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The Affair of the Placards — In October 1534, posters against the Mass triggered repression
Posters against the Mass were put up in several towns of the kingdom, and even at the door of the king’s chamber. The repression that followed took the reformed from tolerance to flight, and sent a wave of French reformed into exile. (Editorial synthesis)
The Affair of the Placards ended in a brutal reaction by the king against the reformed. (source: Larousse)
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