France & Holland to French Revolution

English King's sister Mary Tudor married to King Louis XII, who ruled from 1498-1515

Mistress of King Henri II, first emperor of the French Renaissance (rule from 1547 to 1559)

Sister of Frances's Charles IX (ruled 1560-1574), brother of Francis II, weds in 16th c; marries the future King Henri IV

Charles IX sends Catholic Baron to Protestant representatives (includes St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572)

Story of Henri IV of France (reign 1589-1610) who enacted the Edict of Nantes for religious freedom

King Henry IV of France (reigned 1589-1610) from his rise as the Huguenot Henry of Navarre to a very popular King of France

Last day of king Henri IV of France before his murder by the fanatical catholic Ravaillac

Cardinal Richelieu oppresses French Protestants, known as Huguenots (under King Louis XIII, 1610-1643)

Cardinal Richelieu worried about opposition from the Huguenots in the south

The Musketeers fight against the forces of Cardinal Richelieu.

King Louis XIII of France, 1610-1643

Musketeers have to foil a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war

A French comedy set during the 1616 Spanish invasion of Flanders

Heroic Spanish soldier fighting in Flanders in 17th century has to look after a dying friend's son in Madrid

1630s; womanizing priest Grandier executed for sorcery & the next priest tries to heal the nuns

German movie; witchcraft

16th century Tyrol, Austria; of two childhood friends one becomes a friar and the other an executioner, but both are involved in witch hunting

Supposed witchcraft in 13th century France

Witchcraft in 17th c. France

Accusations of witchcraft in a 17th c. Danish village

Witch hunting in Czechoslovakia

A painter of a nude model angers the clergy so they condemn the model as a witch

A lawyer defends animals accused of being involved in witchcraft

1630 Dutch painter

Rembrandt's romantic and professional life

Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, 1665

Louis XIV (1643-1715)

Louis XIV

Mistress of King Louis XIV

In 1671, Prince de Condé hosts Louis XIV for three days of excess

France under the rule of Louis XIV (including his lady friend and his mistress)

Formative years of the young king Louis XIV

Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatine (or Pfalz) marries brother of Louis XIV of France and becomes known for her correspondence

Mazarin functioned as co-ruler of France with Queen Anne during the regency for young King Louis XIV; later Mazarin directed French policy with the monarch

TV series

King Louis XIV and his growing trust in a musical genius

TV mini-series, rags to riches story of Francoise d'Aubigne, the governess of the children by the King and his mistress, the Marquise de Montespan

King Louis XIV

Woman poisoner leads off the deaths in the Affair of the Poisons

90 minutes

French Robin Hood during the time of the Régence, 1715-1723, the regent part of the reign of King Louis XV (1715-1774)

The Regent over Louis XV, France

Mistress of King Louis XV, 1745-1764

Mistress of King Louis XV of France

1768 Louis XV and the Countess Du Barry