Monarchy - Monarchical weakness caused by the FWOR (1562-1598)
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What happened in 1588 which indicates that royal authority had diminished?
HIII was banned from Paris after the Day of the Barricades
What does HIII's murder of the Guise brother show?
A desperate attempt to restore royal authority and the FWOR had politically de-stabled France.
What happened at the Day of the Barricades 1588?
Instead of arresting Guise, HIII posted over 4,000 Swiss guards around Paris = Parisians objected & rumours spread of another royal massacre but this time with Catholics as the victims = Paris backed the Catholic league
= HIII fled
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When and what was the Edict of Union?
1588 - HIII's further humiliation after the Day of the Barricades
- he was forced to dismiss Epernon
- reaffirm the Treaty of Nemours
- recognise Cardinal of Bourbon as heir to the throne
- appoint Guise as lieutenant general of the realm
- call an Estates General in order to prepare for was against Huguenots
What were the consequences of the Guises' murders?
An explosion of League radicalism = further resistance to HIII in Paris
- the new council denounced HIII as tyrannical
- the Sorbonne declared the KIng deposed & called upon all Frenchmen to rise against him in defence of the Catholic faith
What aspects of HIII's reign saw continuity fromCIX's reign and what saw change?
- weak kingship
- inherits FWOR
- inherits a recession based on civil war and climatic change
Change:
- emergence of Catholic league
- weaker kingship
What happens in La Rochelle during the FWOR which shows that royal authority dwindles.
La Rochelle in 1574 refuses to admit royal commissioners.
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