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Sign up for MyHeritage with a 14-day free trial and 50% off if you decide to continue your subscription: https://bit.ly/HistoryEpisodes Throughout the second half of the 16th century, France experienced one of, if not the worst crisis in its history. For nearly forty years, the country lurched between tolerance and intolerance, peace and war, Huguenots and Catholics, while conflicts that took place as much at court as on the battlefield ravaged the kingdom. These Wars of Religion challenged royal authority, threw the country to foreign powers and disrupted the lives of its inhabitants. This situation continued until a king, Henry IV, managed to reconquer his country by arms, edicts and gold, restoring peace to the country and preparing it for its entry into its Grand Siècle. Become a member of the channel to support me: / @episodesdhistoire Join the channel discord: / discord ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Sources: • Le Roux, Nicolas. The Wars of Religion, 1559-1629. Belin, 2009 • Jouanna, Arlette; Boucher, Jacqueline; Biloghi, Dominique and Le Thiec, Guy. History and Dictionary of the Wars of Religion. Robert Laffont, 1998 • Garrisson, Janine. New History of Modern France: Civil War and Compromise, 1559-1598. Seuil, 1991 • Le Roux, Nicolas. Portrait of a Kingdom: Henry III, the Nobility and the League. Past Compounds, 2020 • Hamon, P. 2006. The debts of the King of France (end of the Middle Ages-16th century): a “public” debt?. In Andreau, J., Béaur, G., & Grenier, J. (Eds.), Public debt in history: “The Days of the Center for Historical Research” of November 26, 27 and 28, 2001. Paris: Institute of Public Management and Economic Development. doi:10.4000/books.igpde.1820 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Music: • Isis, Lwv 54: Overture - The Symphonists of the Centre for Baroque Music in Versailles • Chaconne - Jean-Baptiste Lully • Compilation of music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, André Cardinal Destouches and Marc-Antoine Charpentier: • Music From The Court Of Louis XIV 1/2 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Introduction 03:28 - France in the mid-16th century 06:27 - The death of Henry II and the first troubles (1559-1560) 09:18 - The first attempts at conciliation (1560-1562) 12:22 - The First War of Religion (1562-1563) 17:00 - A short-lived peace (1563-1567) 19:21 - The Second and Third Wars of Religion (1567-1570) 25:00 - A new attempt at tolerance (1570-1572) 28:00 - The Fourth and Fifth Wars of Religion (1572-1576) 34:16 - The Sixth and Seventh Wars of Religion (1576-1580) 37:46 - The Crisis of the League (1580-1589) 41:43 - The Eighth War of Religion (1589-1598) 47:00 - Conclusion