France and the St Bartholomews Day Massacre
... What led to the infamous St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre and what did it achieve? ... What she wanted more than anything was a Catholic France, but not a Guise-dominated-monarchy. The event that led to the infamous St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was when Catherine de Medicis entered a plot to assassinate Coligny. ... On Saint Bartholomew’s Day, August 24, 1572, Coligny and 3,000 Huguenots were butchered in Paris. Within three days an estimated 20,000 Huguenots were executed throughout France. What was achieved by this massacre was that the nature of the struggle between the Catholic and Protestant factions was changed within and beyond the borders of France.