His is reputed to have said, “Paris is worth a
mass.”
Francis II
Philip II

Henry of Navarre
Louis of Nassau
After Francis I was captured at the Battle of Pavia
in 1525 by the forces of Charles V, how did the
French try to placate Charles?
They persecuted the Huguenots
Who were the Huguenots? How did they get their
name?
The Huguenots were French Calvinists.
Their name was taken from Besançon
Hugues from Geneva who participated in a
rebellion against the Savoy dynasty that
gave Geneva its independence
Elizabeth I never forgave _________ for his
First Blast of the Trumpet against the
Terrible Regiment of Women in which he
openly declared that heathen (meaning non
Protestant) rulers ought to be removed from
their thrones.
The Duke of Guise
John Calvin
 John Knox
William of Orange
In 1559, the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
took even sterner measures against the
Huguenots than the Edict of Fontainebleau
 Ended the Habsburg–Valois Wars in Italy
granted the Huguenots almost complete
religious and civil freedom
Brought Spain and France into a closer
alliance against England and the Papacy
Francis I of France
Catherine de Mèdici
Henry II = _____________
Mary Stuart =Francis II Charles IX
________
Henry III
________
When Henry III was assassinated in 1589, who
succeeded him as king.
Henry of Navarre who became Henry IV
Which of the following was NOT a cause for
Mary Tudor’s unpopularity in England?
The burnings of Archbishop Cranmer and other
Protestant reformers
Mary’s marriage to Philip II.
The French war of 1557.
 The execution of Lady Jane Grey
Why did the Edict of Nantes fail?

It could not restrain religious fanatics
It gave the Huguenots only limited freedom
within their own towns but not in the cities.
Henry IV was assassinated in 1610
Henry converted to Catholicism
1559 was a pivotal year in European politics. It not
only saw the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis which
ended Habsburg–Valois Wars in Italy but two
trends developed. What were they?
a deepening of internal French religious
conflicts
a shifting of the European Balance of
Power from France to Spain
In 1550, who were the “new papists?”
The Jesuits
The Gueux
 The Calvinists
The Jansenists
In 1559, this French king
was killed in a jousting
tournament at the wedding
celebration of his daughter
to Philip II of Spain. What
was his name?
Henry II
How was France hurt?
Henry’s sickly heir,
Francis II, died the
next year and three
families competed for
power
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Give the year of these events
1517 Luther 95 Thesis
1555 The Peace of Augsburg
1558 Bloody Mary dies; Elizabeth becomes queen
1559
Henry II of France killed by accident
1572 The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
1588 The Spanish Armada
1593 Henry IV issues Edict of Nantes
1648 Treaty of Westphalia end 30 Years War
In his A Defense of Liberty against Tyrants
he questioned the authority of kings, asking
questions such as whether subjects are bound
to obey monarchs who infringe upon the will
of God.
Theodore Beza
François Hotman
 Philippe du Mornay
Louis of Condé
Which three French families competed for power
after the death of Henry II? Where were their
power bases?
the Bourbons, who were strong in the
southern and western France
the Montmorency-Chatillons, who were
strong in central France
the Guises who were strong in eastern
France
Who engineered the Saint Bartholomew’s
Day Massacre?
Philip II of Spain
Pope Gregory XIII
Admiral Colingy

Catherine de Mèdici
Who was the widow of Henry II of France?
Mary Queen of Scots
What was her role in Scotland? Which English
monarch “unwillingly” executed her?
a. She was Queen of Scotland
b. Elizabeth I
Mary of Scotland was the daughter of Mary of
Guise and James V of Scotland - and staunchly
Catholic. What were the religious leanings of the
Bourbons and Montmorency-Chatillion?
Huguenot
Philip II controlled Spain, the Spanish
Netherlands and the New World colonies.
Who was his uncle who controlled the
German Hapsburg lands and inherited the
title of Holy Roman Emperor?
William of Orange
The Duke of Alençon
Charles I

Ferdinand I
After the death of Henry II in a jousting match and
the accession of his sickly son, Francis II, who were
the three leading contenders for influence in
France?
Francis, the duke of Guise
Louis of Condé from the house of Bourbon
The Montmorency-Chatillion admiral
Gaspard de Coligny
The Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

acknowledged the power of the Huguenot
nobility and gave them religious freedom
within their own areas
revoked the Edict of Nantes
led Jacques Clement to assassinate Henry III
Was the direct result of the ascendance of the
Spanish over the French in European politics
When Francis II died and was succeeded by his
Charles IX
younger brother, ____________,
his mother,
Catherine
de Mèdici
_________________became
his regent. She tried
to reconcile the Protestant and Catholic factions and
failed. So she tried to find allies with the Protestants.
In 1562, after conversations with Beza and Coligny,
January Edict which granted
she issued the _____________,
French Protestants freedom to worship privately in
urban areas and publically in the countryside.
His most famous monument, El Escorial,
was a combination palace, church, museum,
library, mausoleum and monastery.
Francis II

Philip II
Henry of Navarre
Louis of Nassau
On October 7th, 1571, Don John’s fleet won an
astounding victory against the Ottoman navy
under the command of Ali Pasha in the
Battle of Lepanto
What were the terms of the Edict of Nantes?
The Edict of Nantes gave the Huguenots
qualified religious freedom and treated
them for the first time as more than heretics
and opened a path of tolerance. The edict
also offered general freedom of conscience
to individuals.
The Day of the Barricades protested the
weak and moderate policies of
Francis II

Henry III
Henry IV
The Duke of Guise
These two great silver mines in Mexico and Peru
poured tremendous wealth into Spain.
Zacatecas and Potosi
The ______________in May 1576 granted the
Huguenots almost complete religious and civil
freedom but it did not last because in October of
1577, the Catholic League forced Henry III to
modify the peace and restrict Huguenots to
limited areas of worship.
Peace of Beaulieu
After the death of his brother Charles IX,
Henry III was caught between what two
factions?

The Catholic League

Angry Huguenots
The Politiques
The Council of Troubles
He wrote Franco-Gallia which made a case
for a representative government and an
elected monarchy. It was only found favorable
by Catholics or Protestants when it could be
used for that side’s own political agenda
Theodore Beza
 François Hotman
Philippe du Mornay
Louis of Condé
Spain’s militant Catholicism traces its roots
back to the
Crusades
 Reconquista
Church Councils
Inquisition
Which of the following does NOT describe
Philip II of Spain?
great patron of the arts
private, reclusive and religious
a great organizer

fiscally responsible
He was a close disciple of Calvin, and wrote
On the Right of Magistrates over their
Subjects in which he rejected Calvin’s views
and justified the overthrow of “tyrannical
rulers.”
 Theodore Beza
François Hotman
Philippe du Mornay
Louis of Condé
On October 7th, 1571, Don John’s fleet won an
astounding victory against the Ottoman navy
under the command of Ali Pasha in the
Battle of Lepanto
What were the terms of the Edict of Nantes?
The Edict of Nantes gave the Huguenots
qualified religious freedom and treated
them for the first time as more than heretics
and opened a path of tolerance. The edict
also offered general freedom of conscience
to individuals.
The Edict of Fontainebleau in 1540
took away Huguenot property
gave the Huguenots limited freedom within
their own towns
subjected all French Protestants to the
 Inquisition
led to the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre