Affair of the Placards
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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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-Catholic propaganda campaign
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event in the Protestant Reformation → political-religious incident → |
| consequence |
association of French Protestantism with sedition
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intensified persecution of French Protestants → reversal of Francis I’s earlier relative tolerance toward evangelicals → strengthening of royal alliance with the Catholic Church → |
| country |
Kingdom of France
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| describedBySource |
anti-Catholic placards
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printed posters → |
| hasCause |
opposition to the Catholic Mass
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spread of radical Protestant ideas in France → |
| historicalPeriod |
French Renaissance
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early French Reformation → |
| ideology |
Zwinglian Eucharistic doctrine
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radical Reformed theology → |
| language |
French
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| location |
Amboise
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Blois → France → Orléans → Paris → Rouen → Tours → |
| mainSubject |
Protestant Reformation polemics
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criticism of the Catholic Mass → |
| method |
nocturnal distribution of posters
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public posting of placards → |
| notableFeature |
one placard allegedly posted on the door of the king’s bedchamber at Amboise
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placards posted on public places in several French cities → |
| opposedTo |
Catholic Mass
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Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist → Roman Catholic Church → |
| participant |
French Protestants
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radical evangelicals → supporters of Guillaume Farel → supporters of Huldrych Zwingli → |
| politicalContext |
reign of Francis I of France
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| reactionBy |
Catholic clergy in France
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Francis I of France → French royal government → |
| relatedTo |
French Wars of Religion
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Protestant Reformation in France → persecution of Huguenots in France → |
| religiousContext |
Catholicism
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French Reformation → Protestantism → |
| significance |
contributed to conditions leading to the French Wars of Religion
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escalation of religious tensions in France → |
| time |
1534
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| underAuthorityOf |
Francis I of France
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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French Wars of Religion
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precededBy |