The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre: A Brief History with Documents
by Barbara B. Diefendorf
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Offering a rich array of sources on the conflict, St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre chronicles the most notorious episode in France's sixteenth century civil and religious wars, enabling you to explore not only the massacre, but church-state relations, the moral responsibility of secular and religious authorities, and the origins and consequences of religious persecution and intolerance in this period.Tags
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Barbara B. Diefendorf is Professor of History at Boston University.
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- Canonical title
- The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre: A Brief History with Documents
- People/Characters
- Charles IX, King of France; Catherine de Medici; Francis, Duke of Guise; Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé; Admiral Gaspard de Coligny; Henry, Duke of Guise (show all 25); Henri III, King of France; Henri IV, King of France; Henri II, King of France; Anne du Bourg; John Calvin (1509-1564); Philippe de Gastines; Richard de Gastines; Charles of Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine; Charlotte Duplessis-Mornay (Charlotte Arbaleste de la Borde); Francis II, King of France; Simon Goulart; Antoine de La Rochefoucauld; Marguerite de Valois (1553-1615); Michel de Montaigne; Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery; Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers; Claude de Sainctes; Jacques Tortorel; Jean Perrissin
- Important places
- Paris, Île-de-France, France; Wassy-sur-Blaise, Grand-Est, France; Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France; Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; Troyes, Aube, Grand-Est, France (show all 7); Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Important events
- St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre; French Wars of Religion (1562–98); Massacre of Vassy (1562); Edict of Saint-Germain (1562); Tumult of Amboise (1560); Assassination of Francis, Duke of Guise (1563) (show all 15); Edict of Amboise (1563); Surprise of Meaux (1567); Assassination of Gaspard de Coligny (1572); Assassination of Henry, Duke of Guise (1588); Assassination of Henry III (1589); Edict of Nantes (1598); Massacre of Cahors (1561); Massacre of Orléans (1572); Massacre of Troyes (1572)
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- History, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction
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- 944.029 — History & geography History of Europe France and Monaco France Capet and Valois 987-1589 Francis II 1559-60; Charles IX 1560-74; Henry III 1574-89
- LCC
- DC118 .D54 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Modern, 1515- 1515-1589. 16th century Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572
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