A woodcut engraving depicting a the Massacre of

A woodcut engraving depicting a the Massacre of St Bartholomew, Paris, 24 August 1572. Left, the French Huguenot leader Coligny (1519-72) is wounded by a shot fired from the window. Right, he is assassinated in his bed by soldiers, and his body was tossed out of the window, one of the first victims of the massacre. Catherine de Medici, alarmed at the rise of Huguenot power and Coligny's influence over her son Charles IX (playing tennis top left) instigated the massacre

1572 Alarmed Assassinated Bartholomew Coligny Fired Huguenot Influence Instigated Massacre Medici Tossed

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