Episode 54
Massacre of the Huguenots
What were the events and tensions that led to one of the most frenzied and brutal outbreaks of religious violence in early modern history - the massacre of thousands of Protestants by Catholics in France in 1572?
Not Just the Tudors · History Hit
October 21, 202149m 21s
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Show Notes
<p>The royal wedding of Marguerite de Valois and Henri de Navarre on 18 August 1572, was designed to reconcile France’s Catholics and Protestants - or Huguenots. But six days later, the execution of Protestant leaders led to a massacre by Catholics of thousands more Protestants in Paris and across France. </p><br><p>In this edition of <em>Not Just the Tudors</em>, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Sophie Nicholls - who is currently writing a popular history of the French Wars of Religion - to explore the events and tensions that led to one of the most frenzied and brutal outbreaks of religious violence in early modern history.</p>
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