The Massacre at Paris
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The Massacre at Paris is an Elizabethan history play by Christopher Marlowe dramatizing the violent religious conflicts of late 16th-century France, particularly the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Massacre at Paris canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Elizabethan play
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history play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lord Strange's Men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Catherine de' Medici
NERFINISHED
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Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry III of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ King Charles IX of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPerformance | circa 1593 ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
French Wars of Religion
NERFINISHED
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus |
court politics
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political intrigue ⓘ religious violence ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | stage play ⓘ |
| genre |
history play
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religious drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| hasType | revenge and political tragedy ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Counter-Reformation politics
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Reformation in France ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contemporary English Protestant views of France ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
French Wars of Religion
NERFINISHED
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
shortest of Christopher Marlowe's plays
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survives only in a corrupt and abbreviated text ⓘ |
| period | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Catherine de' Medici as a Machiavellian plotter
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Huguenots as victims of persecution ⓘ |
| religiousTheme |
Catholic–Protestant conflict
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Huguenot persecution ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
France
NERFINISHED
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Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | prose and verse ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | text survives in incomplete form ⓘ |
| theatricalTradition | English Renaissance theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | 1570s ⓘ |
| writer | Christopher Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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