The French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) were a series of eight conflicts between Protestant and Catholic factions in France lasting 36 years, The fighting ended in 1598 when Henry of Navarre, who had converted to Catholicism in 1593, was proclaimed Henry IV of France and issued the Edict of Nantes, which granted substantial rights and freedoms to the Huguenots. However, Catholics continued to have a hostile opinion of Protestants in general and of Henry, and his assassination in 1610 triggered a fresh round of Huguenot rebellions in the 1620s.
Tensions had been rising between Protestants and Catholics since 1534 but the religious and political situation worsened after Henry II (r. 1547-1559) died from an injury. His son, Francois II (Francis II, r. 1559-1560), crowned king at the age of 15, had been married to Mary, Queen of Scots (l. 1542-1587) who was the niece of Francis, Duke of Guise (l. 1519-1563) and his brother Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (l. 1524-1574). Although Francis II was of age to rule on his own, his mother, Catherine de ‘Medici (l. 1519-1589) encouraged the Guise brothers to assume control as Francis II was inexperienced and sickly.
The House of Guise, devoutly Catholic, then exercised the power behind the throne and were hostile to the efforts of the Huguenots (French Protestants) who were advancing their vision in France. In March 1560, a group of Huguenots tried to kidnap Francis II to remove him from the influence of the Guise brothers. The plot, known as the Amboise Conspiracy, was discovered and anyone thought to be involved, as well as over 1,000 other Huguenots, were executed. In retaliation, Huguenots began vandalizing Catholic churches and rising tensions led to the Massacre of Vassy in March of 1562, in which Catholics killed more Protestants, starting the first war.
Conflict continued, with periods of armed peace between hostilities, until 1598 when King Henry IV, recognizing that France would never accept a Protestant king, converted to Catholicism (allegedly, with the famous line, “Paris is well worth a Mass”). His Edict of Nantes (1598), granting rights to Protestants in France while maintaining Catholic sovereignty, ended the French Wars of Religion (which had cost approximately 4 million lives) but did not address the underlying tensions which continued to erupt throughout the next century.
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unintentionally upholding my volcel pledge to keep my vital essence to myself because seeing porn or thinking about sex just reminds me of how bereft my reality is of human intimacy.
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pleases pardon the potentially objectifying language and implicit relevant brainworms, but pussy may as well not exist on the same plane as me, like unicorns or a job thats not soul-sucking or those weird lizard guys that live on the elemental plane of chaos in dnd 3.5. i lie in bed staring at the same ceiling thinking the same lonely thoughts i did when i was 16, wondering if someone would ever love me or at least think i’m attractive. at least i’ve been in and out of shorter relationships (the same relationship in fact, and a very gay and happy one at that) in between but it doesn’t really help with present feelings. i still feel left out, dehumanized, and intensely jealous of those around me in relationships. i still avoid references to sex in media and conversation as much as i can because it just makes me upset and detached. my weird personality, niche interests, idiosyncratic beliefs, PTSD, social anxiety, financial situation, employment status, housing situation, and probably more, all conspire to isolate and alienate. TLDR i am an incredibly sexually frustrated and pathetic lonely man on the verge of ‘old’ ness, terrified by the prospect of aging as i fail to do any of the things i wanted in life while my body worked and looked acceptable. what a shallow narcissistic husk of a person i am.
You are not alone comrade, I want you to know that.
I feel a similar way sometimes, being 28 and alone. Do know that being lonely is not a crime, nor is feeling sad when others around you are happy. It’s ok to be sad about this.
Glad to know it doesn’t get easier 👍
But seriously, I’m sorry you are experiencing that, it sucks.
If it makes you feel better more and more people are feeling like that of late. If you got money it is all alot easier to fix. No body has money anymore so things get rough.
same here. and I’m getting too old to be like this
I’m 33 and probably never gonna get a girlfriend or a FWB or even a frickin date 'cause of the same reasons as you