Chapter 12: The Age of Religious Wars
The French Wars of Religion
French Kings (Valois)
Francis I (r. 1515-1547)
Henry II (r. 1547-1559)
Francis II (r. 1559-1560)
Charles IX (r. 1560-1574)
Henry III (r. 1574-1589)
Henry IV* (r. 1589-1610)
*was Henry of Navarre [First Bourbon King]
Other Names and Terms
Politique
Besançon Hugues (-1532)
Huguenot
Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589)
Valois
Guise
Bourbon
Montmorency-Chantillons
Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572)
Marguerite de Valois (1553-1615)
Henry of Guise (1550-1588)
Events
Edict of Fontainebleau (1540)
Edict of Chateaubriand (1551)
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559)
January Edict (1562)
Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1570)
Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (August 24, 1572)
Peace of Beaulieu (1576)
War of the Three Henrys
Edict of Nantes (April 13, 1598)
The Dutch Revolt
Names
Philip II (r. 1556-1598)
Don Juan de Austria (1547-1578)
Cardinal Granvelle [Antoine Perrenot] (1517-1586)
William of Nassau* (1533-1584)
*Prince of Orange [“the Silent”]
Duke of Alba [Fernando Alvarez de Toledo] (1507-1583)
Duke of Parma [Alessandro Farnese] (1545-1592)
Events and Terms
Potosí
Zacatecas
Battle of Lepanto (October 7, 1571)
The Compromise
The Council of Troubles (or Council of Blood)
Sea Beggars
Spanish Road
The Spanish Fury (1576)
Pacification of Ghent
Union of Brussels
Perpetual Edict (1577)
Union of Arras
Union of Utrecht
Spanish Armada (1588)
Twelve Years’ Truce
Spain and England
Names
Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554)
Mary I (r. 1553-1558)
Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603)
Sir William Cecil (1520-1598)
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587)
Francis Drake (1540-1596)
John Knox (1505-1572)
The Thirty Years’ War
Outline
I. Background and Causes
II. Course of the War
A. Bohemian Period (1618-1625)
B. Danish Period (1625-1629)
C. Swedish Period (1630-1635)
D. Swedish-French Period (1635-1648)
III. Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
IV. Impact of the War
Names
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1612-1619)
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1619-1637)
Frederick V, ruler of the Palatinate (r. 1616-1623)
Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria (1573-1651)
John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585-1656)
Johann von Tilly (1559-1632)
Christian IV, King of Denmark (r. 1588-1648)
Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583-1634)
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden (r. 1611-1632)
Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1637-1657)
Battles
White Mountain (1620)
Lutter (1626)
Breitenfeld (1631)
Lech (1632)
Lützen (1632)
Nördlingen (1634)
Events
Defenestration of Prague (1618)
Edict of Restitution (1629)
Massacre of Magdeburg (1631)
Treaty of Westphalia (1648)