Affair of the Placards

Target entity: Affair of the Placards
Context triple: [French Wars of Religion, precededBy, Affair of the Placards]

• A. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
  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.
• B. Trial of the Sixteen
  The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
• C. Investiture Controversy
  The Investiture Controversy was an 11th–12th century power struggle between the papacy and secular rulers over who held the authority to appoint bishops and other high church officials.
• D. Fronde
  The Fronde was a series of mid-17th-century French civil wars and aristocratic revolts that challenged royal authority and helped shape the absolutist rule of Louis XIV.
• E. French Wars of Religion
  The French Wars of Religion were a series of brutal 16th-century civil conflicts in France primarily fought between Catholics and Huguenots, deeply shaping the country’s political and religious landscape.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Affair of the Placards
Target entity description: The Affair of the Placards was a 1534 anti-Catholic propaganda incident in France, in which radical Protestant posters denouncing the Mass were publicly displayed, sharply escalating religious tensions that helped set the stage for the later French Wars of Religion.

• A. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
  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.
• B. Trial of the Sixteen
  The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
• C. Investiture Controversy
  The Investiture Controversy was an 11th–12th century power struggle between the papacy and secular rulers over who held the authority to appoint bishops and other high church officials.
• D. Fronde
  The Fronde was a series of mid-17th-century French civil wars and aristocratic revolts that challenged royal authority and helped shape the absolutist rule of Louis XIV.
• E. French Wars of Religion
  The French Wars of Religion were a series of brutal 16th-century civil conflicts in France primarily fought between Catholics and Huguenots, deeply shaping the country’s political and religious landscape.
• F. None of above. chosen