"beginning at paris, the french soldiers and the roman catholic clergy fell upon the unarmed people, and blood flowed like a river throughout the entire country. men, women, and children fell in heaps before the mobs and the bloodthirsty troops."—françois dubois, saint bartholomew's day, 1592 the events described in this eyewitness account were the result of the a. thirty years' war. b. french persecution of huguenots. c. reign of terror. d. revocation of the edict of nantes.

a) romans valued loyalty and discipline

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.