Religious+Wars+French+Civil+Wars+of+Religion+1562-1598

Conflict and Change Play Bill

CONFLICT: The spread of French Calvinism persuaded the French ruler Catherine-de-Medicis, to show more tolerance for the Huguenots, which angered the powerful Roman Catholic Guise family.On March 1562, the private army of Duc Francois de Guise massacred a Huguenot congregation at Vassay, starting the first religious war. Many inconclusive skirmishes followed, and compromises were reached in 1563, 1568, and 1570. After the murder of the Huguenot leader Gaspard II de Coligny in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew’s Day in 1572, the civil war resumed.

CAST AND CREW:

MAJOR PLAYERS Protestants(Huguenots) || REASONS FOR INVOVLEMENT Partisans of the Roman Catholic Guise family murdered a Huguenot congregation at Vassay in 1562. || (Huguenot) || General, Huguenot leader, and founder of House of Conde. ||
 * French Catholics || Formed to stop the spread of Protestans factions such as the Lutherans, Calvinists, and members of the Refromed Church of France and to protect French Catholics right to worship. ||
 * Duke Henry I of Guise (French Catholic) || Formed the Catholic League( French Catholics) in 1576 in order to keep the Protestant(Huguenot) Henry of Navarre, off the thorne of France. ||
 * Duke Francois de Guise (French Catholic) || In March 1562, the private army of Duc Francois de Guise massacred a Huguenot congregation at Vassy, setting off the first religious war. ||
 * Louis I de Bourboun

MINOR PLAYERS Gaspard II de Coligny (Huguenot) || REASONS FOR INVOVLEMENT French nobleman, admiral, and Huguenot leader. || during the French Civil Wars of Religion. ||
 * Henry IV(Huguenot) || Henry IV was the king of France in 1589-1610

MINI-BIOGRAPHIES OF MAJOR PLAYERS:

Duke Henry I of Guise (French Catholic) - Born January 31, 1550; In 1576, formed the Cahtolic League (French Catholics) in order to keep the Protestant(Huguenot) of Henry of Navarre off the thorne of France.

Duke Francois de Guise (French Catholic) - Born February 17, 1519 at France, Lorriane; was a french soldier, and politician, main reason for the cause of the French Religious Wars.

Louis I de Bourbon - Born May 7, 1530 in Vendome; General, Huguenot leader, and founder of the House of Conde. Served as a general during the siege of Mertz in 1552 and again in the Battle of St. Quentin in 1557, Commanded the Huguenots during the French Religious Wars. Died March 13, 1569 during the French Religious Wars in the Battle of Jarnac at Jarnac.

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