The ultra-Catholic François, duc de Guise, claiming…

March 1562 CE

The ultra-Catholic François, duc de Guise, claiming Huguenot violation of the Edict of January 1562, issued by Catherine de' Medici, the ruling queen mother of France, orders his Catholic partisans to fire upon Protestant worshipers at Vassy on March 1, 1562.

Many innocents die in this so-called Massacre of Vassy, which promptly ignites a “War of Religion” between France’s Catholics and Huguenots.

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Massacre de Vassy in 1562, print by Hogenberg; end of sixteenth century.

Massacre de Vassy in 1562, print by Hogenberg; end of sixteenth century.

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Wassy Champagne-Ardenne France View →

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Catherine de' Medici View → Francis de Lorraine II, Prince of Joinville Guise View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → France, (Valois) Kingdom of View → Huguenots (the “Reformed”) View →

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Protestant Reformation View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View → Religion, First War of View → Vassy, Massacre of View →

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