Question
The truce between Catholics and Protestants brokered by the marriage of Henry of Navarre into the French royal family was broken because
a) violence broke out between the religious factions within a year of the marriage.
b) the pope declared the marriage invalid.
c) Henry III of France invaded Navarre in hopes of annexing the territory for France.
d) the marriage never took place.
e) there was an organized slaughter of aristocratic Protestant wedding guests on the morning of the wedding.
a) violence broke out between the religious factions within a year of the marriage.
b) the pope declared the marriage invalid.
c) Henry III of France invaded Navarre in hopes of annexing the territory for France.
d) the marriage never took place.
e) there was an organized slaughter of aristocratic Protestant wedding guests on the morning of the wedding.
Answers
GPT-5 mini
e) — The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. A plotted, large-scale slaughter of Huguenot (Protestant) nobles and guests in Paris in August 1572 destroyed the truce secured by the royal marriage.