Catherine de Medici had thousands of Protestants killed at Henry of Navarre's wedding 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 favoritism to relatives

Stocks French Phase (1635-1648) Peace of Westphalia Massacre of Vassy

Aimed to reform the church and reconcile with Protestants. They cracked down on corruption and created a spiritual reawakening. 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 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 Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline in response to Protestant reforms.

members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand 2nd shut down several lutheran churches in Bohemia. They then threw those officials out of a window. Catholics defeated the Protestants and reestablished Catholicism (bohemian phase) called by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1521. Luther was ordered to recant but he refused. Charles V declared Luther an outlaw.

Murder of Huguenots by Catholics: considered the incident that led to war the buying and selling of church offices members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola Murder of Huguenots by Catholics: considered the incident that led to war