He married a Catholic woman named Henrietta Maria and made people suspicious. This is because he probably wanted the country converted to Catholics. What Charles later did is he got Archbishop Laud to decorate the churches to make them look “more catholic”. This made people angry because people were happy with being protestant so there’s one reason for a war. But that’s not the only reason religion caused the civil war, King Charles believed in the divine right.
= using a religious justification for war She was close with the catholic French and nearly married into France = not to do with religion She didn’t defend the Huguenots (protestants) of France, but this maybe partly to do with not having the resources Instead of religion, it could be said that England and France had a common interest against Spain, so joined forced against it Elizabeth seemed to put politics over religion. Phillip was a very pious Catholic, but Elizabeth was quieter about her religious disposition. War may have happened a lot faster if both Elizabeth and Phillip put religion over politics It was more the actions and decisions of Elizabeth, rather than religion that led to foreign conflict, such as refusing to send back booty stolen by English pirates from the Spanish ships. If it as purely religion, war would have taken place long before. Examples of her decisions: Choosing to support Spain’s enemy (the Dutch Rebels) which essentially sets a declaration of war.
The cause of the English civil war The title ‘The cause of the English civil war’ means, what happened to make the civil war start. A civil war is when a country fights against itself with different beliefs. In 1625 King James died and Charles I came to the throne. James had strongly believed in the divine right of kings he had thought that monarchs got their power and the right to rule from God and that because of this they must be obeyed, the people of England were not very happy with this because it meant that the king could do whatever he wanted and claim that God had told him to. England for a long time had been told to hate Catholics and when James came from Scotland and became king he decided to marry Henrietta Maria, a Catholic, the people became unhappy because they did not know if their heir would be Protestant or Catholic.
Cardinal Richelieu, minister of France, made his country a powerful presence in the Thirty Years War. During this time, the cardinal acted as France’s ruler due to the young age of King Louis XIII. Although being a cardinal of the Catholic Church, Richelieu sided with the Huguenots (Protestants) of the Holy Roman Empire. His goal was to diminish power and any hopes of a centralized government forming in the Empire checking the power of Austro-Spanish Habsburg dynasty. His goal was successful with the Peace of Westphalia, where several treaties were signed, nothing had been solved or changed, and everything went back to the way it was prior to the war.
Erasmus was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, and Catholic priest. Erasmus felt strongly about humanism, which led him to reform the Catholic Church from within. The most influential man in the Reformation of the Roman Catholic Church was Martin Luther. With Luther's strong and abrasive personality, he picked up his pen to spread the truth about the corruptions of the Catholic Church. Luther spoke out against clerical celibacy, papal abuses, salvation by works, and other Catholic doctrines.
To what extent did the outbreak of the Thirty Years War in 1618 destabilise religion in England? Back in the 17th century, Europe was divided into Catholic and Protestant countries. The two different religious beliefs caused the beginning of the war. Although James I was led by the motto of ''beauti pacifi'' (Blessed be the peacemakers) and did not wish to be involved in any kind of conflict whatsoever, England was compelled to take sides. One of this war's causes was the nearly tacit public opinion, as well as the Parliament's, that they should support the Protestants due to Elizabeth (James's daughter) and Frederick - both involved in the war.
The armies consisted of soldiers drawn from countries all over the western spheres of Europe. The two men leading the opposing armies both claimed to be the rightful king of England. Although the war was not necessarily about Ireland, it took place in Ireland and became rather iconic in the eyes of the Irish. Most affected by the outcome of the battle were the Irish Protestants who viewed the Williamites’ victory as a triumph of the Protestants over the hitherto powerful Roman Catholic Church (Connolly, 2008). For a good understanding of the battle of the Boyne, one needs to explore the circumstances preceding and surrounding it exhaustively.
The war was between the Parliament and the Stuart Kings. The Kings tried to use the concept of religious freedom to gain the support of the people. The parliament, on the other hand, was against religious dissent by the people. In Hobbes’s view, monarch could never be for the people since the authority of the monarch came from the God and not from the people. It was in trying to think about how to resolve this conflict that Hobbes came up with his new concepts in political theory.
How successful were Mussolini’s domestic policies between 1926-1939? From 1926-1939 Mussolini embarked on a series of domestic policies aimed to maintain and increase his popularity and power, whilst transforming the Italian people and economy into a nation committed to war. His policies included both successes and failures, culminating in him managing to maintain the ‘Cult of Dicismo’ but failing to create that battle read Italy he had envisaged. His most successful achievement through these policies was the Concordat and the Lateran Treaties of 1929, which resulted in him having the backing of the Papacy, and hence the backing of the overwhelming catholic majority of the country. Whilst this meant he became as untouchable as the Church, and undisputed leader, the cost of the treaties, whilst appearing negligible compared to the benefits, was higher than it appears.
• The Roman Catholic Church possessed a clear body of doctrine and was unified under the supreme leadership of the pope. Event: French Wars of Religion Causes • By 1560 Calvinism and Catholicism were highly militant religions and were aggressive in trying to win converts and in eliminating each other’s authority. • The struggle for minds and hearts was the chief cause of the religious wars in Europe on the 16th century. Effects • To solve the religious issues, the king issued the Edict of Nantes declaring Catholicism the official religion of France. • During the wars, French kings persecuted Protestants.