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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Pollen allergy?
It's possible, but i haven't had any allergies at all while I've been living here. I think it's a combination of poor air quality the last few days and a very dry climate.
If you take one antihistamine pill and your symptoms go away in ~1 hour, it's allergies. In case you want to find out and don't want to visit a doctor for some reason. Sorry for the unsolicited advice and in case I'm telling you something you already know.
No worries. I do have allergies but I don't seem to be allergic to anything in this region. But that can always change unexpectedly because your immune system can turn on you unexpectedly at any moment.
Not to be all "you don't know how good you have it" but sometimes I really want to move out to a bone-dry desert where I don't spend all day blearily wandering in damp air through clouds of mold and/or tree cum
Also my whole family has been struck by a nagging dry cough this month, even my dog is coughing which is VERY weird. It might be something a little more unusual affecting you and me both
Oh no I know exactly how good I have it. I spent 20 years living somewhere where I had constantly running nose and swollen, itchy eyes if I didn't take the right kind of anti-histamine every single day. It was utterly miserable. I moved here under horrid circumstances but not being allergic to anything in the region has been wonderful and really helped my quality of life.
Jealous
I want to move to where the sun rules by force
I have like 4 weeks a year where my nose isn't fucked either due to dry air or pollen. I get 2 clear weeks in the fall and 2 in spring that are soon.
I moved to a totally different region of hte country and was able to breath through my nose without anti-histamines for the first time in 20 years. I am never going back dear god.
I have decent air quality, especially for a city, which is also partially why pollen is still a thing. I'm clogging from dust in non plant friendly places too. My nasal passages have been a whole thing since birth and got way worse when I started putting drugs through them.
Why are bodies like this!? : p
I've long been a devotee of taping a furnace filter to a box fan and leaving it on 24/7, but that only does so much and it's not like you can carry it with you. : (
I also get a migraine whenever it starts to get really humid in the late spring or really dry in the late fall thst outs me on my ass once every 6 months. Barometric pressure changes make my brain feel like I should be coming out of it with psychic powers. My mom has similar stuff