The Reformation in France

Question 1

The Conditions in France

Answer 1

1. The Pope gave the King the right to appoint Archbishops, bishops etc… = $$$. So the crown would fight any attempts at reform.
2. The Clergy were mostly illiterate.
3. The king was basically head of the church in France making reform almost impossible.

Question 2

Jacques Le Fevre

Answer 2

Translated the Bible into French for the common people.

Question 3

Martin Luther

Answer 3

Helped inspire early reform.

Question 4

The Reformation spread, except to the…

Answer 4

Highest Noble class

Question 5

John Calvin

Answer 5

Provided long distance leadership from Geneva

Question 6

Institutes of Christian Religion

Answer 6

Published in French and gave a doctrinal statement and Church government system.

Question 7

Churches met in…

Answer 7

Homes

Question 8

The French Protestants were know as…

Answer 8

Huguenots

Question 9

Many French people were…

Answer 9

Illiterate

Question 10

About 2/5ths of the Nobles became…

Answer 10

Huguenots

Question 11

Catherine de Medici sought…

Answer 11

a compromise with the Huguenots but due to a political miscalculation sparked the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre where from 30-70,000 Huguenots may have been killed.

Question 12

The Edict of Toleration

Answer 12

Issued by Huguenot Henry of Navarre, but successive Catholic kings revoked the Edict of Toleration.