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Religious And Political Duc De
1,238 wordsHistory Essay The attempts by Catholic monarchs to re-establish European religious unity and by both Catholic and Protestant monarchs to establish strong centralized states led to many wars among the European states. Spain's attempt to keep religious and political unity within her empire led to a long war in the Netherlands, a war that pulled England over to the side of the Protestant Dutch. There was bitter civil war in France, which finally ended with the reign of Henry of Navarre and the Edic...
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King Of France Father
1,381 wordsKing Henri IV was born at Pau in Been on December 13, 1553. Raised by his mother, Jan d? Alert (Queen of Navarre), Henri was brought up in a remote castle in the Pyrenees. He grew up amongst the peasant children of that area and raised on a diet of bread, cheese, and garlic. As a youngster Henri was brought up in the Protestant faith, which was the opposite of his father? s wishes. As result, Henri was taken to Paris on his father? s orders and given a Catholic tutor. However, he stubbornly refu...
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