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Huguenot Wars: see Religion, Wars of Religion, Wars of, 1562–98, series of civil wars in France, also known as the Huguenot Wars.
The immediate issue was the French Protestants' struggle for freedom of worship and the right of establishment (see Huguenots ). ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She captures in a telling vignette toward the end of her book the complex relationship between the deeply ascetic generation of women who experienced the French wars of religion and their daughters who were less given to penitential mortifications of the flesh and more inclined toward charitable service. Nicolette Mout initiates the discussion with a lucid historiographic essay that pushes the issues well beyond the traditional contrast between the "destructive" character of the French Wars of Religion and the "liberating" nature of the Dutch Revolt. Luc Racaut presents a radically different historical perspective in his examination of infanticide as part of the accusation of blood libel that Catholics leveled against Protestants during the eve of the French Wars of Religion (1592-99). |
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