'The Massacre of St. Bartholomew', (1572), 1890. Creator: Unknown.

'The Massacre of St. Bartholomew', (1572), 1890.   Creator: Unknown.

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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]


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Edmund Ollier: : author, journalist
  2. Cassell & Co: : Publisher, printer, lithographer, publishers, printers, lithographers
  3. Catherine de Medici: Italian, French: Queen, regent

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Landscape

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe France Île-de-France Paris

  1. 48 52 00 N , 002 20 00 E

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Artistic Representations Portraits

Society & Culture Death & Burial


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5410x4010
File Size : 63,557kb


Aliases

  1. 0580065898
  1. 2-715-716
  1. 2715716

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