Question

In this city, conspirators wore white linen armbands and painted white crosses on their hats to recognize each other in the dark. This was the largest city where a poster appeared attacking the doctrine of transubstantiation during the Affair of the Placards. This city’s (10[1])residents supported the Duke of Guise (“gheez”) in the Day of the Barricades. After converting to Catholicism, Henry of Navarre allegedly (10[1])said this city was (10[2])“well worth a (10[1])mass.” (10[6])In this city, Catherine de’ Medici and Charles IX ordered the killing of Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew’s (10[1])Day Massacre. For 10 points, kings like Louis XIV ruled (10[1])from which city, (-5[1])the capital of France? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Paris
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