Huguenots

Examples of Huguenots in the following topics:

• The French Wars of Religion

  • The French Wars of Religion (1562–98) is the name of a period of fighting between French Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots).
  • Later, Louis Bourbon would become a major figure among the Huguenots of France.
  • Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 when Catholics killed thousands of Huguenots in Paris.
  • Bartholomew Massacre painting by Painting by François Dubois, a Huguenot painter.
  • Discuss how the patterns of warfare that took place in France affected the Huguenots

• Louis XIV and the Huguenots

  • The persecution of the Huguenots became one of the critical factors in Louis XIV's consolidation of royal power and resulted in Catholicism being the only legally tolerated religion in France, despite Louis' conflict with the Pope.
  • It granted the Calvinist Protestants of France, known as Huguenots, substantial rights in a predominately Catholic nation.
  • Between 300,000 and 400,000 Huguenots converted, as this entailed financial rewards and exemption from the dragonnades.
  • Historians cite the emigration of about 200,000 Huguenots (roughly one-fourth of the Protestant population, or 1% of the French population) who defied royal decrees.
  • Analyze Louis XIV's persecution of the Huguenots and the consequences that had for France.

• France and Cardinal Richelieu

  • Crises in France, including a rebellion of the Huguenots, rendered Richelieu a nearly indispensable adviser to the King.
  • The Huguenots, one of the largest political and religious factions in the country, controlled a significant military force, and were in rebellion.
  • Moreover, the King of England, Charles I, declared war on France in an attempt to aid the Huguenot faction.
  • In the same vein as the Cardinal, he enacted policies that further suppressed the once-mighty aristocracy and utterly destroyed all remnants of Huguenot political power.

• Calvinism

  • These missionaries dispersed Calvinism widely, and formed the French Huguenots in Calvin's own lifetime, as well as caused the conversion of Scotland under the leadership of the cantankerous John Knox in 1560.
  • Protestantism spread into France, where the Protestants were derisively nicknamed "Huguenots," and this touched off decades of warfare in France, after initial support by Henry of Navarre was lost due to the "Night of the Placards" affair.
  • Many French Huguenots, however, still contributed to the Protestant movement, including many who emigrated to the English colonies.

• The First Stuarts and Catholicism

  • Moreover, the treaty placed under French command an English naval force that would be used to suppress the Protestant Huguenots at La Rochelle.
  • Despite Charles' agreement to provide the French with English ships, in 1627 he launched an attack on the French coast to defend the Huguenots at La Rochelle.

• Frederick the Great

  • Frederick was brought up by Huguenot governesses and tutors and learned French and German simultaneously.

• Philip II and the Spanish Armada

  • Philip financed the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion (primarily fought between French Catholics and Protestants known as Huguenots).

• Elizabeth I and English Patriotism

  • The exception was the English occupation of Le Havre from October 1562 to June 1563, which ended in failure when Elizabeth's Huguenot (Protestant) allies joined with the Catholics to retake the port.

• Cardinal Mazarin and the Fronde

  • Towards Protestantism at home, Mazarin pursued a policy of promises and calculated delay to defuse armed insurrections and keep the Huguenots disarmed.

• Prussia Under Frederick the Great

  • Just like Catherine II, he recognized the educational skills the Jesuits had as an asset for the nation and was interested in attracting a diversity of skills to his country, whether from Jesuit teachers, Huguenot citizens, or Jewish merchants and bankers.