The Massacre of St. Bartholomew: Preceded by a History of the Religious Wars in the Reign of Charles IXA history of the religious wars during the reign of Charles IX, including the War of the Huguenots, and the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. |
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... hundred poor souls of women and chil- dren butchered . " Twenty - five women— Præcipites atra ceu tempestate columbæ Condensæ― who had taken refuge in a cavern in the papal territory of Avignon , were smothered to death , the vice ...
... hundred poor souls of women and chil- dren butchered . " Twenty - five women— Præcipites atra ceu tempestate columbæ Condensæ― who had taken refuge in a cavern in the papal territory of Avignon , were smothered to death , the vice ...
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... hundred and forty persons were hanged , decapitated , burned alive , or otherwise put to death ; not a few of them having been torn asunder by horses , impaled , or broken on the wheel . " It was an ex- emplary punishment , " says ...
... hundred and forty persons were hanged , decapitated , burned alive , or otherwise put to death ; not a few of them having been torn asunder by horses , impaled , or broken on the wheel . " It was an ex- emplary punishment , " says ...
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... hundred and eight- een steps to the grand portal of the cathedral . On this lofty platform the procession halted - not to admire the wide pros- pect that now charms every traveler - but to chant the peni- tential psalms before entering ...
... hundred and eight- een steps to the grand portal of the cathedral . On this lofty platform the procession halted - not to admire the wide pros- pect that now charms every traveler - but to chant the peni- tential psalms before entering ...
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... - ciety numbered about four hundred - all resolute men , and strong enough to ensure freedom of worship — at least for a Confiscations , imprisonment , and death having failed to purge time . 36 MASSACRE OF ST . BARTHOLOMEW .
... - ciety numbered about four hundred - all resolute men , and strong enough to ensure freedom of worship — at least for a Confiscations , imprisonment , and death having failed to purge time . 36 MASSACRE OF ST . BARTHOLOMEW .
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... hundred , assembled at a private house in the suburbs on the left bank of the riv- er for the purpose of united worship . The men belonged chiefly to the upper classes , and the women were of good fam- ilies , some of them being ladies ...
... hundred , assembled at a private house in the suburbs on the left bank of the riv- er for the purpose of united worship . The men belonged chiefly to the upper classes , and the women were of good fam- ilies , some of them being ladies ...
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