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The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion.
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Peace of Longjumeau
1568 treaty which ended the second war of the French Wars of Religion
The Peace of Longjumeau was signed on 23 March 1568 by Charles IX of France and Catherine de' Medici. The edict brought to an end the brief second war of the French Wars of Religion with terms that largely confirmed those of the prior edict of Amboise. Unlike the previous edict,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
French Wars of Religion
1562–1598 Catholic-Protestant conflicts
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 caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)