Churches were indeed a target but that also how we came to have some very nice fortified churches (very common in certain regions). Marc, you also forgot about the war of religions, french revolution and the various revolutions that spread from it.
The problem with family name is that they are fairly recent except for the nobility. Up to the 18th century most people were registered without family name:
Paul son of Peter and Magdalena, born on the 4th days after easter. Brought to god by Paul and Mary (and that's when you are lucky).
Then, when civil registration became mendatory, family name were added much in the way they were for slaves.
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