Lessons from a Massacre Committed 450 Years Ago by James Bovard August 25, 2022 On this day in 1572, French Catholics slaughtered thirty thousand Protestants (known as Huguenots) in the streets of Paris. The French king and the pope helped organize the the biggest religious massacre in Europe in the 1500s. Roughly half the Bovards […]
On this day in 1572, French Catholics slaughtered 30,000 Protestants in the streets of Paris. The French King and the Pope helped organize the carnage of the biggest religious massacre in Europe in the 1500s. Roughly half the Bovards living in Paris were killed in the bloodbath. Three surviving Bovards fled past drunken guards at […]
