Episode 38: Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
CHRISTIAN HISTORY - LINEAGE (Series 1) • 4m 54s
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots (French Protestants) during the French Wars of Religion.
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