Hugonotes - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 16:09:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Hugonotes - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Queen Margot https://historylab.es/queen-margot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=queen-margot Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-reina-margot/ Film based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, depicting the events following the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 in France.

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]]> Marguerite de Valois, known as Margot, daughter of Catherine de Medici, was barred from the throne by the Salic Law. Her marriage to a Protestant prince provides an opportunity for reconciliation during the reign of Charles IX of France, at a time marked by religious wars between Catholics and Huguenots (Protestants). Catherine decides to offer Margot’s hand to Henry of Navarre, a Huguenot, although she plots the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572, in which thousands of Protestants are killed. The marriage is consummated but Margot, who does not love Henry, begins a passionate affair with the soldier La Môle, who is also a Protestant and comes from a wealthy family. Numerous murders by poisoning follow, as court intrigues multiply and Queen Catherine plots to have her son, the future Henry III, ascend the throne.

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]]> Reign https://historylab.es/reign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reign Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/reign/ Series depicting the life in France of Mary Stuart at the French court.

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]]> American series, which shows the life of Mary Stuart in France, from her courtship with Prince Francis, from an adolescent and very sweetened perspective (in the style of the series Sex and the City or Gossip Girl). It consists of 4 seasons and 78 episodes. The historical reconstruction and the script have many licences and errors. It can be a good example for a critical exercise in historical rigour. The best thing about the series is undoubtedly the character of Catherine de Medici. And the worst, the portrayal of the Infante Don Carlos, Philip II’s first-born son.

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