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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
thousands of French Huguenots murdered for their faith (1572). [Fr. Hist.: EB, VII: 775]
See : Massacre


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He was openly disgusted with the 1570 peace with the Huguenots and was present at the infamous royal council meeting on the eve of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572.
And, because of her involvement in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris, she came to be know as 'The Maggot from Italy's tomb', 'The Black Queen' and 'Madame la Serpente'.
The question of context is particularly relevant in evaluating the vexed problem of the role played by the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in consolidating and charging the fervor that led certain Calvinists to conclude that it might be necessary to advocate violent resistance to religious tyranny.
 
 
 
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