What did Catherine de Médicis tell the king to convince him to execute the Protestant leaders in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
A. Catherine told the king that the Guise family had plotted to kill him and take the throne for themselves.
B. Catherine told the king that a Protestant coup was afoot, and that he must save the crown from an attack on Paris.
C. Catherine told the king that she had been plotting an assassination of Coligny.
D. Catherine told the king that the Huguenots had already massacred thousands of peasants.
E. Catherine told the king that Coligny had been treasonous in his associations with the Huguenots.
Answer: B
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