Siege of Amiens (1597)
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The siege of Amiens was a siege and battle fought during the Franco-Spanish War, as part of both the French Wars of Religion and the Anglo-Spanish War, between 13 May and 25 September 1597. The Spanis
Henry IV before Amiens Anonymous, Versailles Museum
Archduke Albert of Austria by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz
Siege of Amiens 1597 showing the English positions (left) and French positions, by Frans Hogenberg
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld, by Antonis Mor
French Wars of Religion
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The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly c
Siege of Amiens (1597)
…The siege of Amiens (French: Siège d'Amiens) was a siege and battle fought during the Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598), as part of both the French Wars of Religion and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), between 13 May and 25 September 1597. The Spanish, who had sent a large army in March, had captured the city of…
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (1572) by François Dubois
John Calvin, whose ideas became central to French Protestantism
After an initial period of tolerance, Francis I repressed Reformist ideas
Massacre of Mérindol, as imagined by Gustave Doré (1832–1883)