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Holt, The French Wars of Religion, 98-152.

1a. Identify: Jean Bodin, chambres mi-parties, religion prétendue réformée, the Sixteen, Mayenne, The Just Deposition of Henry III.

1b. Be sure that you understand the significance of this chronology:

  • Peace of Monsieur = Edict of Beaulieu (1576)
  • Estates-General of Blois (1576)
  • Peace of Bergerac (1577)
  • Peace of Fleix (1580)
  • Treaty of Nemours (1585)
  • Day of the Barricades (1588)
  • Edict of Union (1588)
  • Estates-General of Blois (1588)

    2. What was "the rhetoric of resistance"?

    3. Who was the Duke of Anjou? What was his role in the Wars of Religion? Why did the Florentine ambassador write that the Duke's death "was the ruin of France"? (120)

    4. What role did Spain, the Netherlands, and England play in the French Wars of Religion?

    5. Why was Henry III an "enigma" (125) to many people in France?

    6. What was "the crisis of the League"?

    7. Why did peasants rise in revolt in 1575-1580? What were their objectives?

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