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Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.

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Affair of the Placards

1534 anti-Catholic protest in France

The Affair of the Placards was an incident in which anti-Catholic posters appeared in public places in Paris and in four major provincial cities, Blois, Rouen, Tours and Orléans, in the night of the 17 to 18 October 1534. One of the posters was posted on the bedchamber door of…
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Huldrych Zwingli

Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484–1531)

Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of…
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