St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
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English: The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy in French) was a wave of Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots (French Protestants). Starting on August 24, 1572, with the assassination 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, during 5,000 to 20,000 may have been killed.
Painting by François Dubois
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Painting by Giorgio Vasari
Contemporary etching
Contemporary etching
medal of Gregory XIII commemorating the massacre as a victory
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Henri de Guise (vers 1570)
Coligny
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Scene in the bedroom of Marguerite de Valois during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
Painting by Édouard Debat-Ponsan
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