Henry of Navarre Bobby Alexiou Zack Alecci

Religious Conflict  Calvinists fought against Catholics in France during the mid-late 16 th century.  These protestants were called Huguenots and they were a minority in France  Their leader was a man named Henry of Navarre, who was baptized a Catholic but raised a protestant.

King Henry  Before becoming king, he was the leader of the Huguenots  He eventually converted to Catholicism, ending the fighting  He created the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which gave his former followers religious freedom, but only were Protestant was the religious majority  With both groups not fighting, Henry was able to reform the church  Many attempts on his life were made, and he was assassinated in 1610.

Religious Unity  Henry’s reforms and Edict showed unity, instead of conflict  He was able to do this by converting to Catholicism, but still being semi loyal to his former religion as king

Sources (Holt History Online, pg 460, Conflicts between Religions) (World History: The Modern Human Era, pg 267, Henry IV)