1. French Wars of Religion
One morning at the gates of the Louvre, 19th-century painting by Édouard Debat-Ponsan

2. French Protestants (Calvinists)
Huguenots
French Protestants (Calvinists)
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4. Catherine de’ Medici
Queen of France

5. The last of the Valois Dynasty
Catherine’s Sons
The last of the Valois Dynasty

6. Queen Regent
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7. Some rights reserved by Wolfgang Lonien

8. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
20,000 Protestants Killed

9. Henry IV
Henry, the Protestant King of Navarre, defeats the Catholic League.
Henry IV, as Hercules vanquishing the Lernaean Hydra (i.e. the Catholic League), by Toussaint Dubreuil, circa 1600

10. Worth a Mass
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11. Politi-Q

12. Politics Over Religion
Politique
Politics Over Religion
Henry IV

13. Politics Over Religion
Politique
Politics Over Religion
Cardinal Richelieu

14. The Edict of Nantes
(1598)

15. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
(Within Limits)

16. Bourbon monarchs would rule France until the French Revolution.
House of Bourbon
Bourbon monarchs would rule France until the French Revolution.
Art Credit: Sodacan

17. KEY POINTS HUGUENOTS (French Calvinists) Catherine de Medici
Queen of France (Catholic)
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
20,000 Protestants Killed
Henry IV (of Navarre (Protestant)
Politique (“Paris is worth a mass.”)
Edict of Nantes
House of BOURBON
Succeeded Valois Dynasty
Art Credit: Sodacan