Catherine de Medici had thousands of Protestants killed at Henry of Navarre's wedding document that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots in France Small localized war in Bohemia between the Protestant union and the catholic league . Catholic league won and reestablished Catholicism Catholics defeated the Protestants and reestablished Catholicism (bohemian phase)

Edict of Nantes Diet of Worms St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Peace of Westphalia

King of Denmark, who was Protestant, led attacks against the Catholics. War is transforming from a local conflict, to a tran-national war Allowed people to buy their salvation Aimed to reform the church and reconcile with Protestants. They cracked down on corruption and created a spiritual reawakening. In 1500s to 1600s about 50 thousand women were killed for being witches. Caused by patriarchal beliefs (women are too weak to resist the devil)

Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand 2nd shut down several lutheran churches in Bohemia. They then threw those officials out of a window. Catherine de Medici had thousands of Protestants killed at Henry of Navarre's wedding Marks the point at which the war extended beyond the borders of the Holy Roman Empire and became a proper European war. King gustavus Adolphus, a brilliant strategist scored major victories for the Protestants, with aid from France. French Protestants

A Catholic court that inquired into the beliefs of people to see if they were heretics Murder of Huguenots by Catholics: considered the incident that led to war Used this war as an excuse to fight the Habsburgs in Spain in order to assure that they would not rebound from the Protestant defeats the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Marked the end of Europe's religious wars, amended the Augsburg agreement, and weakened the holy Roman emperor