The Massacre of St. Bartholomew: Preceded by a History of the Religious Wars in the Reign of Charles IXJ. Murray, 1871 - 497 páginas A history of the religious wars during the reign of Charles IX, including the War of the Huguenots, and the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. |
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... Gentleman Killed - Midnight at the Louvre - Charles still hesitates The Conspirators at the window - The pistol - shot - Guise re- called too late - Scene at Coligny's Hotel - The assault and murder - In- dignities - Montfauçon - Scene ...
... Gentleman Killed - Midnight at the Louvre - Charles still hesitates The Conspirators at the window - The pistol - shot - Guise re- called too late - Scene at Coligny's Hotel - The assault and murder - In- dignities - Montfauçon - Scene ...
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... gentlemen who , by their rank , were entitled to carry swords , while the women and the elders sought to escape through the garden which opened into the fields . But every * " Existimant omnis publicæ cladis , omnis popularis incommodi ...
... gentlemen who , by their rank , were entitled to carry swords , while the women and the elders sought to escape through the garden which opened into the fields . But every * " Existimant omnis publicæ cladis , omnis popularis incommodi ...
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... gentlemen volunteered to attempt to reach the Hotel de Ville , the others remaining to guard the helpless women and old men . Sud- denly the door of the house was thrown open and the desper- ate little band rushed out and cut its way ...
... gentlemen volunteered to attempt to reach the Hotel de Ville , the others remaining to guard the helpless women and old men . Sud- denly the door of the house was thrown open and the desper- ate little band rushed out and cut its way ...
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... gentlemen of the French court took a strange delight in singing them , but not always to the most appropriate tunes . The martyrs of Meaux had sung them at the stake . Henry II . , when dauphin , was fond of singing them ; and on one ...
... gentlemen of the French court took a strange delight in singing them , but not always to the most appropriate tunes . The martyrs of Meaux had sung them at the stake . Henry II . , when dauphin , was fond of singing them ; and on one ...
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... gentleman by birth , and now pastor of the metropolitan church , was their president . Not more than a dozen provincial churches - there is a slight discrep- ancy in the numbers - sent deputies ; but , being earnest men , they soon ...
... gentleman by birth , and now pastor of the metropolitan church , was their president . Not more than a dozen provincial churches - there is a slight discrep- ancy in the numbers - sent deputies ; but , being earnest men , they soon ...
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