Saint-Bartholomew

Pope not been ashamed to extol the Saint-Bartholomew

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

That Court which formerly had not been ashamed to extol the Saint-Bartholomew, to thank God for it by public processions, to employ the greatest masters to paint this execrable action in the Vatican; Rome, I say, would not give the slightest approbation to this onslaught on the Huguenots.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

Double paleness, with the shadow of gibbets and halters, overcasts the seagreen features: it is too clear to him that there is to be 'a Saint-Bartholomew of Patriots, 'that in four-and-twenty hours he will not be in life.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

It was destined to bring upon them cruel trials and the worth of them in important successes; first, the Saint-Bartholomew, then the accession of

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 1830

The other side made answer that our ancestors were much safer in urns than at Pere-Lachaise, for before very long the city of Paris would be compelled to order a Saint-Bartholomew against its dead, who were invading the neighboring country, and threatening to invade the territory of Brie.

The Thirteen Honor�� de Balzac 1824

On the day of Saint-Bartholomew they slew a goodly number of Protestants, and Charles IX. bestowed the hand of the heiress of the Comte de la Palferine upon the Rusticoli of that time.

A Prince of Bohemia Honor�� de Balzac 1824

-- Bernard Palissy, the discoverer of Ecouen ware, the Huguenot excepted by Charles IX. on the day of Saint-Bartholomew.

Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Ruggieri the various incidents of the Saint-Bartholomew and of the reigns of the Valois kings, which he afterwards recounted in the first person singular, as though he had played a part in them.

Catherine De Medici Honor�� de Balzac 1824

The other side made answer that our ancestors were much safer in urns than at Pere-Lachaise, for before very long the city of Paris would be compelled to order a Saint-Bartholomew against its dead, who were invading the neighboring country, and threatening to invade the territory of Brie.

Ferragus Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Tower, or Tour de l'Horloge, whence the signal was given for the massacre of Saint-Bartholomew -- a tower almost as tall as that of

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824