Chapter 4 Outline Flashcards
Geneva
Refuge for Protestants
Politiques
Rulers place state’s success above all (Elizabeth most successful)
Huguenot
French Protestant
Battle of Pavia
King Francis 1 captured by Charles V
Edict of Fountainbleu
Protestants to inquisition
3 families seeking power
- Bourbons
- Montmorency-Chatillions
- Guises
Catherine de Medici
Regent for son Charles I
Protestant ally
Always feared Guises
Led St Bartholomew Day Massacre
St Bartholomew Day Massacre
20,000 Huguenots killed in 3 days
John Knox
Scots reformer
Henry III
Last Henry II’s sons
Supported by neutral Catholics and Huguenots
Peace of Beaulieu: almost guaranteed Protestant freedom
Henry of Navarre
Paris is worth a mass= abandons Protestantism
Edict of Nantes
Recognized Huguenot rights in an official Catholic country
Philip II
Heir to Hapsburg kingdom
Son of Charles V
Escorial: palace
Inherits Portugal throne= great sea power
Maragaret of Parma
Philip regent for Netherlands
Cardinal Gravelle
Council of State: stop spread of Protestantism