Matanza de San Bartolomé - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 16:08:04 +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 Matanza de San Bartolomé - 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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