The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre : the Mysteries of a Crime of State.

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre : the Mysteries of a Crime of State.

On 18 August 1572, Paris hosted the lavish wedding of Marguerite de Valois and Henri de Navarre, which was designed to seal the reconciliation of France's Catholics and Protestants. Only six days later, the execution of the Protestant leaders on the orders of the king's council unleashed a...

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Main Author: Jouanna, Arlette
Other Authors: Bergin, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
1560-1574
Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572.
France > History > Charles IX, 1560-1574.
France
History
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Summary:On 18 August 1572, Paris hosted the lavish wedding of Marguerite de Valois and Henri de Navarre, which was designed to seal the reconciliation of France's Catholics and Protestants. Only six days later, the execution of the Protestant leaders on the orders of the king's council unleashed a vast massacre by Catholics of thousands of Protestants in Paris and elsewhere. Why was the celebration of concord followed so quickly by such unrestrained carnage? Arlette Jouanna's new reading of the most notorious massacre in early modern European history rejects most of the established accounts, especiall.
Physical Description:1 online resource (286 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526112194
1526112191
9781526112187
1526112183
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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