1561
Persecution
of Huguenots in
France
stopped by Edict of Orleans. French religious
wars begin again with massacre of Huguenots at Vassy. St. Bartholomew's Day
Massacre—thousands of Huguenots murdered (1572). Amnesty granted (1573).
Persecution continues periodically until Edict of Nantes (1598) gives Huguenots
religious freedom (until 1685).