at the Catholic throne. Catherine convinced Charles IX that Huguenots were on the verge of overthrowing Charles‚ the young king panicked and sent troops to kill off these Huguenot rebels. During that same time‚ Coligny was thrown off his bedroom window‚ which made Huguenots even more mad. Overall‚ 70‚000 protestants were murdered‚ most killed in mass murders. This tragedy was
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=Feel free to add other terms on here! Black Death: Where: began in Mediterranean due to trade‚ expanded throughout rest of Europe When: 1346-53 Who: Everyone in Europe except Milan and Poland Significance: Anti-semitism increased as Jewish population was blamed‚ caused economic gains for survivors Dance of Death: theme fascinated by artists‚ actors‚ and performers- procession of people of every age/social status parading to their graves Also in the grand scheme of things‚ the black death was actually
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great increase of Calvinism that by the end of 1560s almost one-third of the elites joined the Huguenots (French Calvinists). Civil war broke out as both Catholics and Protestants committed horrible acts against one another (murder of priests‚ pastors‚ and sometimes whole congregations). Many Calvinists were persecuted such as the infamous St. Bartholomew’s Day massacred in which two thousand Huguenots in Paris
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combined Catholic rituals and Calvinist doctrines‚ while denouncing parts of the English Church‚ ultimately helping Protestantism spread throughout England. France concluded their war with the Edict of Nantes. Enacted in 1598‚ this compromise granted Huguenots substantial rights and complete tolerance within the borders. Compromise and religious tolerance were the main similarities concluding the war. The European Wars of Religion‚ although in some aspects differed‚ had many similarities. They all displayed
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Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny was created by French artist Francois Clouet in 1565-70. Francois Clouet was a famous painter known for elaborate details and accuracy of his drawing‚ as well as portraying the French ruling family. Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny was created with oil paints on an 8x5 panel. This particular painting looks more as a sketch than a painting due to the artist Francois Clouet sketching the facial features directly on the panel before applying paint. Admiral Gaspard II de
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County‚ South Carolina. His parents‚ Gabriel and Esther Marion‚ were of French Huguenot descent. The Huguenots were French Protestants who had suffered persecution for their beliefs during the reign of Louis XIV. Following the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes‚ which forbade the practice of Protestantism‚ 50‚000 Huguenots left France. Marion’s grandparents were among them. Along with 70 or 80 other Huguenot families‚ they farmed the banks of the Santee River near Charleston‚ South Carolina
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Edict of Fontainebleau distressed the Huguenot community in France. This caused nearly 400‚000 people of the Protestant community in France to flee and find religious freedom again in other countries like “England‚ Prussia‚ Holland and America”(The Editors of Encyclopædis Britannica). The revolution of the Edict of Nantes required all Protestant churches to be closed and banned anybody in France from practicing the Protestant faith. It also banished Huguenot pastors who refused to convert to Catholicism
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Chapter 15 Study Guide: The Age of Religious Wars and European Expansion 1. What caused the Revolt in The Netherlands? The Revolt of the Netherlands (1566-1587) By 1560s‚ Calvinism spread and appealed to the middle classes because of its intellectual seriousness‚ moral gravity‚ and emphasis on any form of labor well done Calvinism took deep root among the merchants and financiers in the northern provinces and working-class people also converted partly to please their employers In 1559‚ Philip
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Louis XIV the Sun King’s Absolute Rule Louis XIV is one of the most famous examples of an absolute ruler. Louis had a complete control over his country. Louis’s father had died leaving France in a civil war. Louis XIV obtained power after his father died and through hatred over the nobility that threatened his life and his mothers‚ though Cardinal Mazarin ruled until Louis XIV took power after Mazarin’s death. He vowed he would never be so weak that he could not have power. Louis XIV was
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wanted to boast the wealth he acquired. As a devout Catholic‚ he went against the Huguenots‚ French protestants. He revoked the Edict of Nantes‚ signed and petitioned by Henry IV‚ and a large amount of Huguenots escaped France. Much like the Jews in Spain‚ this hurt France’s economy and it reached its rock bottom. The Versailles‚ his numerous wars‚ expenses in luxuries such as art‚ and the expulsion of the Huguenots‚ all led to the decline in economy of
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