Massacre de la Saint- Barthelemy……oh my word was this day really bloody. August 24, 1572. All those dead bodies. All that blood. The Guise family had told me that the gathering of the Huguenots posed a threat to us. The Huguenots were coming to Paris to witness the wedding of my son. My son was advised to get rid of the Huguenot leaders. I had ordered for the murder of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, but he was only injured. This has started the days of blood. The massacre started on August 24 with the start of the murder of Coligny. Authorities of Paris were told to shut the gates and arm the citizens. We wanted to arm the citizens so we can make sure that there would be no Protestants that will be willing to stand up to us. As the day went by, people started hunting for all of the Protestants. No one could get out or escape from this situation. There were chains to block the houses so no one could get away. Mobs ran through the streets killing Huguenots in a various types of ways. Bodies were picked up using carts. I guess this massacre has made my reputation as being evil.
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| the bodies from the massacre and me overlooking them |
The religious problems were not resolved until the Edict of Nantes was issued in 1598. This statement said that the main religion of France will be Catholicism. It also gave some rights to the Huguenots like giving some places in France to allow them to worship freely.
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