Henri IV - An unfinished reign
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- Map of France's parlements, provincial administrations and archbishoprics in 1559. Source: Arlette Jouanna, Histoire et dictionnaire des guerres de Religion, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1998. The map lpresents : the Seat of a Parlement, the seat of an archbishopric, the Governments, and the Territories retained after the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
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- © Archives nationales
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- Map of France divided into the twelve provinces or gouvernements, as communicated to the States-General of this kingdom in 1614
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- The judicial pyramid in the second half of the 16th century.
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- © Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau
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- Study for the birth of Henri IV, watercolour by Eugène Déveria, 19th c. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau, inv. 85.6.1.
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- © BnF
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- Henri IV taking France by the hand, engraving, late 16th c. Département des estampes et de la photographie de la BnF
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- Map of parlements and provincial administrations in 1559. Source: Arlette Jouanna, Histoire et dictionnaire des guerres de Religion, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1998. The map presents : Seat of a Parlement, Governments, Territories retained after the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
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- Diagram of the legislative process in France in the second half of the 16th century
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- Map of Protestant churches in 1562. Based on D. Boisson and H. Daussy, Les protestants dans la France moderne, Belin, 2006. (map: S. Angonnet) The map presents : Protestant Church and the "Protestant crescent"
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- © RMN / / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- The executions at Amboise (15 March 1560), engraving by Frans Hogenberg after Tortorel and Perrissin, 1585. Musée national du château de Pau
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- Henri IV's tortoiseshell cradle, drawing by Charles-Justin Le Cœur, 19th c. Musée national du château de Pau, DP52-1-5
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- © RMN / René Gabriel Ojéda
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- Odet de Coligny, cardinal de Châtillon (1515–1571), by François Clouet, 16th c. Musée Condé de Chantilly
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- © RMN / René Gabriel Ojéda
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- Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572), by Marc Duval, 16th c. Musée Condé de Chantilly, PE579
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- © RMN / René Gabriel Ojéda
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- François de Coligny, seigneur d'Andelot (1521–1569), drawing by Thierry Bellange, 17th c. Musée national du château de Pau, P.78.9.1.7
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- Marguerite de Valois (1553–1615) as a child, daughter of Henri II, painting by François Clouet, 1560. Musée Condé de Chantilly, PE255
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- Pillaging of churches by Calvinists, engraving by Frans Hogenberg, 1585. Musée national du château de Pau, P55-35-28
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- Map of the first War of Religion (1562–1563) Source: Arlette Jouanna, Histoire et dictionnaire des guerres de Religion, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1998. The map presents :Royal troops ; Huguenot troops ; Foreign intervention; Battle ; Siege; Edicts of pacification ; Protestant offensive
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- © Archives nationales
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- Battle of Dreux, engraving by Tortorel and Perrissin
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- © AD Eure-et-Loir
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- Battle of Dreux, engraving, late 16th c. Cote: 7Fi24, Coll. Jusselin, no. 24
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- The Peace of Île-aux-Bœufs (near Orléans), March 1563, engraving by Frans Hogenberg after Tortorel et Perrissin, 16th c. Musée national du château de Pau
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- © BnF
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- Louis de Bourbon, prince de Condé, engraving by Thomas de Leu, late 16th c. Département des estampes et de la photographie de la BnF
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- The massacre of Nîmes (la Michelade), 30 September 1567, engraving by Frans Hogenberg after Tortorel and Perrissin, 16th c. Musée national du château de Pau
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- The organisation of the Battle of Jarnac, 13 March 1569, engraving by Frans Hogenberg after Tortorel and Perrissin, 16th c. Musée national du château de Pau
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- © Musée national du château de Pau / Jean-Yves Chermeux
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- Speech by Henri IV to Protestants after the Battle of Jarnac, 13 March 1569, drawing by Antoine Borel, 1786. Musée national du château de Pau P.2004.2.1.1
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- The defeat of the Battle of Moncontour (3 October 1569), engraving by Frans Hogenberg after Tortorel and Perrissin, 16th c. Musée national du château de Pau
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- © BnF
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- The assassination of Coligny and the St Bartholomew's Day massacre (1572). Département des estampes et de la photographie de la BnF
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- © Archives départementales Haute-Garonne
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- Miniature depicting the violence of the Wars of Religion
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- Henri III prior to his accession, oil on wood after François Clouet, 16th c. Musée Condé de Chantilly, PE256
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- © RMN / René Gabriel Ojéda
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- Portrait of Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, cousin of Henri de Navarre, drawing by Thierry Bellange, 1588. Musée national du château de Pau, Inv. P. 78.9.1.11.
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- © Ministère de la Culture / Grégory Champeaud
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- The château de Nérac, where the Treaty of Nérac was signed
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- © Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
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- Procession of the League, emerging from the arcade Saint-Jean of the Hôtel de Ville, in 1590 or 1593. Anonymous. Oil on canvas. Musée Carnavalet
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- © Musée national du château de Pau / Jean-Yves Chermeux
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- Armand de Gontaud, baron de Biron (1524–1592) drawing by Thierry Bellange, 17th c. Musée national du château de Pau P.78.9.1.12
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- © Musée national du château de Pau, Jean-Yves Chermeux
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- Portrait of pope Sixtus V, painting by Filippo Bellini. Musée national du château de Pau, P. 2008.16.1
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- Battle of Coutras (20 October 1587), engraving by Frans Hogenberg, 16th c. Musée national du château de Pau, P64-19-2
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- © Musée national du château de Pau / Jean-Yves Chermeux
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- Henri IV dines after the Battle of Coutras, drawing by Jean Démosthène Dugourc, circa 1775. Musée national du château de Pau, P. 2006.11.1
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- © Musée national du château de Pau / Jean-Yves Chermeux
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- Assassination of the duc de Guise and his brother the cardinal, at Blois (23 December 1588), engraving by Frans Hogenberg, late 16th c. Musée national du château de Pau, Inv. P. 55-35-26.
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- © BnF
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- The king of Navarre leaves Bourg de Saint-Cloud, wood engraving by Nicolas Prévost, late 16th c. Département des estampes et de la photographie de la BnF, Inv. Qb 1589
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- © RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
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- Execution of président Brisson, 15 November 1591, engraving by Frans Hogenberg, 16th c. Musée national du château de Pau
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- © Mairie de Verneuil-sur-Avre
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- The keys to Verneuil given to Henri IV (25 March 1594), French School, oil on canvas, 18th c.
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- © RMN / Gérard Blot
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- Henri IV as a child of four, during a stay in Paris with his parents in 1557, oil on wood by François II Bunel. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, MV3282
Map of France's parlements, provincial administrations...
Map of France divided into the twelve provinces or gouvernements
The judicial pyramid in the second half of the 16th century
Study for the birth of Henri IV
Henri IV taking France by the hand
Map of parlements and provincial administrations in 1559
Diagram of the legislative process in France in the second half of the 16th century
Map of Protestant churches in 1562
The executions at Amboise
Henri IV's tortoiseshell cradle
Odet de Coligny
Gaspard de Coligny
François de Coligny
Marguerite de Valois (1553–1615) as a child
Pillaging of churches by Calvinists
Map of the first War of Religion (1562-1563)
Battle of Dreux
Battle of Dreux
The Peace of Île-aux-Bœufs
Louis de Bourbon
The massacre of Nîmes
The organisation of the Battle of Jarnac
Speech by Henri IV to Protestants
The defeat of the Battle of Moncontour
The assassination of Coligny and the St Bartholomew's Day massacre
Violence of the Wars of Religion
Henri III prior to his accession
Portrait of Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
The château de Nérac
Procession of the League
Armand de Gontaud, baron de Biron
Portrait of pope Sixtus V
Battle of Coutras
Henri IV dines after the Battle of Coutras
Assassination of the duc de Guise and his brother
The king of Navarre leaves Bourg de Saint-Cloud
Execution of président Brisson
The keys to Verneuil given to Henri IV
Henri IV as a child of four
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