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Pierre de La Ramée (Peter Ramus) is held down and stabbed by soldiers with a halberd and a sword. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edmond Morin.

The St Bartholomew's Eve Massacre: men, women and children are thrown out of windows or slaughtered with swords and pikes on the streets of Paris in 1572. Engraving after D. Dodd, 1765.

Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day: Gaspard de Coligny is stepping out of his house about to be killed by a marauding crowd. Coloured aquatint by J-B. Morret after A.L.F. Sergent.

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Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572

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The St Bartholomew's Eve Massacre: men, women and children are thrown out of windows or slaughtered with swords and pikes on the streets of Paris in 1572. Engraving after D. Dodd, 1765.

Pierre de La Ramée (Peter Ramus) is held down and stabbed by soldiers with a halberd and a sword. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edmond Morin.

Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day: Gaspard de Coligny is stepping out of his house about to be killed by a marauding crowd. Coloured aquatint by J-B. Morret after A.L.F. Sergent.