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huguenots
french calvinist protestants; by the 1500s, half of the french nobility were protestants
french calvinist protestants
what is another definition for “huguenots”?
nobility
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by the 1500s, half of the french _________ were protestants
synod
an assembly of religious representatives
synod
attempted to earn religious freedom for the huguenots
francis I and henry II
brought persecution to the protestants
de medicis
powerful ruling family in france
francis II
charles IX
henry III
who were catherine de medicis’ three sons that ruled as kings?
henry of navarre and gaspard de coligny
led protestants in their fight vs. the catholics
guise family
leaders of the catholic forces in france
edict of january
catherine’s attempt at peace with the protestants (1562); this was temporary
1562
when was the edict of january?
st. bartholomew’s day massacre
the murder of 100,000 protestants through france
100,000
how many protestants were murdered in the st. bartholomew’s day massacre?
henry IV (of navarre)
became king in 1589; first protestant king of France
protestant
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henry VI became the first ___________ king of france
edict of nantes
allowed for more religious freedoms to the french huguenots
marie de medicis
wife of henry IV
louis XIII
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marie de medicis “ruled” france for her son ________ ____
cardinal richelieu
advisor who aided marie de medicis in her rule
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