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After two years of fighting, the Catholics had not achieved any of their objectives, and the fourth religious war was another stalemate. By 1594 a peace agreement was thrashed out, and although the Huguenots lost some privileges and rights, they had survived the Catholic onslaught. It could be argued that the French monarchy was weakened by its ill-advised participation in the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre as they had alienated the Huguenots and they became ever more dependent on hardline Catholics.<ref> Dienfendorf, p. 95</ref>

====Weakened Huguenot Cause====