Picture No | 10189173 |
Date | 18 March 1563 |
Description | POLTROT QUARTERED |
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A fanatical Huguenot, Jean Poltrot de Mere murdered the duc de Guise : condemned to be quartered, but the horses fail to pull him apart so he is hacked to pieces instead.
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in Le Musee Criminel |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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