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  2. French Wars of Religion - Wikipedia

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    The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598.Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [1]

  3. Edict of Nantes - Wikipedia

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    Both brevets were withdrawn in 1629 by Louis XIII after a final religious civil war. The two letters patent [ 5 ] supplementing the edict granted the Protestants safe havens ( places de sûreté ), which were military strongholds such as La Rochelle , in support of which the king paid 180,000 écus a year, along with a further 150 emergency ...

  4. Huguenots - Wikipedia

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    The Huguenots were concentrated in the southern and western parts of the Kingdom of France. As Huguenots gained influence and more openly displayed their faith, Catholic hostility grew. A series of religious conflicts followed, known as the French Wars of Religion, fought intermittently from 1562 to 1598.

  5. First French War of Religion (1562–1563) - Wikipedia

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    The First French War of Religion (2 April 1562 – 19 March 1563) was the opening civil war of the French Wars of Religion. The war began when in response to the massacre of Wassy by the duc de Guise (duke of Guise) , the prince de Condé seized Orléans on 2 April.

  6. Edict of Amboise - Wikipedia

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    The government agreed to pay accrued wages for the Huguenot army provided it left the country and discharged Condé from reimbursing revenues gained from levying taxes during the civil war. [15] Finally all political and religious leagues were banned along with armed assemblies. [ 14 ]

  7. Massacre of Sens - Wikipedia

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    The mayor and the militia lost control of the proceedings and a general massacre of the town's Huguenot population ensued, the rural pilgrims from out of town setting themselves upon the burghers, with over 50 houses looted and 100 killed. [15] The authorities sought in vain to re-establish control on 13 April but their orders were ignored. [16]

  8. Edict of Fontainebleau - Wikipedia

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    The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1895) online. Dubois, E. T. "The revocation of the edict of Nantes — Three hundred years later 1685–1985." History of European Ideas 8#3 (1987): 361–365. reviews 9 new books. online; Scoville, Warren Candler. The persecution of Huguenots and French economic development, 1680-1720 ...

  9. Siege of Orléans (1563) - Wikipedia

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    The city of Orléans became Protestant; only reformed worship was tolerated; its institutions (the governor, the city aldermen, etc.) were taken over and the bishop was removed in April 1562. [3] [4] Churches were desecrated and relics destroyed. [5] In May Catherine dispatched Villars and Vielleville to Orléans to offer terms to Condé. [6]