Dr Kat and the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre

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In the early morning hours of 24th August 1572, extraordinary violence erupted on the streets and in the homes of Paris. At the heart of the matter was faith, the divide between Catholic and Protestant. Today we're exploring the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre...
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Images:
Portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1529). Held by St. Anne's Church, Augsburg.
Hieronymus Höltzel’s printing of Martin Luther’s “95 Theses” (1517). Held by the Berlin State Library.
Detail from etching entitled: "Le massacre fait à Vassy le premier jour de mars 1562", Massacre of Vassy, 1 March 1582, the event that began the French Wars of Religion (published in Geneva in 1569). From Wikimedia Commons.
Painting of the Sack of Lyon by the Calvinists in 1562, formerly attributed to Pierre Caron (circa 1565). Held by the Musée d'Histoire de Lyon.
Richard Verstegan’s print entitled “Horribles cruautes des Huguenot en France” (1587). From Wikimedia Commons.
An oblique view of the Battle of Moncontour, fought on 3 October 1569 between the French Catholics, commanded by Henry Duke of Anjou (later Henry III; 19 September 1551-2 August 1589) and the French Huguenot army, commanded by Admiral Gaspard de Coligny (16 February 1519-24 August 1572) resulting in a Catholic victory (map from 1600). From Wikimedia Commons.
Portrait of Charles IX of France after François Clouet (16th century). Held by the Palace of Versailles.
Portrait of Gaspard de Coligny from the workshop of Jan van Ravesteyn (between circa 1609 and circa 1633). Held by the Rijksmuseum.
Portrait of Catherine de' Medici from the workshop of François Clouet (circa 1560). Held by the Musée Carnavalet.
Miniature extracted from a prayer book belonging to Catherine de Medici, depicting Henry III of Navarre and Margaret of Valois near the time of their wedding (the so-called “Vermillion Wedding”) (1572). Held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Joseph-Benoît Suvée’s painting of Admiral de Coligny impressing his murderer (1787). Held by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.
"Death of Admiral [Gaspard] de Coligny", from an 1887 copy of “Foxe's Book of Martyrs illustrated” by Joseph Martin Kronheim. From Wikimedia Commons.
The St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, with the murder of Gaspard de Coligny above left, as depicted in a fresco by Giorgio Vasari (1573). From Wikimedia Commons.
Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham, attributed to John de Critz (circa 1585). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Anonymous portrait of an unknown 21-year old man, supposed to be Christopher Marlowe (1585). Held by Corpus Christi College.
John Watts’ portrait of Nathaniel Lee (published 1778). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

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@beverlyfletcher4458 4 года назад

Just wanted to say that when the French Ambassador went to Elizabeth's court after the Massacre, the entire court was dressed in black. What a sight; what a response.

@annacollins2184 3 года назад

I love learning something I didn't know. Thank you for sharing!

@vetsai8199 3 года назад

What a sad, gloomy sight that had to have been!

@Kitiwake Год назад

Interesting that they didn't celebrate the defeat of the Ottoman fleet at Lepanto the test before.

@alistair6914 Месяц назад

Yes and they silently turned their backs on him ……sent to Coventry.

@dawnmuse6481 6 месяцев назад

Dr. Kat I have always seen Walsingham as quite monstrous for his attacks on any and all things Catholic. You have really given me some welcome perspective into why he was so dogged in his pursuit of Mary Queen of Scots especially. Thank you!

@ShirlEllen 4 года назад

I had no idea Walsingham was so closely and personally related to this. Thank you for educating me. I enjoy putting your videos on in the background while doing other work on mt computer as mini history lessons. You are a great teacher

@beverlyfletcher4458 4 года назад

Yes, these should be followed in addition to course work. Bring the subjects alive!

@borikkiv 4 года назад

I had no idea Walsingham was a witness to this. It all seems theoretical at this distance, philosophy against philosophy, but this would make it gut-wrenchingly personal.

@auntkaz422 4 года назад

Yes, I imagine one would not soon forget the terror of witnessing such a thing, especially when your wife, child and household are at such risk and you have no power to adequately protect them. In the same place I suppose I would do all in my power never to be placed in such a position again.

@beverlyfletcher4458 4 года назад

No wonder he worked so hard to keep the Elizabethan state safe. Fascinating.

@stephanieking4444 4 года назад

I also believe that Walsingham was traumatised by the St Bartholomew's Day massacre and that his experience there shaped his views of Catholics in general.

@anishakarthik7064 4 года назад

I found this video very powerful and moving. It really brings home something that I remember one of my teachers once saying: it’s almost impossible for us to fully grasp quite how important religion was to people who lived at this time. There is a part of me that gets really angry when I think about all the terrible suffering that has been inflicted in the name of religion and it just seems so absurd when we remember the teachings of the Bible: how on earth could the people who participated in this disgusting orgy of violence square their behaviour with the message of love and kindness preached by Jesus? I find it really hard to think about events like this appalling massacre without becoming very cynical about religion and human nature and without thinking of the people who lived during this period as brutish and almost subhuman - they come across as psychopathic savages, completely lacking in empathy and driven by urges that anyone with a shred of compassion would consider utterly abhorrent. Thank you for yet another thought-provoking video!

@ReadingthePast 4 года назад

It is horrifying to think about and certainly doesn't seem to connect to the teachings found in religious texts. I think we can get closer to comprehending it (while not condoning it) if we consider that medieval and early modern people understood their communities / nations in much the same way as they understood their bodies - in light of the theory of the four humours. A lack of balance or the introduction of "evil air" could threaten the human body, so it follows that religious non-conformity by one person could endanger the spiritual health of the whole nation. Perhaps God will punish that nation with famine, flood or pestilence? Suddenly, seeking to purge the nation of this dangerous component might become a solution in the minds of some?

@sandrasmith9617 4 года назад

@Anisha Karthik I couldn't have said it better myself. The love and worship of Christ should be all that matters. I'm a protestant and attended mass with my friend as a child. I was very confused by asking a Priest to hear my confession. I thought that the New Testament was clear in that we can go straight to God ourselves. I respect their traditions but I find them confusing and wrong, due to my Christian education. However, I cannot see myself killing them because they're different. Thank God times have changed.

@beverlyfletcher4458 4 года назад

@@ReadingthePast Never realised that before. Thank you.

@beverlyfletcher4458 4 года назад

Well said.

@lizhughes2852 2 года назад

It sounds a lot like Old Testament violence and tribalism though. 🤔

@lisashears1399 3 года назад

Thank you Dr Kat, I found that really interesting. The way you stated that Walsingham was very frightened with what happened in France goes a long way in explaining why Mary Queen of Scots was excuted and gave me a moment of realisation.

@ccpperrett7522 4 года назад

Thank you for this account of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and the ensuing violence against the Huguenot believers. History has a way of repeating itself if we don't learn it's lessons. I am enjoying your videos.

@wimflores 4 года назад

CCP Perrett people don’t learn or at least the majority...

@saxglend9439 3 года назад

The Roman Church is a genocide cult.

@vetsai8199 3 года назад

Such a massacre is beyond my imagination! The fact that anyone could hold so much malice toward anyone on the basis of religion is reprehensible, and yet, it exists today in the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia. SO many, many lives lost forever, for so very little reason😢

@WildBoreWoodWind 4 года назад

Dr Kat, I descend from several Huguenot families and this event and others, were always passed on through the generations, down to me and now my children. Dr Kat, the St Bartholomew's Day massacre isn't commonly known in the wider community but without fail, everyone I've ever spoken to, with a Huguenot back ground, is aware of it, to some degree. So, almost 450 years later, the trauma of that time, is still writ large in the collective memory of their descendants. As usual, another well presented and informative vid. Thank you.

@user-lp5si7ui3w 3 года назад

Try focusing more on spelling and less on commas Jesus Christ

@starrywizdom 3 года назад

As always, past trauma is still with us, & we ignore this at our peril.

@debraraby4376 3 года назад

I don't understand why you are being so unpleasant to Phil. He left a really nice comment to Dr Kat. No doubt if you read my comment to you, you will be nasty to me too. Serious question, what are you trying to achieve by leaving messages like this?@@user-lp5si7ui3w

@user-lp5si7ui3w 3 года назад

@@debraraby4376 Literally- them to edit their post, so people with actual brains don't have a minor stroke trying to read what's supposed to be simple sentences. Don't write like a crackhead and you won't get called out for it honey, why are your little feelings getting hurt?

@wendygerrish4964 3 года назад

Great comment Phil. I should add that your expression is wonderful as aided by punctuation, a tribute to the English language. How do those Orientals do grammar anyway? Anyway spelling is auto uncorrected by autocorrect, so annoying and not worth worrying about as anybody with a pea brain can easily decipher. Thanks.

@CanadianMonarchist 4 года назад

"By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another." John 13:35

@hungrydachshund8236 4 года назад

Just discovered your channel, brillant and clever way get through lockdown, hopefully I will be smarter on the other side! I am French and my knowledge of English history is quite basic. Thank you very much.

@ReadingthePast 4 года назад

Awesome, thank you! So pleased you are enjoying the channel!

@kateh2007 4 года назад

Catherine de Medici came from quite a dynasty / clan. I cannot comprehend of their vast wealth and power emanating from Florence. I adore the place, as well as the rest of Italy, but I've never understood how one family could hold such sway. I know that they were bankers but could you please enlighten me Dr Kat as to how one family could become so frighteningly powerful and have such a long reach. Thankyou xx

@lisaa.4667 2 года назад

Money. They were a very successful banking family, supplying loans to various kings of Europe and the Church.

@rozeecee 5 месяцев назад

Just accidentally found this. Dr. Kat is going to be one of my favorites. I have known about this event for many years as I live in New Rochelle, NY, the sister city of LaRochelle, France, which was founded by Huguenot refugees. Many of the streets have French names: Huguenot Street, Coligny Avenue. The land was sold to the Huguenots by the Pell family which once held a lot of property in this area for amongst other things a yearly rent of "one fatted calf." I don't think they do it anymore, but in commemoration there used to be a yearly roast beef dinner attended by the mayors and big wigs of Pelham and New Rochelle.

@elizabethwilson2640 2 года назад

As a descendant of Huguenots, one murdered at the massacre at Wassy, and another who escaped from Paris during the Massacre, I found this fascinating. Their diaries show that they were loyal Frenchmen who stayed on and even fought for Louis XIV. In the end they had to leave everything behind and flee in 1685 - eventually to England. Thankfully that country remained a safe haven.

@valgalloway6914 4 года назад

The Duc de Guise was closely related to Mary Queen of Scots through her Mother - it seems his actions that day didn't do his cousin any favours.

@valgalloway6914 4 года назад

@Kay Young True, but that Duke ( Francis) died in 1563. It was his son & heir (Henry), Mary Queen of Scots' cousin, who was Duke of Guise at the time of the Massacre in 1572.

@XtreamBrands 4 года назад

Mary Queen of Scots was supposed to be Queen of France She was married briefly to the Dauphin but he died very young and she was sent back to Scotland where her woes really began. Therein is a real thread between that and her very real threat to the throne of England given this massacre story.

@baileygr2008 3 года назад

@@XtreamBrands her husband did become King for a short time so she was indeed Queen of France too

@XtreamBrands 3 года назад

@@baileygr2008 yes you are quite right..very interesting is had he lived longer what kind of potential bigger dramas the French would have against Protestant England.

@melissaparks6698 3 месяца назад

I first learned of the St Bartholomew's Day massacre years ago when doing some family history research. Your video brilliantly and concisely breaks down this event that is overlooked too often in history classes in the US. Thank you!

@FranceBernardof0609 2 года назад

Thank you very much for your teaching on these fateful days of the St Bartholomew massacre. As a French Protestant Evangelical, raised in a catholic family, I feel like I owe very much to the steadfast resistance of our Protestant minority who went through severe trials and great persecution for almost three centuries, before curbing and finally breaking the royal absolutism and the power of the Catholic hierarchy in our country. I am especially interested in your analysis of the relation between these dreadful events and their consequences in England regarding the prospect of an eventual return of a revengeful Catholicism spearheaded by Mary Queen of the Scots;;;; Thank you very much

@StephS40 4 года назад

I've just started watching these videos, and I find them fascinating. I do hope that you will do one on the pre-Windsor Saxe-Coburg royalty. I find the current Royal family quite interesting, but I would love to hear more on the Saxe-Coburgs.

@KatTheScribe 4 года назад

This was a very enlightening video, Dr. Kat. I believe you are correct in your thinking, it makes a lot sense. I'm glad that you take the time to tackle these, perhaps not so popular subjects. I'm currently reading Napoleon's Hemorrhoids, and Other Small Events that Changed History, by Phil Mason. An interesting and entertaining read for any history buff, it shines the spotlight on how much the condition of being human has affected the course of history.

@lindahedman3115 4 года назад

Your research and presentations are marvelous. The St Bartholomew’s Massacre was of particular interest as my family name is duBois, and making the historical connections is close to my heart. My relatives fled to Holland, and settled in the U.S. in the early 1600s. I would like to know more about Artois, France where our family seat was originally. I am certain much history was stamped out. Thank you for your interesting and educational work. Linda Hedman

@deanmcmurtry 4 года назад

Can we have a talk on William of Orange and his wife Mary please Dr Kat

@ruthbosveld449 7 месяцев назад

I have Huguenot ancestry, as has my husband. Our families fled to England and Holland. May such persecution never be repeated.

@wimflores 4 года назад

This video is the one that “won” my follow. So many people live in ignorance of this awful event... I’m a catholic and every time I go to a Catholic Church (not a veeeery good catholic, though), I light some candles. For the assassination in concentration camps and also this one. Even though we don’t share religion, they were human beings. Any way, “great” researched video and I do think Madame Serpent was the mind behind the crime

@ebantink4843 3 года назад

Ah ha - I adored that trilogy

@diannanagelvoortsaltz469 4 года назад

Dr Kat is delightful

@juangallego3391 4 года назад

Dear Dr Kat, Thank you very much for your videos. I have a special interest for XVI century European history, and the themes you choose are always very interesting, well explained and accurate. Besides, you bring new explanations of historical facts and events. Thank you again.

@tommuldoon5677 Месяц назад

Excellent presentation. I am Catholic by birth, but my mother became a born again Protestant after she married my father, and she shared the Bible with me every day. In reaction to my mother's new faith my father did not divorce her, but my mother slept in the back room. And this is how I grew up, not thinking much of it, until my classmates in high school started dating and talking about sex. Now that I am 70 years old, I am learning to praise God for the faith of the Huguenots. The Bible says that we are all sinners. Indeed, the sinner will kill his Maker, when there's opportunity, or pretend that his Maker does not exist! Hence the cross of Christ, God's plan to confound the devil and save His elect! Put your faith in Christ today!

@mikereger1186 2 года назад

I seem to recall that the event was played out in one of the early Doctor Who stories, back in the William Hartnell days. That was over fifty years ago. A topic seldom covered these days, though. Thank you Dr Kat :)

@toddbonin6926 4 года назад

Dr. Kat, I am a direct descendant of Gaspard de Coligny as well as Huguenots who sought refuge in England. I think you did a marvelous job in this presentation and that your assumptions regarding Mary’s murder are spot on! Bravo

@leonelrichard2350 2 года назад

Hi Todd, I just found this video today and saw your comment. You and I are related as I'm also a direct descendant of Gaspard II through the Mius D'entremont line. I don't know if you are interested in genealogy but if you are this may be of interest to you if you don't know it already. Gaspard I (Gaspard II's father) was married to Louise Marie de Montmorency and going up the Montmorency male line for 11 generations you come to Mathieu I de Montmorency who was married to Alix Fitzroy. Alix was the daughter of Henri I de Beauclair, King of England and grand-daughter of William the Conqueror. Cheers Leonel Richard

@toddbonin6926 2 года назад

@@leonelrichard2350 I, too, descend through the Mius D’Entremont line. I didn’t know about the connections to William the Conqueror. I must say that you have made my day, if not my year. I’m so excited! Thank you for sharing this with me!!!

@leonelrichard2350 2 года назад

@@toddbonin6926 You're welcome. I have created an ancestor chart going back to Charlemagne and Alfred the Great. It goes through Gaspard Coligny even has a few Saints in the list as well. Let me know if you would like to have it and I will send you a copy (jpg). This may be better done off this platform. e m ail me at the following address. To avoid the email address collecting logorithms I will give it to you in two parts. Firstly it is "c-inca" address. The second part will be in my second reply.

@toddbonin6926 2 года назад

@@leonelrichard2350 I would love the chart. Thank you.

@toddbonin6926 2 года назад

I’ve actually been researching Henry I all morning. I knew who he was, but had only given him passing attention in the past. Now I want to know everything. 😁

@esterherschkovich6499 4 года назад

What an interesting find your channel ☺️

@LeeAnthonyxxo 7 месяцев назад

Another great video Dr Kat! I am descended from the Huguenots who fled to Spitalfields in London and were silk weavers. Thank you for sharing what happened - i didnt fully know the story xxx

@sheilatruax6172 3 года назад

Thank you, Dr Kat. I had heard about it, from my vehemently anti-Catholic husband. Being Catholic, I was sure he was mistaken about how horrible it was. Now, I know better! What a horror for Walsingham!

@Kitiwake Год назад

Please bear in mind that there has been 3 wars against France by protestant armies up to that time Some historians claim that the same protestants conspired with the ottomans to invade Europe, which was repulsed by the Catholic league in 1571. So it's against that backdrop that these spontaneous massacres took place.

@lynneperry7454 4 года назад

Thank you for yet another interesting video. I have read about the massacre ( Dumas, not exactly a scholarly source ). It was news to me that Walsingham was there and indeed it is entirely understandable that it would have been a powerfully traumatic event. Your expansion of the political influences of this event to contributing to the death of Mary Queen of Scots is very interesting and makes complete, tragic sense. Thanks for being a more reliable, yet equally enjoyable, historical source to compliment my fondness of Alexander Dumas.

@peggypowell8174 4 года назад

Dr. Kat, thank you for enlightening the genersl public with your history videos. After seeing St. Bartholomew's Massacre, I think you could go back in time and do a video on the Cathars of Languedoc. Their massacres were horrendous. Does their history go back to the schism of the Catholic church from eastern orthodoxy?

@joannehamlyn9218 Год назад

I really enjoy your videos. Keep them comming!

@Gwailo54 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for this overview. I became aware of the massacre as it was one of the now lost William Hartnell Doctor Who stories. The insularity of my history education meant this was not covered and yet it was a seismic event. Those historical Christian divisions vaguely mentioned Martin Luther but Henry VIII grabbed all the classroom headlines. So good of you to add the context of Walsingham and Mary of Scotland.Too often notable players of the time indirectly involved don’t get mentioned enough.

@lyndasnart7823 4 года назад

Once again a great learning experience 😷🌍👍🇦🇺

@judysowell2586 4 года назад

What's the Catholic saying "No faith with heretics"? I have three lines of Huguenots coming into the America's from the West and East sides of France. I have found, after researching these ancestors that France did themselves a big disservice in Revoking the Edict of Nantes and the massacres. They essentially lost their middle class. I wonder at the state of the trades and artisans classes in the years following this time. Thank you for showing this! I've seen this one and the one on the Van Eyck painting. Well done.

@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215 Год назад

I love this channel. Thank you so much Dr Cat!

@beverleygibbons8185 4 года назад

Dear Kat, you make excellent presentations. Just enjoyed your st B massacre. Very logical Walsingham hypothesis. I descend from a Huguenot line which I can trace back to 16th c in Rouffec, Charante, of the name Genotin. With the immigrants coming in to England on the first wave they would have also told stories of the happenings. When you say the memories would continue for a century it went on the ages : my GT grandfather died in 1911 and had followed dutifully the faith of his forebears. In his will he actually states that the inheritances may be had providing they have nothing to do with the Catholics. You can feel him rant! Are you a descendent from Huguenots as the name Marchant ? Bev Gibbons, Portugal

@wandasimons3305 4 года назад

Wanda Allmond. Another excellent video. You are an exceptional teacher. Thank you for your amazing channel!!

@SarahGreen523 4 года назад

I've been working my way through all your uploads with great enjoyment! You have an amazing presence and a very personable and comprehensive delivery. I subbed up. So great to find you during our 2020 plague quarantine!

@shesaknitter 4 года назад

Fascinating, Dr. Kat! The more I hear about Walsingham, the more interesting he is to me. I am going to have to read his biography. I did not know about him having been in Paris at the time of the massacre. The connection that you suggest regarding his possible/probably attitude about the threat posed by Mary Queen of Scots after what he had seen makes so much sense. I did not know much about the massacre but I think I remember something about Henry of Navarre saying something like "Paris is worth a mass." at his wedding to Marguerite. Thank you for another terrific video!

@DarkAngel459 4 года назад

Henry of Navarre was supposed to have said 'Paris is worth a mass' after King Henry III was assassinated in 1589, ending the Valois dynasty, and Henry found out he was next in line to the Throne. Protestants could not become King so he became Roman Catholic.

@annagarza8549 4 года назад

A very few biographers and historian point out the massacre's effect what happened to Mary Queen of Scots. Thanks!

@trendeducationalresources7791 4 года назад

You're so cute Dr. Kat! I enjoy listening and learning from you as much as I do watching you. I wish you were my history professor back in the day.

@samanthafordyce5795 24 дня назад

I learned about this massacre in the ninth grade. I was attending a fairly exclusive prep school (in my defense, I chose it because they had a swimming pool, something very desirable in Minnesota winters) taught by very well-educated nuns. I learned from my teacher that it was reprehensible and a tragedy and not a way to settle religious differences. In the 1950s, I'm sure this was a very enlightened attitude.

@ckcribbs8577 3 года назад

I also did not realise that Walsingham was in Paris during the massacre, and this does explain (at least to me) why Mary Queen of Scots was such a threat.

@johnwhaley9671 6 месяцев назад

This is so frightening. I never knew of such horror. I am presently reading a book by E G White written in 1880 called the Great Controversy. Linking our US government to Roman Catholic church.

@tricivenola8164 3 года назад

All the gods protect us from those who believe they are in the right. Thanks for this speedy clarification of a murky lot of allusions and dark associations with the word "Huguenot." I knew Catholicism had been vicious but good lord!! Separation of church and state is nothing to take for granted, neither is religious freedom.

@Kimchiboy08 Год назад

Interesting point and view.

@wendymoyer782 2 года назад

I am completely addicted to your channel. Thank you for the work you put into it.

@pelicanus4055 4 года назад

Your videos are keeping me sane during quarantine. Thanks so much!

@heathertomasini8854 3 года назад

Thank you! Currently Reading Paris by Edward Rutherford and wanted more explanation to this event. This was perfect!

@malkakossoy3747 4 года назад

Never heard of it before. Thank you for enlightening me.

@shirleyniedzwiecki1104 3 года назад

I'm sooo sorry! DR Kat! I get excited. No disrespect anywhere!!

@corneliarath1355 4 года назад

Have discovered your channel a few days ago. Thank you very much for this subject. As i am not English / British i enjoy subjects like this specially.

@parkviewmo 3 года назад

What an interesting perspective! Now, I have to go read more!

@archer1949 4 года назад

I learned about this from Dumas’ novel Queen Margot.

@sircurtisseretse3297 4 года назад

+Lew Archer I've never heard of this novel. Thanks for telling us about it. I'll get myself a copy.

@lindaclement3407 4 года назад

Thank you so very much for this. I hadn't heard about this before. I'm going to have to do some reading as well as some re-reading.

@jasonblackburn6479 3 года назад

Thank you Dr Kat! You should do a video on Walsingham next!

@IntrepidFraidyCat 4 года назад

I knew the spy master was in Paris at the time but I never really thought about his experience driving him on to bring Mary down. Makes perfect sense! Thank you, I'm enjoying your videos very much!

@redalcock4704 4 года назад

This is a great nutshell video. I loved the way you put it into context and also it's repercussionsd in England. Thank you

@jkern64 3 года назад

I didn't know that Walsingham was there during the massacre. You make a good point. Something to think about. Thank you.

@French-Kiss24 Год назад

I too am a descendant of a noble French Huguenot family, who gave up their titles and land to leave and practice their faith elsewhere. However, to blame the massacre on Catherine de Medici is unfair and unjust. The de Guise family was particularly powerful. I can see some of this hatred of “the other” festering her in the US between the far right and far left factions of our country. Note the Civil Wars in both the US and England. I believe Catherine did her very best to try and manage these factions which had very deep emotional beliefs on both sides. Of course, it made sense to have the marriage take place in Paris. Where else in France would it have made sense for a royal wedding? I doubt she set it up for a bloodbath. Intolerance was the reason behind the massacre. I would tend to look deeper into the de Guise factions as the motivators.

@LaSirenaSaggia Год назад

Dedicated videos for Catherine de’ Medici, Phillip Sidney, Mary Sidney, and Christopher Marlowe would all be wonderful!!

@Cardifftoyboy1 3 года назад

The book "God is Not Great" by Christopher Hitchens should be compulsory reading in every school.

@justinekessner2645 4 года назад

I am in love with you’re shows!!!!!!!!

@Will-eb7fr 4 года назад

It still does resonate...

@DeeMonkey999 4 года назад

Meyerbeer wrote an opera about this.

@OurBucketListHasHoles 4 года назад

Thank you DK 💜

@laurac8659 4 года назад

I’m a coward. I would believe anything they wanted me too.

@debracarlson4206 3 года назад

Nicely done. I'm writing a magazine article on Agrippa D'Aubigne and his involvement in the religious change in France. Do you know where I can find a list of those killed during the massacre?

@made-line7627 3 года назад

I noticed you have a book on the Marquis de Sade there, Dr Kat 🧐 A video about him would be amazing

@jfjoubertquebec 3 месяца назад

Henri de Navarre, later as King Henri IV, sent Champlain to found Québec, and New France. And now you know. Bonjour ;)

@Galvion1980 4 года назад

My best friend, a Catholic , likes to wish me "Happy St. Bartholomew's day!" every year...I'm a Protestant with French Hugenot ancestry on my mother's side. Comedy = Tragedy + Time

@esterherschkovich6499 4 года назад

I.ve never heard a Catholic celebrating that day,sad eh!We live+learn.

@Galvion1980 4 года назад

@@esterherschkovich6499 He doesn't exactly celebrate it, he just has a very sick sense of humour - as do I, that's why we are friends.

@wimflores 4 года назад

I’m a catholic too and not even joking I’d do that... I apologize for your friend

@esterherschkovich6499 4 года назад

@@Galvion1980 Oo ok😃

@jaymesguy239 4 года назад

The lesson to learn is to vanquish religious fundamentalism and the importance of representative democracy.

@cathiematthews1359 4 года назад

I would love to know more on the truth behind the fairytales... was there a Real King Arthur? Was there evidence was a real Robin Hood.... 🤔

@kateb6866 4 года назад

Why Roman Catholics couldn’t accept the Hugenots? Why they thought that killing them was the best approach? Can somebody explain that to me as I really do not understand that ?

@janicemoss5818 4 года назад

Ooooh do Barbara de Villiers

@jamescad9978 3 года назад

Scares me today

@trojanette8345 4 года назад

From a scholarly, political or religious perspective could it be argued that, Martin Luther's "95 Thesis" was the catalyst for H8's 'Dissolution of the Monasteries' decades long tirade? It's also ironic that ML would release his "95 Theses" document on, Halloween / All Hallows Eve / Day of the Dead / (Feast of) Sam Hain, etc. Who would have ever thought that posting such an, 'innocent' piece of paper could have signaled the death of so many martyrs.

@deniecezinnecker9630 3 года назад

As a retired French teacher, I've taught about this for years, from the French perspective. The movie La Reine Margot is a horrifying vision of what it must have been like in France on that day. I had never stopped to consider that Queen Elizabeth I might have been influenced by this, via Walsingham. When one adds that Mary Queen of Scots had been brought up in France, that gives England even more cause to fear a Catholic monarch.

@SafetySpooon 3 года назад

Mary actually stayed up all night celebrating the deaths of Protestants. She was insanely stupid to think that Elizabeth was going to be her "best bud" when her own nobles went after her for incompetence & bigotry. Especially since she also insisted that she, herself, was the rightful queen of England.

@danielanjegovan3865 4 года назад

My own view of these events was heavily skewed by "La Reine Margot". As wonderful as the film is (IMO) it has very little to do with actual history :) I wonder, though, if she might be a character you'd be interested in looking into, or doing a video on.

@beth7935 4 года назад

Yes, I loved that film!

@patriciapalmer1377 2 года назад

INSTIGATORS Hugenots of wealth and property were already objects of envy and jealousy and the instigated notion of their haughty disregard of the "true faith" in addition, gave agitators a convenient mechanism to stir up mob frenzy and later that same frenzy against the King et al.

@tylersdog 4 года назад

Thank you for this. My query would be: Yes, Walsingham certainly had reason to fear a repeat, especially considering Mary and her cohorts plans but I wonder, did Walsingham have sufficient 'pull' with Elizabeth to cause her to sign Marys' death warrant? Elizabeth was extremely resistant and held off for a long long time until she did sign but then 'held' the document, not allowing it to be put into effect. I do wonder if Walsingham was that powerful an influence on Elizabeth?

@ebantink4843 3 года назад

Her ministers read her perfectly. They knew she did not want to seem responsible for the death of her cousin - she would never have given them the warrant of execution if she wanted Mary to be safe.

@kenwallach5718 4 года назад

Les Huguenots Opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer I've heard this was the favorite opera of Queen Victoria centuries after the massacre.

@katharper655 2 года назад

Hello, Dr. Kat: My name is Katarina Rachelle Thibidioux-Harper. I am a full-blood Cajun who traces her lineage back to a Huguenot family who fled France a little over a month after the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, on a French ship bound for the Americas, specifically Louisana and the small (then) town of New Orleans...seeking a new Life in the New World. Eventually members of my family would marry members of various Caribe peoples, and the French they spoke metamorphosed into the Creole I now speak, along with English and my husband's native Gaelic. My husband Brody was born in Drogheda Ireland and immigrated to America, specifically South Florida where I would be attending the University of Miami in a few years. We met, obviously. Lol I am so very grateful to my ancestors who survived that horror, came to America, only to now be forced to watch Joe Biden destroy the entire nation. Thank you for your excellent presentation of this crucial facet of my family's history. Sincerely, Kat Harper

@humboldthammer 4 месяца назад

I am a direct descendant of at least one survivor of that massacre.

@auntkaz422 4 года назад

I thought the Di Medicis were in Italy...

@lavillablanca 4 года назад

You add context to history.

@MsLogjam 4 года назад

Ironic that the French government was complicit in the Rwanda massacre.

@DrGimboAKAdios 2 года назад

¡Hola! From Mexico, I loved history and I like your channel, and I’m new here, will check it out. ¡Garcias!

@whaleymom76 3 года назад

Does anyone else see the horrible dissonance in people slaughtering others in the name of religion(s) whose primary tenets require that their believers love their neighbors and fellows?!

@avivatal614 3 года назад

What was the place of Margarite in this traumatic event?

@donaldgrove2249 4 года назад

I love your vids. This time I've got a question. Why do you single Walsingham out? I agree totally that his fear of another Catholic monarch in England was shaped by his experience of the Massacre in Paris, but he wasn't alone at all. Lot's of leading courtiers would have dreaded the prospect, and Elizabeth herself was aware that her position as a Protestant monarch made her the target of conspiracies, assassination plots and actual attempted invasions. How would Walsingham's experience in Paris have made him the instigator of Mary's death more than other leading militant Protestants at the court of Elizabeth?

@sinclairlanier4081 3 года назад

Huguenots - Resourceful and resilient!

@susannawolfe8743 3 года назад

My maiden name (Du) Guise. A not so proud moment in time.

@growingstrong1009 4 года назад

Really love this channel !! Catherine de Medici makes Cersei Lannister look like a kitten 🤣

@Peristerygr 4 года назад

St Bartholomew's Day of 1572 was "chistmass" for personal feuds, rapists and robbers.

@esterherschkovich6499 4 года назад

I have never heard of this massacre but have heard of other massacres of Hugenouts.Yet another dreadful page in the Catholic faith book.Look at the Spanish Inquisition😥too.

@saxglend9439 3 года назад

And the Cathars.