Le Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy was a wave of Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants), traditionally believed to have been instigated by Catherine de' Medici, the mother of Charles IX.Starting on August 24, 1572, with the murder of a prominent Huguenot, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the massacres spread throughout Paris, and later to other cities and the countryside, lasting for several months.
jmb would like to join Blogpower but thinks 'none of the political animals' here would visit her. Please visit and tell her she is talking nonsense, and must join.
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ReplyDeleteShe would be a worthy addition. I will visit. It is important that we have variety of styles and blogs in Blogpower. Who needs a right wing love in. Boring.
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ReplyDeleteThe massacre of Bartholomew was a key day- incidentally James have you seen the film La Reine Margot based around in part the massacre
Have I ever, Tiberius! It was one of my long lost love's favourites.
ReplyDeleteCatherine de' Medici, she of the poisoned gloves. If she did all the evil she is supposed to have done, she was sure a vengeful woman! It was she who sent Mary Queen of Scots back to her homeland because she had overheard her calling her a "daughter of merchants". I've seen "La Reine Margot" too. We MUST get jmb to join blogpower!
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