What if France had converted to Calvinism?

I got a very nice PM today asking if I had written anymore from a timeline I wrote a few years ago and it is indeed quite long but also unfinished!... ... The French invasion of Portugal was precipitated by the latter's lack of embrace for the Continental System. ... Only the crown changed hands in this area. read more

France was the location of tremendous reform activity. That was to be expected because Calvin was French and trained at the University of Paris. Geneva existed in the French-speaking segment of Switzerland and identified with the French. read more

John Calvin was a Frenchman, and thus Calvinism was essentially France's home-grown protestant theology. This was a time where France had a century prior been the most powerful state in Europe. However, Spain's newfound wealth and power had recently reduced France to an arguable #2. read more