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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

January 1st, 2006 @ 1:00 am by Rich | Share This | Comments: none
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In France, Calvinism remained a minority but, thanks to influential converts among the nobility, the movement gained an importance all out of proportion to its numbers. Known as Huguenots, French Calvinists were threatening to seize leadership of the country when thousands of them were ruthlessly massacred on St. Bartholomew’s Day in 1572. They remained a significant minority but never again a serious challenge to the Catholic throne.

 

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