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Date: 10/29
Title:
21.2
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Event /
Concept
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Place
People
Importance /
details
Result /
Relationship
Wars of
Religion
1559
France
Henry IIs
sons,
Catherine de
Medicis
Catherine tried
to preserve
royalty, six wars
conflict
between
catholic and
Huguenots
St.
Bartholomews
Day Massacre
1572
six week
slaughter of
Huguenots,
5000 dead
protestants
Started with
marriage of
Catherines
daughter
France
Huguenots
French
Protestantism
Conflict with
Catholics
Protestantism
Inheritance of
the throne
1598
France
Henry of
Navarre
Catherine and
her last son
died
Became
Henry IV
Edict of Nantes
1598
France
Henry of
Navarre,
Huguenots
Huguenots
were given
religious
toleration
Now lived in
peace
Henry IVs
death
1610
France
Louis XIII
Inherited
throne
Appointance of
strong minister
1624
France
Cardinal
Richelieu
Basically the
leader,
appointed by
LouIs XIII,
weekend power
nobles,
Since minister
very political,
hated
Huguenots
Skepticism
France
People of
France
idea nothing is
known for
certain
Created
attitude of
doubt
Creation of the
essay
France
Montaigne
After death of
friend he
communicated
ideas made
Essay created
new literary
form
Meditations on
First
Philosophy
France
Descartes
Book by him,
had ideas on
skepticism
these ideas
used to make
scientific
method
Death of Louis
XIII
1643
France
Louis XIV
4 years old
during reign
strongest
french leader
ever
Reign of a four
year old
1643
France
Cardinal
Mazarin
successor of
Richelieu
1648 ended
30 Years War
Rebellion of
nobles
1648-1653
France
French
Nobles,
Louis XIV
1) leader
distrusted one
another
2) government
repression
3) peasants
didnt want
revolt
Made him a
stronger
leader
Death of
Mazarin
1661
France
Louis XIV,
French
Nobles
Louis 22,
Louis
removed nobles weakened
from council
nobles
powers
Intendants
1661
France
Louis XIV,
Intendants
collected taxes,
administered
justice
increased
power gov
agents
Nobles,
Intendants,
Louis XIV
Intendants had
more power,
required nobles
help him daily
gave more
power to the
intendants,
took nobles
away from
their homes
European
leaders,
Louis XIV
meant to
balance power
Europe united
to prevent
French
expansion
Control of
Nobility
Alliance in
Europe
end of
1680s
Europe,
France
War of Spanish
Succession
1700
France,
Spain
Louis XIV,
Philip of
Anjou
Bourbons now
controlled two
biggest
european
empires
long dtruggle
that followed
Louis XIV
legacy
1715
France
Louis XIV
France large
power, ranked
highest in arts,
constant
warfare
brought large
debt