Editing French Wars of Religion (section)

=== {{anchor|1595–1598}} War with Spain (1595–1598) ===
By the end of 1594, certain League members still worked against Henry across the country, but all relied on Spain's support. In January&nbsp;1595, the king declared war on Spain to show Catholics that Spain was using religion as a cover for an attack on the French state{{snd}}and to show Protestants that his conversion had not made him a puppet of Spain. Also, he hoped to reconquer large parts of northern France from the Franco-Spanish Catholic forces.<ref>Knecht 2000, p.&nbsp;272.</ref> The conflict mostly consisted of military action aimed at League members, such as the [[Battle of Fontaine-Française]], though the Spanish launched a concerted offensive in 1595, taking [[Siege of Le Catelet (1595)|Le Catelet]], [[Siege of Doullens|Doullens]] and [[Cambrai]] (the latter after a fierce bombardment), and in the spring of 1596 [[Siege of Calais (1596)|capturing Calais]] by April. Following the Spanish capture of [[Amiens]] in March&nbsp;1597 the French crown [[Siege of Amiens (1597)|laid siege]] until its surrender in September. With that victory Henry's concerns then turned to the situation in [[Brittany]] where he promulgated the [[Edict of Nantes]] and sent [[Pomponne de Bellièvre|Bellièvre]] and Brulart de Sillery to negotiate a peace with Spain. The war was drawn to an official close after the [[Edict of Nantes]], with the [[Peace of Vervins]] in May&nbsp;1598.{{sfn|Holt|2005|p=165}}{{sfn|Babelon|2009|pp=610–611}}{{sfn|Salmon|1975|p=294}}