Title

The Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (20th century). Artist: Unknown

Caption

The Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (20th century). During the Renaissance, La Rochelle adopted Protestant ideas, and from 1568 became a centre for the Huguenots, initiating a period of freedom and prosperity until the 1620s. The city was starved into surrender during Cardinal Richelieu's campaign to break the power of the Huguenots in France. From an anti-British brochure titled Who has been the enemy of France through History?.

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B96_198

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (3,2Mb) / 11,9in x 16,3in / 3581 x 4890 (300dpi)

Keywords

standing building buildings people male man men religious architecture politics country French France power religion pier guy watching strategy attacking powerful fortress Christianity wooden war location stronghold Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic observing concept metaphor politician 17th century cardinal Protestant Protestantism commander Architectural Feature La Rochelle Roman Catholicism siege statesman seventeenth century Art Media Charente-Maritime Huguenot Poitou-Charentes power behind the throne TGN Cardinal Richelieu religious conflict Siege of La Rochelle Unknown Richelieu Armand-Jean du Plessis Duc de Richelieu Armand Jean Duplessis