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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in the French Wars of Religion
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massacre ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
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surface form:
Massacre of Saint Bartholomew
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572
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| associatedPerson |
Catherine de’ Medici
ⓘ
surface form:
Catherine de' Medici
Charles IX of France ⓘ Gaspard II de Coligny ⓘ
surface form:
Gaspard de Coligny
Henry IV of France ⓘ
surface form:
Henry of Navarre
Margaret of Valois ⓘ |
| calendarDate | 24 August ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn |
Good Friday
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surface form:
St. Bartholomew's Day
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| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| estimatedDeathToll | thousands ⓘ |
| estimatedDeathTollRange | several thousand to tens of thousands ⓘ |
| followedBy | renewed phases of the French Wars of Religion ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| perpetrators |
French Catholic mobs
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royal forces of the French crown ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
House of Valois
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surface form:
Valois monarchy
conflict between French crown and Huguenot nobility ⓘ |
| precededBy | Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1570) ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Edict of Nantes
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French Wars of Religion ⓘ War of the Three Henrys ⓘ |
| religionOfPerpetrators | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religionOfVictims | Protestantism ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ |
| significance |
major escalation of religious violence in France
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turning point in the French Wars of Religion ⓘ |
| startDate | 1572-08-24 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
August 1572
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French Wars of Religion ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | tensions following the attempted assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny ⓘ |
| victims |
Huguenots
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surface form:
French Protestants
Huguenots ⓘ |
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Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day
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St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
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St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
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Massacre of Saint Bartholomew
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Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
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St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
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St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Henry III of France
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
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St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in France
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The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve