Western Civilization I / Unit 17 WC1 1605 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The War of the Three Henrys and "Paris Is Worth a Mass"
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The idea
From fifteen seventy-six the Catholic League under Guise fought King Henry III, both Catholic, while Henry of Navarre fought both. Guise and the king were assassinated; Navarre became Henry IV in fifteen eighty-nine, converted in ninety-three, entered Paris in ninety-four.
In practice
Paris is worth a mass, the famous phrase, attributed.
Where people slip
The anchor's climactic battle of fifteen ninety-four is a disclosure by name.
Your place on the trail
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