Manuscript Letter, on paper, signed by Ludwig III. A contemporary account the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (during which thousands of Protestant Huguenots were slaughtered by Catholics) together with a second document which provides the names of 15 important victims and additional information.
Steinhilben: (near Reutlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg), 1572.
Price: $15,000.00
The French Wars of Religion produced one of the most brutal and excessive persecutions in history, including the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris which began on August 24, 1572 and continued for three hellish days. Thousands of Protestant Huguenots were tortured, raped, and murdered on the streets of Paris...