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French calvinists
Huguenots
The second deadliest european religion war behind the 30 years war
French wars of reliogion
st bartholomew’s day massacre`
reignited the french wars of religion
The edict of nantes
granted french huguenots religious tolerance ending the french wars of religion
…by placing order and security of the state above matters of faith
Henry IV brought the french wars of religion to an end
Phillip II of Spain
Deeply devout catholic, determined
to restore the catholic units in europe and lead the christian defense against the muslims
the netherlands
religious tolerance developed for pragmatic reasons
the central government lacked the power to enforce religious orthodoxy
make amsterdam the wealthiest city in europe for 200 years
leading money market, commodities market, and arms dealing market in the world
____________ __________ spanish soldiers sacked amsterdam killing 8,000 people and burning 1000 buildings in 11 days of horror
spanish fury
in response to the execution of the catholic monarch, Phillip II of spain
sent the famous spanish armadas to crush england
______________________ the most destructive and deadliest european religious war, resulting in 8 million casualties
the 30 years war
the peace of augsburg
the most important, it established that all princes enjoyed the right to determine the religion of the land and subjects, excluded calvinists
the bohemian revolt
the battle of white mountain 1620
__________ _________________ was a bohemian protestant/converted catholic duke of mecklenburg offered his services to emperor ferdinand II
Von wallensten
______________ ____________ in 1630 transforming what had been simply the emperors attempt to curb the protestant stats into full scale war in europe
sweden intervened