The Wars of Religion (1560s-1648)

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French Civil War

Conflict from 1562 to 1598 over royal inheritance

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Valois Family

Last powerful dynasty before Bourbons in France

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Henri II

Final strong king of the Valois family

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Cathrine de Medici

Mother of Valois Kings, influential in Civil War

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Guise Family

Led Catholic forces in the northern France

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Bourbon Family

Led Huguenots in the southern France

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St. Bartholomew‘s Day Massacre

1572 event were 20,000 Huguenots were killed

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Henri of Navarre

Bourbon leader who survived the massacre

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Catholic League

Coalition opposing Huguenots during the Civil War

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Edict of Nantes

1598 decree granting Huguenots, religious freedom

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Political Compromise

Henri IV converted to Catholicism for peace

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Henri IV

Defeated Catholic league and Spanish interference