The massacres of Catholic Henry III of France 1589, Protestant William the Silent of the Dutch Republic 1584, and Protestant turned Catholic Henry IV of France 1610 after 19 failed attempts, as well as countless massacres and wars provoked by religious differences, impelled a new approach to governing. ... At 1st her accession seemed nothing more than a continuations of monarchical instability - her first two acts were to have her husband, Peter III, murdered and to lower the salt tax. ...

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