François Feuardent proudly insisted in 1599 that the sixteenth-century monarchs, like Clovis before them, never listened to heretical ministers. Francis I and Henry II proved at varying points that they were opposed to Protestantism, and so their inclusion in Feuardent's list was to be expected. Francis II's marriage into the very Catholic Guise family and Charles IX's sanctioning of the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day also marked these kings as good Catholics. Feuardent did not stop there, however, but went on to extol Henry III. Since Feuardent was among the League preachers who celebrated the assassination of the “tyrant” Henry III in 1589 and proved one of the most obdurate opponents of Navarre's succession, his praise of the last Valois monarch seems surprising, to say the least, and more than a little opportunistic. Feuardent may well have believed his rewriting of recent events would help soothe any surviving animosity on the part of the present king toward the erstwhile radical. It is also possible that the political fire that once burnt hot in the heart of the preacher was exhausted by this time. The Wars of Religion had taken a harsh toll on many Observant communities, including that of Paris. During Feuardent's tenure as guardian, the Paris friary was forced to shut down certain sectors of the studium and even contemplated selling valuable items in the sacristy to buy such staples as wood and food.