Peace Of Saint Germain
The peace treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ends third of the wars of religion.
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After a third war between Catholics and Protestants from 1568 to 1570 , which saw the defeat of the Protestants in Jarnac , the assassination of their leader, the Prince de Conde in 1569 and the appointment of Henri de Bourbon (later Henry IV ) as Protestant leader, the peace of St. Germain, signed by King Charles IX and Admiral Gaspard de Coligny gives Protestants a limited freedom to worship in places where they practiced before and in the suburbs of 24 cities (2 per government). It grants to four Protestant strongholds security La Rochelle , Cognac , Montauban and Charity for two years.
Moreover, the Protestants are admitted to public and Catherine de Medicis , mother of Charles IX , marriage gives her daughter Marguerite de Valois, Henri de Bourbon. The peace treaty was signed on 8 August 1570 at the royal castle of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and recorded in Parliament 11 August 1570. This treaty will serve as a model for all subsequent treaties until the Edict of Nantes. In the spirit of the young king, the concern of the public takes precedence over that of the religious meeting: "I have a lot penseray deed thereby reducing MESD. subjectz to obey me they doibvent, which is beginning to ung According to gradually reduce them, as my Aultre subjectz, religion catholicque .
In historical fiction
Literature
- Francis Walder , Saint-Germain or the negotiation , Gallimard , 1958 , 202p. (Rd. Gallimard, coll. "Folio"). This historical novel presents the themes of diplomacy (pp.108-118), and war (pp.186-190).
Filmography
- Saint-Germain or bargaining , Gerard Corbiau telefilm, adapted from the novel by Francis Walder.
References
- Letter from Charles IX to Ambassador in Spain, Raymond Fourquevaux (letter of 7 February 1570)
- Henri Martin, Histoire de France, t. 9, 4th ed., Paris, 1858, p. 270, which makes this note: "V. that said about any of these negotiators, Mesmes of Malassise, ap. Anc. collect., t. XLVI, p. 175 ", see also Brantome , Life of famous men and great captains French, ed. Lalanne Complete Works, Vol V, p. 130. Arlette Jouanna, St. Bartholomew's, Gallimard, 2007, p. 38, cites the word without giving any source.
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