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| - In the 16th century, protestantism split of from the Roman Catholic Church, which gradually resulted in a division of Western Europe in a protestant and a catholic camp. Many Roman Catholics, including the Pope, tried to make an end to protestantism and reformed the Roman Catholic Church during the Council of Trent. In the Council of Trent, the Pope got more power at the cost of nationally organized Roman Catholic churches, like the Gallican Roman Catholic church of France. The Roman Catholics in France regarded their church as a national French church, independent from Rome and from the Council of Trent.
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| - In the 16th century, protestantism split of from the Roman Catholic Church, which gradually resulted in a division of Western Europe in a protestant and a catholic camp. Many Roman Catholics, including the Pope, tried to make an end to protestantism and reformed the Roman Catholic Church during the Council of Trent. In the Council of Trent, the Pope got more power at the cost of nationally organized Roman Catholic churches, like the Gallican Roman Catholic church of France. The Roman Catholics in France regarded their church as a national French church, independent from Rome and from the Council of Trent. Before 1560, protestantism, in the form of Calvinism spread through France. Only a minority of France became Calvinists, called Huguenots in the french context, but this included a couple of influential noblemen, like the prince of Condé who lived near Laon. Many Huguenots lived in the city of Laon. The adherents of the Gallican Roman Catholic church didn't like Calvinism and preferred that all Frenchmen were part of the Gallican Roman Catholic church. But, they supported the protestants, in order to counter the attempts of the counter-reformed Roman Catholic church from taking over the country. The difference between the two branches of Roman Catholicism was not absolute. The Counter-reformed Roman Catholics were able to establish their own presence in the French Roman Catholic church and in the French government. Also the Calvinists were influential within the French government, during the rule of the regent Catherine de Medici. De Medici ruled with the support of the Gallican Roman Catholics and the Huguenots. The Counter-Reformed Roman Catholic church responded with the massacre of Vassy, leading to the war of 1562-1563. The 'miracle of Laon' occurred in the peace after this war.
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