Editing French Wars of Religion (section)

=== Conversion ===
[[File:Entrance of Henry IV in Paris 22 March 1594.jpg|thumb|Entrance of Henry IV in Paris, 22&nbsp;March 1594, with 1,500&nbsp;[[cuirassier]]s]]
[[File:Départ des espagnols de Paris le 22 mars 1594 Musée Carnavalet.jpg|thumb|Departure of Spanish troops from Paris, 22&nbsp;March 1594]]
[[File:Henry IV en Herculeus terrassant l Hydre de Lerne cad La ligue Catholique Atelier Toussaint Dubreuil circa 1600.jpg|thumb|[[Henry IV of France|Henry&nbsp;IV]], as [[Hercules]] vanquishing the [[Lernaean Hydra]] (i.e. the [[Catholic League (French)|Catholic League]]), by [[Toussaint Dubreuil]], circa 1600. [[Louvre Museum]].]]
Despite the campaigns between 1590 and 1592, Henry&nbsp;IV was "no closer to capturing Paris".<ref>Knecht 2000, p.&nbsp;264.</ref> Realising that Henry&nbsp;III had been right and that there was no prospect of a Protestant king succeeding in resolutely Catholic Paris, Henry agreed to convert, reputedly stating "''Paris vaut bien une messe''" ("[[Paris is well worth a mass]]"). He was formally received into the Catholic Church in 1593, and was crowned at [[Chartres]] in 1594 as League members maintained control of the [[Reims Cathedral|Cathedral of Reims]], and, sceptical of Henry's sincerity, continued to oppose him. He was finally received into Paris in March&nbsp;1594, and 120&nbsp;League members in the city who refused to submit were banished from the capital.<ref name="KnechtFrenchCivilWars270">Knecht 2000, p.&nbsp;270.</ref> Paris' capitulation encouraged the same of many other towns, while others returned to support the crown after [[Pope Clement VIII|Pope Clement&nbsp;VIII]] absolved Henry, revoking his [[excommunication]] in return for the publishing of the [[Council of Trent|Tridentine Decrees]], the restoration of Catholicism in [[Béarn]], and appointing only Catholics to high office.<ref name="KnechtFrenchCivilWars270" /> Evidently Henry's conversion worried Protestant nobles, many of whom had, until then, hoped to win not just concessions but a complete reformation of the French Church, and their acceptance of Henry was by no means a foregone conclusion.{{sfn|Sutherland|1980|pp=296–300}}{{sfn|Salmon|1975|p=294}}{{sfn|Benedict|1999|p=36}}