The French Wars of Religion opposed Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots) under the last Valois. They ended with Henry IV and the Edict of Nantes (1598).
St Bartholomew’s Day
The massacre of 1572 in Paris and the provinces remains the most notorious episode.
The League and Henry IV
After Henry III’s death (1589), civil war continued until Henry IV’s abjuration, entry into Paris and the Edict of Nantes.