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When did the French Protestantism become a political force?

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Their ruthless persecution of Protestantism led to the conspiracy of Amboise (1560; see Amboise conspiracy of ) an attempt to remove the Guises from power. During Francis's reign French Protestantism became a political force (see Huguenots).

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