St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

This Massacre spread to most parts of France and eventually ended up with the killings of thousands of people. The number of victims of the Massacre differs but the modern estimation stands at between five and thirty thousand people. Mack P Holt, a Professor of History at Emory University claims that the estimates of the numbers killed in the Massacre have "varied from two thousand by a Roman Catholic Apologist to seventy thousand by the contemporary Huguenot, duc de Sully who himself barely escaped death."[3] This is one of many facts which both contemporaries and historians disagree on, and one must consider these numbers with one side looking to give a low figure to make the Massacre seem less cruel as it was, with the other side trying to make the Massacre seem even more cruel than it was by increasing the numbers of victims to a great extent. Historians and contemporaries, from the sixteenth century to the present day, have debated many issues with regard to the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre, including the role of the Royal Family, the role of religious tensions, cultural references and whether or not the Massacre itself was…

In 1572, the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in Paris sparked a six-week, nationwide slaughter of Huguenots. The massacre occurred when many Huguenot nobles were in Paris. They were attending the marriage of Catherine’s daughter to a Huguenot prince, Henry of Navarre. Most of these nobles died, but Henry survived. Henry of Navarre Descended from the popular medieval king Louis IX, Henry was robust, athletic, and handsome. In 1589, when both Catherine and her last son died, Prince Henry inherited…

sign the Peace St. Germain in August of 1570. This treaty soothed tensions by guaranteeing Huguenots the right to hold public office and betrothing Catherine’s daughter, Margaret of Valois, to the son of Jeanne…

government. The government felt the religion of Catholics was already favored by the people was gradually being suppressed and persuaded to the conversion to Protestants. The marriage allegiance between Catholic Princess Marguerite and Protestant King Henry of Navarre was done to establish intention of peace between the two religions. However, it was when the unfortunate act of a Protestant attempting to assassinate a Catholic being that the massacre begins. The King out of fear of his…

The Protestant Reformation was during the 16th century. It was a religious, political, intellectual, and cultural upheaval that separated Catholic Europe (History.com, The Reformation). “This Reformation would be the belief that would define the continent in the modern era ” The movement aimed for being able to change the prctices and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1517, Martin Luther made an impact to this Reformation. He was a German Augustinian monk, who argued about the…

In 1533, at the age of fourteen, Catherine married Henry, second son of King Francis I and Queen Claude of France. Throughout his reign, Henry excluded Catherine from participating in state affairs and instead showered favours on his chief mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who wielded much influence over him. Henry's death thrust Catherine into the political arena as mother of the frail fifteen-year-old King Francis II. When he died in 1560, she became regent on behalf of her ten-year-old son King…

considerable power in Germany. This shift away from the Catholic Church was met with unimaginable violence as revolts, wars, and killings sprang up. Even Martin Luther could not escape the violence as he encouraged the squashing of several revolts, leading to the death of thousands of peasants. Revolts were common now in Europe, such as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day in France. Dissenters of the Reformation were, according to a young man named De Thou who witnessed the event,…

Salic law which didn't allow a women to succeed to the throne, she ruled the nation for nearly 30 years. She fought for a while just to become the monarch of French. It was going to be a lot harder because women didn't have the right to rule. The first great political crisis come in July 1559, due to the accidental death of Henry 11, power was retained by the Guise brothers. The lifelong struggle, explicit in her correspondence. Catherine planned the wedding for her daughter marguerite to the…

The leaders contended that they had the right to choose if peasant were to remain loyal to the Pope or follow the Protestant Reformation. The peasant on the other hand opposed; therefore, fought for independence and freedom from the Pope’s power. The peasants called upon Martin Luther for help. Consequently, close to a thousand peasants were killed and Martin Luther was viewed as a mis-leader. An additional conflict to the rise of Protestantism was the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.…

conflict would have a huge impact on the cultural identity of France, characterised by increasing radicalisation of faiths on both sides. The Huguenots, living predominantly in the south and central parts of the country and outnumbered by their counterparts, felt ever more persecuted by the Catholics, while the Catholics felt ever more suspicious and threatened by these ‘strangers’ in their midst. The Huguenots for their part, upon feeling threatened, began to radicalise and practice their…