Liga
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Liga is the Spanish name commonly used to refer to the Catholic League, a powerful alliance of Catholic states formed during the French Wars of Religion to oppose Protestant influence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liga canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic league
ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ religious alliance ⓘ |
| activeDuringCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | French Wars of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
maintain Catholic orthodoxy in the French monarchy
ⓘ
prevent accession of a Protestant king in France ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
religiously motivated political movement
ⓘ
transnational Catholic support ⓘ |
| hasName | Catholic League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInFrench | Sainte Ligue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInSpanish | Liga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | confessional league ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | European Wars of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Counter-Reformation Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Catholic Reformation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Council of Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| leader | Henry I, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | France ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Day of the Barricades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
War of the Three Henrys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Henry I, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
French royal government under Henry III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
supporters of Henry of Navarre ⓘ |
| opposedReligion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
French Protestants
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Huguenots NERFINISHED ⓘ Politiques ⓘ future Henry IV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | French Wars of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
ultra-Catholic
ⓘ
ultra-royalist (conditional on Catholic king) ⓘ |
| purpose |
defense of Catholic interests in France
ⓘ
opposition to Protestant influence in France ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| roleIn | War of the Three Henrys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
House of Guise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBySocialGroup |
Catholic clergy in France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parisian Catholic militants ⓘ parts of the French nobility ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
military pressure on the crown
ⓘ
urban uprisings ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.