The massacre of Huguenots at Tours: men and women are shot, slaughtered with swords or clubbed to death in the water by soldiers. Etching.

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43049i
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In the first war (April 1562-March 1563) Guise beat the Huguenots at Dreux and Antoine de Bourbon was killed at Rouen, the ensuing massacre of the Huguenots being the subject of this print

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 28 x 35.5 cm

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Le massacre fait a Tours au moins de juillet 1562

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Wellcome Collection 43049i

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