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The Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Reappraisals and Documents.
Alfred Soman
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Description for The Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Reappraisals and Documents.
Hardback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
On 18 August 1572, Marguerite de Valois, sister of King Charles IX, was married in Paris to Henri de Navarre, "first prince of the blood" and a Protestant. This union, which was to cement the provisions of the Peace of St. Germain (1570) ending the third of the French wars of religion, was the occasion of an extraordinary influx of French Calvin ists into the notoriously Catholic capital. Hundreds of Huguenots had journeyed to Paris to honor their titular leader and participate in the wedding celebrations. Tensions were already running high when the court made the fatal decision to take ... Read more
On 18 August 1572, Marguerite de Valois, sister of King Charles IX, was married in Paris to Henri de Navarre, "first prince of the blood" and a Protestant. This union, which was to cement the provisions of the Peace of St. Germain (1570) ending the third of the French wars of religion, was the occasion of an extraordinary influx of French Calvin ists into the notoriously Catholic capital. Hundreds of Huguenots had journeyed to Paris to honor their titular leader and participate in the wedding celebrations. Tensions were already running high when the court made the fatal decision to take ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789024716524
SKU
V9789024716524
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