The French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) were a series of eight conflicts between Protestant and Catholic factions in France lasting 36 years, The fighting ended in 1598 when Henry of Navarre, who had converted to Catholicism in 1593, was proclaimed Henry IV of France and issued the Edict of Nantes, which granted substantial rights and freedoms to the Huguenots. However, Catholics continued to have a hostile opinion of Protestants in general and of Henry, and his assassination in 1610 triggered a fresh round of Huguenot rebellions in the 1620s.
Tensions had been rising between Protestants and Catholics since 1534 but the religious and political situation worsened after Henry II (r. 1547-1559) died from an injury. His son, Francois II (Francis II, r. 1559-1560), crowned king at the age of 15, had been married to Mary, Queen of Scots (l. 1542-1587) who was the niece of Francis, Duke of Guise (l. 1519-1563) and his brother Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (l. 1524-1574). Although Francis II was of age to rule on his own, his mother, Catherine de ‘Medici (l. 1519-1589) encouraged the Guise brothers to assume control as Francis II was inexperienced and sickly.
The House of Guise, devoutly Catholic, then exercised the power behind the throne and were hostile to the efforts of the Huguenots (French Protestants) who were advancing their vision in France. In March 1560, a group of Huguenots tried to kidnap Francis II to remove him from the influence of the Guise brothers. The plot, known as the Amboise Conspiracy, was discovered and anyone thought to be involved, as well as over 1,000 other Huguenots, were executed. In retaliation, Huguenots began vandalizing Catholic churches and rising tensions led to the Massacre of Vassy in March of 1562, in which Catholics killed more Protestants, starting the first war.
Conflict continued, with periods of armed peace between hostilities, until 1598 when King Henry IV, recognizing that France would never accept a Protestant king, converted to Catholicism (allegedly, with the famous line, “Paris is well worth a Mass”). His Edict of Nantes (1598), granting rights to Protestants in France while maintaining Catholic sovereignty, ended the French Wars of Religion (which had cost approximately 4 million lives) but did not address the underlying tensions which continued to erupt throughout the next century.
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sucks seeing that a not insignificant number of women see the "drop the phone number early and try to get off the app" approach as a red flag (though just as many seem to not see it that way and seem to appreciate it). i've been leaning toward this strategy because it honors and respects my own time the most, that's really all. when people are sorting through sometimes dozens of options, not getting off the app simply makes it too easy to get lost in the shuffle, and i don't want to waste that time doing something i find unpleasant and boring ("getting to know" someone purely over text which tbh i think is pretty impossible) with someone who just isn't going to end up being a real person in my real life. i get that a lot of this just boils down to everyone being very different and there simply not being a magic bullet for successfully making these connects but it's all very frustrating.
also worth noting that i still have a 100 percent failure rate using either this or the slow burn approach lmao, still have not had a single date off these things. but eh, if im gonna fail id rather stop putting the effort into a dead end sooner than later. ive also added along with my # and proposal of a date that i "totally get if you need to vibe check over the app longer though, no pressure either way" which some might see as overexplain-y and unconfident but which i think is probably the right thing to do to signal that u respect potential boundaries early on.
Might be less insecure-presenting, or whatever, to just offer your number to text "if they prefer" or something and implicitly give that you're fine on the app. That might hew more closely to traditional flirting where you do successive bids and invitations to further intimacy.
ugh ur probably right but thinking like this makes me feel so depressed & grimy wish ppl cld just be ppl u know?