Why were the French Wars of Religion so fucked up

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The French love to murder their neighbor.

>>2800820
Am excuse to kill enemies they'd allied with the Ottoman before

Because Catholics aren't Christian.

>>2800820
Any recs on books for French wars of religion?
Just watched La Reina Margot, and am interested to learn more
inb4 the movie is based on a Hugo book

>>2800899
Proddies still got rekt

>>2800820
Richelieu mainly, combining realpolitik and religions

>>2800899
t. butthurt protestant

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>>2800921
>>2801115
Kiss my foot faggot p*pists.

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>>2800926
I love this man

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>>2800926
>read Three Musketeers, Man in the Iron Mask, etc. and see movies
>Richelieu portrayed as a cowardly villain
>read actual French history
>Richelieu is actually a total badass who was arguably the good guy

>>2800820
Because like during the hundread years war, and later WW2, the french elites have that habit to try to sell the country to a foreign power. France is, in the end, always saved by some people who fight against this kind of attitude. Jeanne d'Arc, Henri IV and de Gaulle are very similar in the end.

>>2801167
How was a cardinal good at commanding a siege?

>>2801262
b/c god willed it

praise

>>2800899
/thread

>convert to heresy
>get mad when authority kills you

Quit whining

>>2801262
You have to understand what a Cardinal is....when a young nobleman came of age he usually inherited his fathers lands and title...unless he wasn't a first-born...instead, many would become military men, priests, bishops, advisors, scholars, and polymaths. Richileu essentially was not only a Bishop, but a nobleman trying to make a name for himself and his family....and he likely had the early education that a typical nobleman would have, and they often commanded armies and sieges or be political advisors whether they were experienced or not