French wars of Religion (8 jun 1562 año – 8 jun 1598 año)
Descripción:
Calvinism (Huguenots) vs Christians
A period of escalating violence that really kicked off after King Henry III of Navarra, a Huguenot leader, married the queen mother and became king of France. This marriage angered the Catholics to the point of slaughtering thousands of Huguenots on St. Bartholomew's Day.
Important: Huguenots made up ~7% of the general population, but 40%-50% of the nobility. So really, this was more a war of the powerful aristocrats vs the king, framed as a war against religious prosecution.
Peace only after the Edict of Nantes.
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