Editing Huguenots (section)

===Wars of religion===
{{Main|French Wars of Religion}}
As the Huguenots gained influence and displayed their faith more openly, Roman Catholic hostility towards them grew, even though the French crown offered increasingly liberal [[concession (politics)|political concessions]] and edicts of toleration.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

Following the accidental death of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] in 1559, his son succeeded as King [[Francis II of France|Francis II]] along with his wife, the Queen Consort, also known as [[Mary, Queen of Scots]]. During the eighteen months of the reign of Francis II, Mary encouraged a policy of rounding up French Huguenots on charges of heresy and putting them in front of Catholic judges, and employing torture and burning as punishments for dissenters.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Mary returned to Scotland a widow, in the summer of 1561.<ref>Fischer, David Hackett, ''Champlain's Dream'', 2008, Alfred A. Knopf Canada {{ISBN?}}</ref>

In 1561, the Edict of Orléans declared an end to the persecution, and the [[Edict of Saint-Germain]] of January 1562 formally recognised the Huguenots for the first time. However, these measures disguised the growing tensions between Protestants and Catholics.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}