'The Massacre of St. Bartholomew', (1572), 1890. Creator: Unknown.
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5410 x 4010 px | 45.8 x 34 cm | 18 x 13.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1890Location:
World,Europe,France,ÃŽle-de-France,ParisPhotographer:
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'The Massacre of St. Bartholomew', (1572), 1890. In 1572 a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion and instigated by Catherine de' Medici resulted in 5, 000 to 30, 000 deaths. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]