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…showed last 75 words of 447 total…riots were very violent; bodies were mangled even more after death and deliberately fed to dogs. The Protestants paid little attention to Catholic corpses, as they did not believe in p! urgatory. The religious riots of sixteenth century France were not random acts of violence. Rioters justified the legality and legitimacy of their violent acts through religious goals, government example and societal dehumanization, and had different riotous practices due to contrasting denominational beliefs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**