R1915thand16thA

Theme: War and Civil conflict; origins, developments, technology, and their consequences.

A. Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre (August 24, 1572). Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was a Catholic attack on Calvinists in Paris on August 24, 1572. The occasion was the marriage of the king’s sister, Margaret of Valois to the protestant Henry of Navarre, which was intended to help reconcile the Catholics and Huguenots. However in the night before the wedding when Henry of Guise, the leader of the Catholic aristocracy, had Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, leader of the Huguenot party attacked rioting and slaughter followed. About twelve thousand Huguenots had died and the Huguenot gentry in Paris was massacred. Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre led to the fighting called the war of the three Henry’s. This was a civil conflict involving the Catholic Henry of Guise, the Protestant Henry of Navarre, and King Henry III.

MLA:

McKay, John P. __A History of Western Society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003