The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback)) by Barbara B. Diefendorf

Author:Barbara B. Diefendorf [Diefendorf, Barbara B.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: History
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2008-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

As you can imagine, news of the event caused great excitement, especially at court. Everyone supposed it had been done by order of the duke of Guise to avenge his family, because the window from which the shot was fired belonged to his mother’s house, which had purposely been left empty after she had gone to stay in another. When the news was reported to the king, who happened to be playing tennis with the duke of Guise, they say he turned white and looked thunderstruck. Without saying a word he withdrew into his chambers and made it obvious that he was extremely angry.

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