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The [[French Wars of Religion]] began with a [[massacre at Vassy]] on 1 March 1562, when 23 [[Huguenot]]s (some sympathetic sources say hundreds of them) were killed, and about 200 were wounded. |
The [[French Wars of Religion]] began with a [[massacre at Vassy]] on 1 March 1562, when 23 [[Huguenot]]s (some sympathetic sources say hundreds of them) were killed, and about 200 were wounded. |
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The Huguenots transformed themselves into a definitive political movement thereafter. Protestant preachers rallied an army and cavalry, which came under the leadership of Admiral [[Gaspard II de Coligny|Gaspard de Coligny]]. [[Henry of Navarre]] and the [[House of Bourbon]] allied themselves with the Huguenots. This added wealth and holdings to the Protestant strength, which at its height grew to sixty fortified cities, and posed a serious threat to the Catholic crown and Paris over the next three decades. |
The Huguenots transformed themselves into a definitive political movement thereafter. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Huguenot - New World Encyclopedia|url=https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/huguenot|website=www.newworldencyclopedia.org|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>Protestant preachers rallied an army and cavalry, which came under the leadership of Admiral [[Gaspard II de Coligny|Gaspard de Coligny]]. [[Henry of Navarre]] and the [[House of Bourbon]] allied themselves with the Huguenots. This added wealth and holdings to the Protestant strength, which at its height grew to sixty fortified cities, and posed a serious threat to the Catholic crown and Paris over the next three decades.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Huguenot - New World Encyclopedia|url=https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/huguenot|website=www.newworldencyclopedia.org|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> |
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Protestantism spread throughout France in the 16th century and led to civil wars. [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]], of the Bourbon dynasty, issued the [[Edict of Nantes]] (1598), granting religious tolerance to the Huguenots. |
Protestantism spread throughout France in the 16th century and led to civil wars. [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]], of the Bourbon dynasty, issued the [[Edict of Nantes]] (1598), granting religious tolerance to the Huguenots. |