French Reformation

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The French Reformation was the 16th-century movement in France that sought to reform the Catholic Church and spread Protestant ideas, ultimately contributing to deep religious conflicts and civil wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant Reformation ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious reform movement ⓘ
aim establishment of Protestant worship in France ⓘ
reform of church doctrine and practice ⓘ
cause desire to reform the Catholic Church ⓘ
spread of Protestant ideas from Germany and Switzerland ⓘ
centeredIn Meaux ⓘ
Navarre ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
conflictWith Counter-Reformation in France ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation
contributedTo French Wars of Religion ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTime late 16th century ⓘ
hasDoctrinalBasis Calvinist doctrine of predestination ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
hasEffect French Wars of Religion ⓘ
growth of Huguenot communities in France ⓘ
religious polarization in French society ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny ⓘ
Guillaume Farel ⓘ
linked to: William Farel

Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples ⓘ
John Calvin ⓘ
Marguerite de Navarre ⓘ
Theodore Beza ⓘ
hasMainReligion Calvinism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
hasOpposingReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasParticipant French Catholic clergy ⓘ
French Protestants ⓘ
linked to: Huguenots

French monarchy ⓘ
linked to: French royal family

Huguenots ⓘ
influencedBy German Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation

Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
John Calvin ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
Swiss Reformation ⓘ
location France ⓘ
longTermEffect legal recognition of Protestantism in France under the Edict of Nantes ⓘ
strengthening of royal absolutism after the Wars of Religion ⓘ
weakening of religious unity in France ⓘ
opposedBy French Catholic Church ⓘ
French monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime

Parlement of Paris ⓘ
partOf Protestant Reformation in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
relatedTo Edict of Nantes ⓘ
Massacre of Vassy ⓘ
St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
circa 1520s ⓘ

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Affair of the Placards → religiousContext → French Reformation ⓘ
Affair of the Placards → relatedTo → Protestant Reformation in France ⓘ
linked to: French Reformation
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples → influenced → French Reformers ⓘ
linked to: French Reformation
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples → influenced → Protestant Reformation in France ⓘ
linked to: French Reformation
Swiss Reformation → influenced → Reformation in France ⓘ
linked to: French Reformation
Perrette Bade → associatedWithEvent → French Reformation ⓘ
House of Coligny → associatedMovement → French Reformation ⓘ
Reformed Church of France → originatesFrom → French Reformation ⓘ
François de Coligny → movement → French Reformation ⓘ
Edict establishing Protestantism in Béarn → promoted → Protestant Reformation in France ⓘ
linked to: French Reformation
siege of Orléans (1562) → relatedTo → French Reformation ⓘ
Étienne Dolet → associatedWith → French Reformation ⓘ
Meaux Circle → historicalContext → French Reformation ⓘ
Éléonore de Roye → associatedWith → French Reformation ⓘ
Odet de Coligny → participantIn → French Reformation ⓘ
subject linked to: Odet
Odet de Coligny → associatedWith → French Reformation ⓘ
subject linked to: Cardinal de Châtillon
Coligny family → religiousMovement → French Reformation ⓘ
Traduction des Psaumes de David → historicalContext → Reformation in France ⓘ
linked to: French Reformation
Meaux reform circle → influenced → French Reformation ⓘ
Jean de Poltrot de Méré → movement → French Reformation ⓘ
Gérard Roussel → associatedWith → French Reformation ⓘ
Reign of Henry II of France → religiousMovement → French Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: French Reformation
Temple Saint-Martin → isPartOf → Protestant heritage of France ⓘ
linked to: French Reformation