CLEP Western Civ I

Answer: B - Henry of Navarre was raised Protestant and fought for the Huguenot forces in the Wars of Religion until, in 1593, to save his kingdom and the new Bourbon Dynasty, he converted to Catholicism. Upon officially renouncing Calvinism he proclaimed, “Paris is well worth a mass.” He subsequently resolved the religious conflict by issuing the Edict of Nantes in 1598, protecting the religious freedom of the Protestants. The Bourbon dynasty- a branch of the Capetian dynasty- went on to become one of the most prolific royal houses in France and all of Europe. Louis XIV, the famed “Sun King,” was Henry’s grandson. Bourbon monarchs reigned in France, Luxembourg, Naples, Parma, Sicily, and Spain; Spain and Luxembourg remain ruled by Bourbon monarchs in the present day.