Europe in
Crisis: The
Wars of
Religion
The French Wars of Religion
1562 – 1598
1560 – Calvinists and Catholics becoming
combative
Trying to win converts and eliminate each
others power
Huguenots – French protestants influenced
by John Calvin
Huguenots
7% of total population were Calvinists
40% - 50% of nobility were Huguenots
Navarre Kingdom – located in southern
France was protestant
Catholics had more money and bought
larger armies
Henry of Navarre
Political leader of the
Huguenots
Became King of
France in 1594
Converted to
Catholicism as a
political move
Edict of Nantes
Recognized Catholicism as official religion
of France
Huguenots did have the right to worship and
hold public offices