 Henry of Navarre managed to avoid death by pledging to convert to Catholicism.Over the next few weeks, the disorder spread to more cities across France.In all, up to 10,000 Huguenots were killed in Paris and the provinces.<ref>Jouanna et al., 196–204.</ref>

Though the massacres weakened Huguenot power, they also reignited war, which only ceased after the Edict of Boulogne in 1573 granted Huguenots amnesty and limited religious freedom.