ABSTRACT
In the aftermath of the failed Protestant coup of 1562, Catholics at Toulouse moved to secure the town against a repeat occurrence. A secret assembly was convened to decide the Catholic response. Present were the region's leading militants: Armagnac, cardinal Lorenzo Strozzi, bishop of Albi and king's lieutenant in the Albigeois including Jean de Monluc. At Toulouse, meanwhile, Catholics set about re-emphasizing their authority within the town. Attempts were made to revive the procession by the Catholic leadership of Toulouse in May 1569, in order to reinvigorate Catholic morale at the renewal of war. But it would only be under the auspices of the militant Leaguers in May 1589 that the procession was formally reinstated within the town. The endeavours of Catholic militants at Toulouse during the 1560s were thus varied, but ultimately successful in securing the town and its environs as a centre of orthodoxy in the south-west.
