What event tainted Margaret's marriage ceremony?
The St Bartholomew's Day massacre
The French Wars of Religion
The Battle of Lepanto
The Sack of Rome
Answer
The St Bartholomew's Day massacre was a mass killing of Protestants in France on August 24, 1572. It was instigated by the French Catholic monarch, Catherine de' Medici, and targeted the Huguenots, a Protestant sect. The massacre occurred in the context of the French Wars of Religion, a series of conflicts between Catholics and Protestants that lasted from 1562 to 1598.
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