HIST-099 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Protestantism, Henry Iii Of France, John Calvin
2 Mar 2017
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One of them is a letter: from a gentleman. Plato (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396)s to his (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s, (cid:271)ut that"s (cid:373)o(cid:396)e of a literary device: writing not only to the english but to other protestant nations as well. So the letters are largely to englishmen and their protestant neighbors. A lot of these are talking about religion louis xiv is (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed e(cid:448)il (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he"s opp(cid:396)essi(cid:374)g the p(cid:396)otesta(cid:374)ts i(cid:374) f(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e. the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e all (cid:449)o(cid:396)(cid:396)ied a(cid:271)out the catholi(cid:272)s & all of that. They believed this was a life-or-death issue and that the catholics were trying to kill the protestants. The(cid:455) like the theo(cid:396)(cid:455) of (cid:396)eligious f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373), (cid:271)ut the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g t(cid:396)ou(cid:271)le liki(cid:374)g the p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e of it. The religion could be being used as a pretext for furthering already-existent animosity between the countries. The war of holland was perceived as a plot where james ii and louis xiv were in league to spread catholicism.
