10 points for the person who proves they now the most about the massacre of saint bartholemew?

Question

ps its not 4my h/w im just curious 2 see if anyone knows anything about it, cos no one i asked does and i just want 2 prove to them that im not making it up... and i dnt want to know about the actual saint...nothing to do with the saint peoples! :)

ps no wiki's ..they got some of their info wrong...as per usual! :)

Answer 1

This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in Paris on 24 August, 1572 (the feast of St. Bartholomew), and in the provinces of France during the ensuing weeks, and it has been the subject of knotty historical disputes.

The first point argued was whether or not the massacre had been premeditated by the French Court — Sismondi, Sir James Mackintosh, and Henri Bordier maintaining that it had, and Ranke, Henri Martin, Henry White, Loiseleur, H. de la Ferrière, and the Abbé Vacandard, that it had not. The second question debated was the extent to which the court of Rome was responsible for this outrage. At present only a few over-zealous Protestant historians claim that the Holy See was the accomplice of the French Court: this view implies their belief in the premeditation of the massacre, which is now denied by the majority of historians. For the satisfactory solution of the question it is necessary to distinguish carefully between the attempted murder of Coligny on 22 August and his assassination on the night of 23-24 August, and the general massacre of Protestants.

The idea of a summary execution of the Protestant leaders, which would be the means of putting an end to the civil discord that had caused three "religious wars" in France in 1562-1563, 1567-1568, and 1569-1570 respectively, had long existed in the mind of Catherine de' Medici, widow of Henry II and mother of the three successive kings, Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III; it had also been entertained by her sons. As early as 1560 Michaelis Suriano, the Venetian ambassador, wrote: "Francis II (1559-1560) wanted to fall upon the Protestant leaders, punish them without mercy and thus extinguish the conflagration." When, in 1565, Catherine de' Medici with her son Charles IX (1560-1574) and her daughters Margaret of Valois and Elizabeth, wife of Philip II, investigated the political and religious questions of the hour at the conferences of Bayonne, the Duke of Alba, who was present on these occasions, wrote to Philip II: "A way to be rid of the five, or at most six, who are at the head of the faction and direct it, would be to seize their persons and cut off their heads or at least to confine them where it would be impossible for them to renew their criminal plots." Just at that time Alava on his side confided to the same Spanish king this dark forecast, "I foresee that these heretics will be completely wiped out". In 1569 Catholics and Protestants were in arms one against the other, and the Venetian ambassador, Giovanni Carrero, remarked: "It is the common opinion that, in the beginning it would have sufficed to do away with five or six heads and no more". This same year Parliament promised a reward of 50,000 écus to whoever would apprehend the Admiral de Coligny (1517-72), leader of the Calvinist party, the king adding that this sum would be awarded to him who would deliver up the admiral either alive or dead. Maurevel tried to overtake the admiral for the purpose of killing him but instead only assassinated one of his lieutenants. Thus we see that the idea of a summary execution of the leaders of Protestantism was in the air from 1560 to 1570; moreover it was conformable to the doctrine of political murder as it flourished during the sixteenth century when the principles of social morality and Christian politics elaborated by the theology of the Middle Ages, were replaced by the lay and half-pagan doctrine of Machiavellianism, proclaiming the right of the strongest or the most crafty.

Answer 2

August 24 1572 was the date of the infamous St Bartholomew Massacre, on that day, which is over 400 years ago, began one of the most horrifying holocausts in history. The Glorious Reformation began in Germany on October 31st 1517 and had spread to France- and was joyfully received a great change had come for the people as industry and learning began to flourish and rapidly did the Truth spread that over third of the population embraced the Restored Christian Faith. But alarm bells began to ring in the Vatican as France was her eldest daughter and main pillar- the chief source of money and power- King Pepin of France had given the papal states to the Pope over 1000 years earlier and half the real estate was owned by the clergy.Meanwhile back in Paris the King and his Court spent their time drinking, revelling and carousing.The Court spritaula adviser who was a jesuit priest urged them to massacre the protestants as a penance for their many sins. Suddenley and without warning the slaughter commenced and the blood flowed like a river throughout the entire country. The rivers of France were so full of dead bodies that no fish were eaten for many months. In the Loire valley wolves came down from the hills to feed upon the dead bodies of the Frenchmen. The list of massacres were endless as were the list of the dead.Many were imprisoned and sent to row the King's ships, some escaped to other countries, The massacres continued for many centuries, the best and brightest people fled to Germany, Swizerland,England and Ireland and eventually America taking with them the incomparable manufacturing skills and France was ruined - war, famine,disease and poverty eventually led to the French Revolution-the Guillotine-the reign of terror-the fall of the Roman Catholic Monarchy, aethism,communisum ect. When the news or the massacre reached the Vatican there was jubilation- cannons roared and bells were rung and a special medal was struck to honour the occasion.The Pope commision the Italian artist Vasari to paint a mural of the massacre which still hangs in the Vatican.

Answer 3

This is from the New Advent Catholic Encylcopeadia: 'The manner of his death, said to have occurred at Albanopolis in Armenia, is equally uncertain; according to some, he was beheaded, according to others, flayed alive and crucified, head downward, by order of Astyages, for having converted his brother, Polymius, King of Armenia. On account of this latter legend, he is often represented in art (e.g. in Michelangelo's Last Judgment) as flayed and holding in his hand his own skin. His relics are thought by some to be preserved in the church of St. Bartholomew-in-the-Island, at Rome. His feast is celebrated on 24 August.' So maybe those publications that claim a definite description of his massacre, are mistaken!

Answer 4

The killing of protestant leaders and other protestant "Huguenots" at the feast commemorating Saint Bartholomew, who had been one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, occurred August 24/25, 1572. Religious strife between Catholics - who dominated the aristocracy of France - and protestants had been ongoing for decades as Europe was torn between the followers of Luther and Calvin and the long established but corrupt Roman Catholic Church. Catherine de Medici and her son, the king of France, saw the protestants as a threat to their power and privilege - and of course their wealth. It was decided to eliminate this threat. Pope Gregory XIII applauded this slaughter of tens of thousands of protestants in France. He was the Gregory who came up with the Gregorian calendar change ten years later in 1582.
Catherine de Medici was a very interesting woman for her time (or for any time). She was born in 1519 which is the same year that Leonardo Da Vinci died in France. She had been married to the French king Henry II who died in a jousting tournament accident in 1559 when Catherine was 40 years old. Three of her sons became kings of France - though often she was the power behind the throne. She was a contemporary of the protestant queen Elizabeth I of England - another remarkable woman.

Answer 5

Yes, some American gangsters got some Polish gangsters on St Valentines day in a sleigh shed and shot them all, the American gangsters were all dressed as elves ,who everyone knows, worked for St Barthomew in Katyn forest !

Answer 6

Excellent full description on Wiki. Too much for me to type , with my speed.
Just type St Bartholemew into search.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

How about 10 dollars?

Answer 9

there was this man called batholemew who was involved in a massacre. thats the best your gunna get lol

Answer 10

no ten points 4 me then...thanks 2 just the two anyway.