2. Huguenots Some rights reservedSome rights reserved by manoellemosmanoellemos Some rights reservedSome rights reserved by manoellemosmanoellemos French Protestants (Calvinists)

4. Catherine de’ Medici Queen of France

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

6. Queen Regent Some rights reservedSome rights reserved by Arne HendriksArne Hendriks

7. Some rights reservedSome rights reserved by Wolfgang LonienWolfgang 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 Some rights reservedSome rights reserved by Larry JohnsonLarry Johnson

11. Politi-Q

12. Politique Politics Over Religion Henry IV Henry IV

13. Politique Politics Over Religion Cardinal Richelieu

14. The Edict of Nantes (1598)

15. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION (Within Limits)

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