What were French Calvinist Protestants called?

Huguenots (/ˈhjuːg?n?ts/ HEW-g?-nots, also UK: /-no?z/ -?nohz, French: [yg(?)no]) were a religious group of French Protestants. Huguenots were French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term has its origin in early-16th-century France.Click to see full answer. Also to know is, what name was given to the day that several thousand of French Calvinist Protestants were massacred by French Catholics?Bartholomew’s Day, massacre of French Huguenots (Protestants) in Paris on August 24/25, 1572, plotted by Catherine de Médicis and carried out by Roman Catholic nobles and other citizens. It was one event in the series of civil wars between Roman Catholics and Huguenots that beset France in the late 16th century. who were the French Huguenots and where did they settle? Huguenots were French Protestants who were active in the 16th and 17th centuries. Forced to flee France due to religious and political persecution by the Catholic Church and the Crown, many settled in what is now the United States of America. One may also ask, why are they called Huguenots? The origin of the word is obscure, but it was the name given in the 16th century to the Protestants in France, particularly by their enemies. The impact of the Protestant Reformation was felt throughout Europe in the early 16th Century. Over time Huguenots became loyal subjects of the French crown.Was France Protestant or Catholic?Major religions practised in France include Christianity (Catholicism, various branches of Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Armenian Orthodoxy), Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism amongst others, making it a multiconfessional country. This makes France one of the most irreligious countries in the world.