A History of Modern Europe - From the Renaissance to the Present

CHAPTER THE WARS OF RELIGION On May 23, 1618, a crowd of protesters carried a petition to Prague’s Hradcany Palace, where repres ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 127 not far behind the rivalry between Protestants and Catholics. In the Thirty ...

128 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion the resistance of the French clergy, established royal control over ecclesiastical appointments ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 129 purchasing power of the laborer declined dramatically, whereas that of land ...

130 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion division in the last half of the sixteenth century. Perhaps as many as 40 per­ cent of French n ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 131 between the two denominations failed utterly. Such attempts only infuri­ at ...

132 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion young King Charles IX and his younger brother had no sons. There was no clear heir to the thron ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 133 The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 1572, in which more than 2,000 Huguen ...

134 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion behind the aged, ambitious Catholic Cardinal de Bourbon, who was next in line after Henry of Na ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 135 Henry 111 then switched partners, joining the duke of Guise against Henry o ...

136 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion Assassination of Henry, duke of Guise. less intimidated than they had anticipated. When the duk ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 137 Henry failed to take advantage of the situation his shrewd generalship had ...

138 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion Gradually Henry succeeded in putting the finances of the monarchy on a firmer footing. In 1596, ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 139 Map 4.1 Wars of Religion in France in the Sixteenth Century France at the t ...

140 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion Henry had a charismatic and somewhat contradictory personality. In con­ trast to the portraits ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 141 century Europe. His reign was an exercise in early modern European statemak ...

142 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion At the time of the Estates-General in 1789, an image of an impoverished, elderly peasant carryi ...

The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 143 exploration of the St. Lawrence River in 1534. Samuel de Champlain founded ...

144 Ch. 4 • The Wars of Religion During Louis XIII’s reign, Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (1 585-1642) expanded t ...

The Thirty Years’ War (I61H-164H) 145 own brother led a second plot against Richelieu from 1641 to 1642, backed by the king of S ...