St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
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The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a 1572 wave of mob and royal-instigated killings in France in which thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants) were slaughtered, marking a brutal turning point in the French Wars of Religion.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in the French Wars of Religion
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massacre → religious conflict → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Massacre of Saint Bartholomew
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Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 → |
| associatedPerson |
Catherine de' Medici
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Charles IX of France → Gaspard de Coligny → Henry of Navarre → Margaret of Valois → |
| calendarDate |
24 August
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| cause |
fear of Huguenot influence at the French court
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political rivalry between Catholic and Huguenot factions → religious intolerance → |
| century |
16th century
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| commemoratedOn |
St. Bartholomew's Day
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| country |
Kingdom of France
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| estimatedDeathToll |
thousands
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| estimatedDeathTollRange |
several thousand to tens of thousands
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| followedBy |
renewed phases of the French Wars of Religion
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| hasConsequences |
deepening of Protestant distrust of the French crown
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international condemnation from Protestant states → strengthening of militant Catholicism in France → |
| historicalInterpretation |
example of state-sanctioned religious violence
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symbol of Counter-Reformation intolerance → |
| location |
Kingdom of France
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Paris → |
| partOf |
French Wars of Religion
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| perpetrators |
French Catholic mobs
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royal forces of the French crown → |
| politicalContext |
Valois monarchy
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conflict between French crown and Huguenot nobility → |
| precededBy |
Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1570)
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| relatedEvent |
Edict of Nantes
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French Wars of Religion → War of the Three Henrys → |
| religionOfPerpetrators |
Roman Catholicism
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| religionOfVictims |
Protestantism
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| religiousContext |
Catholic–Protestant conflict
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| significance |
major escalation of religious violence in France
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turning point in the French Wars of Religion → |
| startDate |
1572-08-24
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| timePeriod |
August 1572
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French Wars of Religion → |
| triggeredBy |
tensions following the attempted assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny
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| victims |
French Protestants
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Huguenots → |
Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Charles IX of France
("St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre")
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French Wars of Religion ("St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre") → Kingdom of France → |
notableEvent |
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
("Massacre of Saint Bartholomew")
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre ("Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Catherine de’ Medici
("St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre")
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Huguenots → |
associatedWithEvent |
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House of Guise
("St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre")
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associatedEvent |
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Queen Margot
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depictsEvent |
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Histoire des guerres civiles de France
("Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day")
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describesEvent |
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European wars of religion
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hasSignificantEvent |
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Gaspard II de Coligny
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killedDuring |
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French Wars of Religion
("St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre")
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majorMassacre |
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Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573)
("St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre")
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precededBy |
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House of Valois
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significantEvent |