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The siege of La Rochelle has dragged …
Years: 1573 - 1573
May
The siege of La Rochelle has dragged on for three months, but the well-fortified port city, easily resupplied by sea and possessed of a near-impregnable harbor, is not easily reduced.
Both sides have taken heavy casualties as the royal treasury dwindled.
The crown calls off the siege in May, as Queen Mother Catherine de Medicis prepares for her son Henri’s election to the throne of Poland.
La Rochelle, long a center of Huguenot resistance to the crown, is conceded by treaty to the Huguenots by the Treaty of La Rochelle, which ends the Fourth War of Religion in 1573.
The peace is disadvantageous to the Huguenots, and leaves them certain to break it when they regain strength.
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- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Huguenots (the “Reformed”)
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Commonwealth of the Two Nations)
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- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Religion, Fourth War of
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Years: 1573 - 1573
May
Locations
People
Groups
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Huguenots (the “Reformed”)
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Commonwealth of the Two Nations)
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Religion, Fourth War of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions