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THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW
‘Where our Lord was Crucified’ From ‘Two Eras of France’ Or ‘TRUE STORIES FROM HISTORY’ By Hugh De Normand Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co. Rochester: Wanzer, Beardsley & Co. 1854 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854,
by STEREOTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH, PREFACE: "But blackest in the black catalogue of crime, most horrible among the fiendish deeds of all the dreadful centuries, was the St. Bartholomew Massacre. The world still recalls with shuddering horror the scenes of that most cowardly and cruel onslaught. The king of France, urged on by Romish priests and prelates, lent his sanction to the dreadful work. The great bell of the palace, tolling at dead of night, was a signal for the slaughter. Protestants by thousands, sleeping quietly in their homes, trusting to the plighted honor of their king, were dragged forth without a warning, and murdered in cold blood." {GC88 272.1}
"A medal was struck to commemorate the glorious massacre; a picture, which still exists in the Vatican, was painted, representing the chief events of St. Bartholomew. The pope, eager to show his gratitude to Charles for his dutiful conduct, sent him the Golden Rose; and from the pulpits of Rome eloquent preachers celebrated Charles, Catherine, and the Guises as the new founders of the papal church." {GC88 272.3} Contents THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW .
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