Sujet

The St Bartholomew's Day massacre (Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy) in 1572. In the religious war between the royalist Catholics and the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants. Over a period of several weeks the mob violence left betweem 50000 and 30,000 protestants dead. In this painting Catherine de Medici, widow of King Henri II, who was blamed for stirring the trouble, is seen looking with satisfaction at the bodies of the dead.

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Photographe : CBW

Date

18 déc. 2009

Crédit

Photo12/Alamy/CBW

Notre référence

LMY22T03_2HJW0F3

Utilisation

uniquement en France

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

13,9Mo (607,0Ko) / 21,0cm x 16,6cm / 2475 x 1963 (300dpi)

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