Medal in honor of Saint Barthélémy
engraving titled: "Medal in honor of Saint Barthélémy". It represents the obverse and reverse of a medal. Charles IX is depicted trampling the corpses of his victims, with the legend "Vitrus in rebels". With the date August 24, 1751. Dating and origin undetermined, probably from the 19th century.
Dimensions: 13 x 21 cm
Average condition with the usual defects of this type of engraving : Very numerous foxing, margins more or less affected by humidity or tears, ... Please look at the photos carefully, you buy what you see!
The massacre of Saint-Barthélemy is the massacre of Protestants started in Paris, on August 24, 1572, Saint Bartholomew's Day, prolonged for several days in the capital, then extended to more than twenty provincial towns during the weeks following. Due to a lack of sources, historians have long remained divided on the exact role of the crown, and historiographical tradition has made King Charles IX and his mother, Catherine de Medici, the main responsible for the massacre. They maintain today that only the military leaders of the Protestant clan were targeted by the royal order. On the morning of August 24, Charles IX ordered an immediate end to the killings but, overwhelmed by the fury of the people, he could not prevent them.
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