Causes of the First French Religion War
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- Causes of the First French War of Religion
- Social Unrest and Factionalism
- Tumult of Amboise
- The Tumult of Amboise emphasised the view that Huguenots were dangerous rebels that wanted the crown for themselves in the eyes of Catholics.
- Massacre of Vassy (March 1562)
- A Culmination of Catholic hostility towards Protestants. This event directly triggered the First War of Religion.
- After the massacre, the Duke of Guise marched with his followers to Paris to raise an army.
- In response to this, Protestants held a National Synod at Orleans and troops were to be mobilised under the Prince of Conde.
- Clientage
- When a noble converts to Calvinism a lot of their clients and peasants living on their land do so as well. This deepens the divisions between the two groups and creates a lot of regionalism.
- Tumult of Amboise
- Economic Depression and Finances
- Nobles of the Sword
- The Nobles of the Sword had just returned from a long period of fighting wars. They expected to be rewarded for their efforts but the crown did not have the facilities to do so.
- As a result they were disappointed and disillusioned. In quiet rebellion, some of these nobles converted to Calvinism.
- The Nobles of the Sword had just returned from a long period of fighting wars. They expected to be rewarded for their efforts but the crown did not have the facilities to do so.
- A lot of pressure was put on the Third Estate (in the form of taxation) because of the cost of war, debt and economic depression.
- This had the potential to cause civil unrest.
- Nobles of the Sword
- Weak Kingship
- Francis II
- Francis was not only young but also sickly so he was vulnerable to domination.
- His weak image meant that he could not squash insurgency among his people or his nobles.
- Catherine de Medici
- Catherine's status as monarch was disputed as she was Italian and a woman.
- According to salic law she shouldn't be able to be a regent and her italian upbringing led people to believe she could not rule France
- Catherine's attempted toleration of Huguenots was not successful and caused dissatisfaction among Catholics.
- Catherine's status as monarch was disputed as she was Italian and a woman.
- Francis II
- Religion
- Catholics
- Catholics regarded Huguenots as dangerous rebels who wanted the crown so there was already lingering hostility towards them.
- Lingering hostility escalated to outright violence with events such as the Tumult of Amboise and the Edict of January.
- Catholics regarded Huguenots as dangerous rebels who wanted the crown so there was already lingering hostility towards them.
- Edict of January (January 1562)
- First act that legally allowed Huguenot worshipped. This was not a successful as it directly resulted in the Massacre of Vassy which triggered the First War of Religion.
- Catholics
- Social Unrest and Factionalism
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