Affair of the Poisons

Target entity: Affair of the Poisons
Context triple: [Madame de Montespan, notableEvent, Affair of the Poisons]

• A. Affair of the Placards
  The Affair of the Placards was a 1534 anti-Catholic propaganda incident in France, in which radical Protestant posters denouncing the Mass were publicly displayed, sharply escalating religious tensions that helped set the stage for the later French Wars of Religion.
• B. Trial of the Sixteen
  The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
• C. Trial of the Seventeen
  Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
• D. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
  The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a 1572 wave of mob and royal-instigated killings in France in which thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants) were slaughtered, marking a brutal turning point in the French Wars of Religion.
• E. Salem witch trials
  The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Affair of the Poisons
Target entity description: The Affair of the Poisons was a major 17th-century French scandal involving accusations of witchcraft, poisonings, and black masses that implicated members of Louis XIV’s court.

• A. Affair of the Placards
  The Affair of the Placards was a 1534 anti-Catholic propaganda incident in France, in which radical Protestant posters denouncing the Mass were publicly displayed, sharply escalating religious tensions that helped set the stage for the later French Wars of Religion.
• B. Trial of the Sixteen
  The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
• C. Trial of the Seventeen
  Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
• D. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
  The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a 1572 wave of mob and royal-instigated killings in France in which thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants) were slaughtered, marking a brutal turning point in the French Wars of Religion.
• E. Salem witch trials
  The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
• F. None of above. chosen