This group was responsible for the attempted abduction of Charles IX at the Surprise of Meaux, resulting in the death of their leader Anne de Montmorency in the war that followed. These people were declared rebels after they put up seditious posters in the Affair of the Placards, and they won the Battle of Ivry against the forces of the Duke of Guise. The failed assassination of one of them, Gaspard de Coligny, resulted in nationwide murders ordered by Catherine de Medici in an event known as th
This group was responsible for the attempted abduction of Charles IX at the Surprise of Meaux, resulting in the death of their leader Anne de Montmorency in the war that followed. These people were declared rebels after they put up seditious posters in the Affair of the Placards, and they won the Battle of Ivry against the forces of the Duke of Guise. The failed assassination of one of them, Gaspard de Coligny, resulted in nationwide murders ordered by Catherine de Medici in an event known as the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. They were granted toleration by Henry IV in the Edict of Nantes. For 10 points, name these long-persecuted French Protestants.
This group was responsible for the attempted abduction of Charles IX at the Surprise of Meaux, resulting in the death of their leader Anne de Montmorency in the war that followed.
Huguenots [Accept French Protestants before the end.]