The Holy League pursued papacy, Guise, and Spanish interests.

Evidence

But the objectives of the League, its real objectives, were clear and definite, and its techniques were appropriate. Most simply the League existed to serve the religious interests of the papacy and the ultramontane wing of the clergy against Huguenots and Gallicans alike, the dynastic interests of the Guises against the ruling Valois and the Bourbon succession, and, because Spain was the paymaster, the international interests of Spain. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 91

Categorization

• DEFINE: Succinct statement of what the Holy League actually was and whose interests it served.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 91
• XREF: connects to: Parisian preachers turned public opinion against Henry III and toward Guise — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 378; Mendoza hoped the Duke of Guise would rule France. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 95

Library Connections

• Mendoza hoped the Duke of Guise would rule France. #expands (0.85) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 95