Huguenots - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:38:21 +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 Huguenots - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre https://historylab.es/st-bartholomews-day-massacre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=st-bartholomews-day-massacre Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:42:06 +0000 https://historylab.es/st-bartholomews-day-massacre/ Painting which depicts the famous massacre of the Huguenots which took place on the Night of San Bartolomeo.

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]]> François Dubois, a French Huguenot painter of the Fontainbleau School, depicts the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre. The painting shows two incidents from the massacre frequently seen in other depictions in popular prints and book illustrations: the body of Huguenot leader Gaspard de Coligny hangs out of a window at the rear to the right, and is also depicted decapitated on the ground under the window, with the Duke of Guise standing behind it. To the left rear, Catherine de Medici, emerges from the Louvre Palace and inspects a heap of bodies.

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