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The St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (1572) was one of the bloodiest episodes in Early Modern French history. It marked a turning point in the religious wars that devastated France from the 1560s to 1590s. The impact of the massacres massacre was profound. They are generally acknowledged to have changed the course of French history and initiated a new and bloody chapter in the Wars of Religion. The massacre began a series of events that changed the Huguenots and weakened the French monarchy. The massacre will also be shown to have failed to have achieved its objectives and instead of ending the war, prolonged it.