How Did Religion Change France In The 1600s

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During the 1600s in France, there were a lot of new reforms that left many people angry. The French Wars of Religion ended just 3 years before Anne was born, so many cities were still recovering by the time she came into power by marrying Louis XII. The monarchy was dominant in power and was the center of the government in France. Just three years after Anne and Louis were married, the Thirty Years War broke out and sent France into a frenzy. Anne relates to this period because she was a powerful individual during the Thirty Years War and when she later came into power once her husband died. Throughout this paper, Anne demonstrates how challenging it can be to marry someone from a different country and how foreigners were treated back then. …show more content…
The fragility of the treaty led to pamphlets that criticized Anne and Marazin’s role in the government spread throughout France. These pamphlets mainly criticize Anne’s way of governing France and how she raised her boys. The pamphlets also spread rumors that there was a secret relationship between Anne and Marazin, and supposedly, Marazin was controlling the government through Anne. Tired of these accusations, Anne exiled multiple of the nobles and was successful in ending the Fronde. Because of her succession while being regent, when her son took over as king in 1651, he allowed her to work alongside him and help make decisions. She not only worked with her son, but she also got to work with Marazin again for several more years. Anne was not an ordinary woman from Spain who moved to France. She was a very successful woman who had a large impact on France’s government. Anne is an example of a strong ruler because even though a large number of her people disliked the idea of the monarch’s power, she still pushed through and ended up victorious. After helping her son for several years, she retired and moved back to her home country where she later died of breast cancer in