Catholic League militias

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The Catholic League militias were armed forces of the ultra-Catholic faction in late 16th-century France, organized to oppose Protestant influence and royal policies they deemed too tolerant during the French Wars of Religion.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Catholic League forces 2
Catholic League militias canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic League ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
paramilitary group ⓘ
activeIn Brittany ⓘ
Lyon ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Rouen ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
alliedWith Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
armedWith arquebuses ⓘ
pikes ⓘ
swords ⓘ
commandStructure local captains ⓘ
municipal leaders aligned with the League ⓘ
conflict French Wars of Religion ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
disbandedAfter pacification following the Edict of Nantes ⓘ
enemy royal armies of Henry III of France ⓘ
royal armies of Henry IV of France ⓘ
linked to: French royal forces
formedAsResponseTo growth of Protestant influence in France ⓘ
royal policies of religious compromise ⓘ
goal defense of Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ
exclusion of Protestant heirs from the French throne ⓘ
pressure on the French crown to revoke concessions to Protestants ⓘ
ideology ultra-Catholicism ⓘ
loyalty Catholic League leadership ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League

House of Guise faction ⓘ
linked to: House of Guise
notableEvent Day of the Barricades (1588) ⓘ
opposedTo Edict of Beaulieu ⓘ
Edict of Nantes ⓘ
French Protestants ⓘ
Huguenots ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
organizedBy local Catholic confraternities ⓘ
noble Catholic leaders ⓘ
urban guilds ⓘ
partOf Catholic League (France) ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialBase Catholic nobility ⓘ
lower clergy ⓘ
urban artisans ⓘ
supportedBy House of Guise ⓘ
timePeriod French Wars of Religion ⓘ
usedTactic siege warfare support ⓘ
street fighting ⓘ
urban insurrection ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Paris (1590) → cityDefendedBy → Catholic League militias ⓘ
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy → associatedWith → Catholic League forces ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League militias
Battle of Dormans → religiousSide → Catholic League forces ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League militias