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The Peace of Augsburg was a treaty that was intended to give Germany an unbroken peace from fighting future religious wars. The treaty also ended the fighting in Europe between the Roman Empire and the Protestant Princes of Germany. The treaty made it clear that the princes had the ability to choose their own religion and also territories.
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The French Wars of Religion was a period of war between Catholics and Huguenots. The spread of Calvinism from the French convinced the french ruler to "show more tolerance for the Huguenots" (briticanna.com) causing the Roman Catholic Family to get angered. A massacre followed on the Huguenots and this led to the start of a war between the French alone and their religions.
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The Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, was a massacre of Huguenots caused from the anger of the Roman Catholics. The massacre consisted of a series of assassinations and then a large group of Catholic violence. An estimated 70,000 huguenots were killed in all of France sparking the War of Religion to occur.
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The Edict of Nantes was a edict that was signed in france by King Henry VI that allowed religious partakenings to occur in designated areas (cities). The edict supported the protestants in freedom of conscience and allowed them to worship in certain areas.
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The Thirty Years War was the last and most destructive war in Europe. It started out as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics but later on it became an international political conflict when catholic france began to take sides with the protestants.The war left a deep hole in european religious society.
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The Treaty of Westphalia marked the end of the 30 year war and it also stated that all german states should determine their own religion. The states that were recognized as independent brought an end to the Holy Roman Empire as a being a political objective.