Note 557 — Chapter VI

The strife in Toulouse was occasioned by an edict of the parlement of Toulouse (May 2) forbidding Calvinist worship and the wearing of arms by the Huguenots (K. 1,495, No. 35; a printed copy of the edict). Both parties fought for three days for possession of the Hôtel-de-Ville where arms were stored. Nearly 5,000 Protestants, it is said, were killed (Corresp. de Chantonnay, 1497, No. 36, May 28, 1562; Commentaires de Montluc, Book V, 234-37,) La Popelinière (who saw it), I, 311 ff.; D’Aubigné, Book II, chap. iv; Lettres du cardinal de Ferrare, No. 30, June 23, 1562; cf. Histoire véritable de la mutinerie, tumulte et sedition faite par les prestres de St. Medard contre les Fideles, le Samedy XXVII juin de 1562; Bosquet, Histoire sur les troubles advenus en la ville de Tolose, l’an 1562, le dix-septiesme may, Nouv. édition, avec notes, Paris, 1862; Histoire de la délivrance de la ville de Toulouse, 1862.