French Catholic cardinal of the House of Guise (1524-1574)

The massacre of Huguenots in a barn at Wassy: men and women are shot by soldiers, slaughtered with swords or forced to jump off the roof. Lithograph by N. Rolin, 1843, after J. Perrissin, ca. 1570.

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Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine

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The massacre of Huguenots in a barn at Wassy: men and women are shot by soldiers, slaughtered with swords or forced to jump off the roof. Lithograph by N. Rolin, 1843, after J. Perrissin, ca. 1570.