LOUIS XV / DAMIENS

Robert-Francois Damiens, perhaps encouraged by Jesuits, tries to assassinate Louis XV, but is executed (it takes 75 minutes !) after appalling tortures

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10025923

Media ID

47204676

Size

3016px x 4615px (2.6MB)

Credit

Mary Evans Picture Library

Source

Theophile Fragonard in Boucher Histoire des Jesuites (1845) volume 2 page 304

Date

1757

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1757 Appalling Assassinate Damiens Encouraged Executed Jesuits Minutes Tortures

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