St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

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The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a 1572 wave of mob and royal-instigated killings in France in which thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants) were slaughtered, marking a brutal turning point in the French Wars of Religion.

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instanceOf event in the French Wars of Religion ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Massacre of Saint Bartholomew ⓘ
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 ⓘ
associatedPerson Catherine de' Medici ⓘ
Charles IX of France ⓘ
Gaspard de Coligny ⓘ
Henry of Navarre ⓘ
linked to: Henry IV of France

Margaret of Valois ⓘ
calendarDate 24 August ⓘ
cause fear of Huguenot influence at the French court ⓘ
political rivalry between Catholic and Huguenot factions ⓘ
religious intolerance ⓘ
century 16th century ⓘ
commemoratedOn St. Bartholomew's Day ⓘ
linked to: Good Friday
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
estimatedDeathToll thousands ⓘ
estimatedDeathTollRange several thousand to tens of thousands ⓘ
followedBy renewed phases of the French Wars of Religion ⓘ
hasConsequences deepening of Protestant distrust of the French crown ⓘ
international condemnation from Protestant states ⓘ
strengthening of militant Catholicism in France ⓘ
historicalInterpretation example of state-sanctioned religious violence ⓘ
symbol of Counter-Reformation intolerance ⓘ
location Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
partOf French Wars of Religion ⓘ
perpetrators French Catholic mobs ⓘ
royal forces of the French crown ⓘ
politicalContext Valois monarchy ⓘ
linked to: House of Valois

conflict between French crown and Huguenot nobility ⓘ
precededBy Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1570) ⓘ
relatedEvent Edict of Nantes ⓘ
French Wars of Religion ⓘ
War of the Three Henrys ⓘ
religionOfPerpetrators Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religionOfVictims Protestantism ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ
significance major escalation of religious violence in France ⓘ
turning point in the French Wars of Religion ⓘ
startDate 1572-08-24 ⓘ
timePeriod August 1572 ⓘ
French Wars of Religion ⓘ
triggeredBy tensions following the attempted assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny ⓘ
victims French Protestants ⓘ
linked to: Huguenots

Huguenots ⓘ

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Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois Church → notableEventAssociation → Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day ⓘ
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