Reform and dissent
At the beginning of 16 century, and many died of the population from disease and epidemics, which occurred every few years. In the reign of Francis I (1494-1547) there was a significant evolution of art and culture. By agents of the king and the purchase of several works of Italian artists such as Michelangelo, Titian and Raphael and the development of the physical foundation for the royal art collection is now displayed in the Louvre. The owner of a project to build the most important expansion in the castle of Fontainebleau, near Paris, which soon became his favorite residence. Foundations, among other things, the continued existence of the Collège de France in Paris under the name College Trois Langues Palace (School of the three languages), since she was taught in the beginning there was Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
During the religious wars of 1562-1598 the city remained in Catholic ownership. The Feast of St. Bartholomew was killed on 24 August 1572 and the days that followed between 3000 to 10000 Huguenots, including major Protestant figures in Paris. The mother of King Charles IX of France. The Regent Catherine de Medici 'massacre, after an assassination attempt in 21 and was Gaspard de Coligny Calvinist failure in August 1572 to the leader of the Huguenots. Was completed in 1598 the Edict of Nantes, the Huguenot wars. The French were granted limited religious tolerance. They were second-class citizens and excluded from all functions easy church and state.
