feb 1, 1551 - Habsburg-Valois Wars

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The Habsburg-Valois wars were a series of battles for control of Italy between France and Spain. While the battles themselves had many casualties, the after-effects of French-Spanish tensions and Catholic-Protestant tensions still existed even after the wars. Furthermore, this also led to France's poor economic conditions requiring it to raise taxes and take measures such as the Concordat of Bologna, which favored Catholicism and increased the sharp divide between Catholics and Protestants.

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