Why was toleration so difficult?
Marburg Colloquy, 1529
Martin Luther (Thuringia)
Ulrich Zwingli (Zurich)
John Calvin (Geneva)
Transubstantiation
idolatry
heresy
Coronation Oath
1. Protect subjects in body and property
2. Defend the church and Christian doctrine
tyrant
Affair of the placards (1534)
Huguenot
Calvinism
martyr
regent
Catherine de Medici
Admiral Coligny
| Guise (Lorraine, Catholic) | Valois (ruling dynasty) | Bourbon (peers, Huguenot) |
| Duke of Guise | Henry II (d. 1559) | Henry of Navarre |
| Cardinal of Lorraine | Francis II (d. 1560) | Duke of Condé |
| Charles IX (d. 1574) | ||
| Henry III (d. 1589) |
French Wars of Religion (1562-1594)
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (Aug. 24, 1572)
Edict of Nantes, 1598
tyrannicide
regicide