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 жыл бұрын

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

@vetsai8199

2 жыл бұрын

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

@wolfthequarrelsome504

Жыл бұрын

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

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 жыл бұрын

Try focusing more on spelling and less on commas Jesus Christ

@starrywizdom

3 жыл бұрын

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

@debraraby4376

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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.

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.

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 жыл бұрын

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

@saxglend9439

2 жыл бұрын

The Roman Church is a genocide cult.

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@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

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReadingthePast Never realised that before. Thank you.

@beverlyfletcher4458

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@lizhughes2852

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

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 жыл бұрын

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

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

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 жыл бұрын

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

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😢

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

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.

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.

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 жыл бұрын

@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

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ferdinand6187

2 жыл бұрын

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

@XtreamBrands

2 жыл бұрын

@@ferdinand6187 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.

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.

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

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

Dr Kat is delightful

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.

This is so interesting: how events in one country effect another country. Thank you

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 :)

Just wanted to say I've been watching a few of your videos and found them really enjoyable, informative and interesting. So thank you!

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.

What an interesting find your channel ☺️

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.

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

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.

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

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

Thank you DK 💜

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

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!

Once again a great learning experience 😷🌍👍🇦🇺

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

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

I really enjoy your videos. Keep them comming!

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.

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

this was wonderful. 'la reine margot' is my favourite ever film but i needed some clarity on the source.

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.

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

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

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

@toddbonin6926

2 жыл бұрын

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. 😁

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!

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

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?

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

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!

@wolfthequarrelsome504

Жыл бұрын

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.

Interesting point and view.

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

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Finally saw this ... thank you, midst writing scenario of death of marlowe ... my act 2 in "The Spymaster's Daughter and John Dee featuring the motive(s) for the execution, Marlowe's Massacre debuted Jan 26 1593 ... no english presence beyond a speechless English Agent and Henri III dying expressing his friendship for E I ... which puzzles me ... Marlowe was recruited by Walsingham ... well, I'm puzzling out dialogue between Penelope Rich, Frances's sister in law, oldest sister of the Earl of Esse,x, her husband apres Philip Sidney who she met at age 5 (born 1567) at the Massacre. The conversation about the play ... Essex is campaigning v Raleigh and in March 1563 was appointed to Privy Council ...

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!

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?

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.

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

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.

It still does resonate...

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

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 жыл бұрын

Ah ha - I adored that trilogy

Facinating Stuff. Knew of course about Henry of Navarre (Paris is worth a mass) with his ill fated marriage to Marguarite, and the shocking St Bart's massecre, but had not noticed that Walsingham was there. I would certainly think it would stick in one's mind, much like the Blitz did to my mother's generation ( she was nine when war broke out, and living in Portsmouth, as my grandfather was a royal marine). I think that the 1570s was the start of the identification of Roman Catholocism as an enemy to the state and the state church, which lasted through to the nineteenth century, and still lives on for some, despite Roman Catholics now participating in public life: parliament, the law, the professions, owwnership of land, and everything previously suspended during the Tudor period. Scratch the surface and I still think there is a suspicion of the motives of the political and religious ambitions of the Holy See, now perhaps only so far as it extends to the establishment of and the position of the Anglican Church within the state.

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

I learned about this from Dumas’ novel Queen Margot.

@sircurtisseretse3297

3 жыл бұрын

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

Meyerbeer wrote an opera about this.

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.

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

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.... 🤔

Ooooh do Barbara de Villiers

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

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

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.

What was the place of Margarite in this traumatic event?

You add context to history.

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

Scares me today

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?

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 жыл бұрын

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.

I thought the Di Medicis were in Italy...

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

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I loved that film!

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 жыл бұрын

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.

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

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?!

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

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 жыл бұрын

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

@Galvion1980

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

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

@esterherschkovich6499

4 жыл бұрын

@@Galvion1980 Oo ok😃

@jaymesguy239

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

Huguenots - Resourceful and resilient!

Coligny committed big slaughter of catholic innocent people in my town of Saint-Étienne, in France. He destroyed the cathedral and nearly passed away due to venereal desease in this town. Nevertheless a protestant center in this town is named after him and he has his statue on rue de Rivoli, in front of the Oratoire du Louvre protestant temple. How come ?

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 ?

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

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

all the good French fled France. Thank God for the English/Americas, Swiss, Dutch, Prussians and South Africans.