August 24 - St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

2019-08-24

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On this day in Tudor history, 24th August 1572, on the Feast of St Bartholomew, an awful massacre too place in Paris, and it was followed by further atrocities in other towns and cities. Those who suffered were Huguenot men, women and children, French Protestants. But what happened and why? Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", explains all in today's talk. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/1DmTMXr0TcQ You can find Claire...

On this day in Tudor history, 24th August 1572, on the Feast of St Bartholomew, an awful massacre too place in Paris, and it was followed by further atrocities in other towns and cities.

Those who suffered were Huguenot men, women and children, French Protestants. But what happened and why?

Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", explains all in today's talk.

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/1DmTMXr0TcQ

You can find Claire at:

https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com
https://www.tudorsociety.com
https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/
https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/
https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles
https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety
https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/
https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

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