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"She planned to have the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre after the wedding, so she persuaded King Charles IX to follow through with it, and had 3 thousand Huguenots killed in Paris and 20 thousand killed around France. She did nothing but exacerbate the situation and keep her lineage in power until the death of her son Henry III of France"

This is not NPOV. Historians disagrees about the causes of the Massacre. I am not enough of an expert to rewrite.

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I've tried to stick two unsatisfactory bits together and come up with a piece that is still not very chronological, not very informative and still has a lingering POV feel about it. Unless anyone strongly objects, I suggest rewriting the whole thing. djnjwd

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Wars of Religion War of Religion

Contents 1 what was the main conflict between the huguenots bisides religion? 2 This article should not be merged into any other 3 Too much for one page 4 Subsections 5 ????????

[edit] what was the main conflict between the huguenots bisides religion?

There seems to be discrepancy in the information. In one place it says Catherine de Medici issued the Edict of Toleration in 1562, but that it was revoked after a massacre of Protestants at Vassy. It later says that she issued the Edict of St. Germain in 1570, but when you follow the link to that article, it says the Edict of St. Germain was in 1562, that it is usually known as the Edict of Toleration, and that it was revoked after the massacre at Vassy. Which is it?

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You're right, there is some confusion here... This article is correct, but "Edict of St. Germain" should actually be called "Peace of St. Germain" (it was a truce in 1570 that allowed the Huguenots control of four cities in France)... Earlier the article had said "Treaty of St. Germain", but that linked to an article about the 1919 Treaty ending WWI... I changed it to link to the article "Edict of St Germain" but noted that that article describes the Edict of Toleration (1562) and is misnamed. The 1562 Edict of Toleration was not, as far as I know, called "Edict of St. Germain", so that article should be renamed "1562 Edict of Toleration", and if an article about the 1570 truce is written, it should have the title "Peace of St. Germain." Codex Sinaiticus 18:49, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] This article should not be merged into any other

This is a very important chapter in our history. It has a special relevance to our situation today. For the sake of young people, doing research papers especially, trying to understand the importance of the Wars of Religion, it should stay as a separate article. Marknw 19:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Too much for one page

Seventy-eight years of turbulent history (1520-1598) cannot be crammed into one enormous page. You'll need to employ several long notices on such a page. Superslum 11:59, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The typical model would be something like the History of India model, with 40+ sub 'Main articles'. // FrankB 02:12, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

...or compare Italian Wars with the concise paragraphs and the main article... headings. --Wetman 16:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Subsections

I think that this article should be divided into eight subsections, one for each war. See the article in Frenchfor a model. 83.176.83.83 08:22, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  ????????

Ummm, i'm kind of lost here. What happened to the page? I was using it for a school report and then today i checked back and like, all that is left of the page is two paragraphs. ????