Many of these people were tried in a room called the "burning chamber" since it was illuminated only by torches.
Many of these people were tried in a room called the "burning chamber" since it was illuminated only by torches. Frederick William, the Great Elector, offered protection for this group in the Edict of Potsdam to boost his country's wool industry. The Prince de Conde fought to protect these people from the Duc de Guise. The failure to assassinate one of their leaders, Gaspard de Coligny, moved Catherine de Medici to arrange the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre against them. Louis XIV denied them toleration in the Edict of Fontainebleau, which repealed the Edict of Nantes. For 10 points, name this group of French Protestants.
Many of these people were tried in a room called the "burning chamber" since it was illuminated only by torches.
Huguenots [prompt on French Protestants before read]