Day of the Barricades

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Day of the Barricades

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The Wars of Religion
…in 1588, on the famous Day of the Barricades (May 12), Henry III was driven from his own capital. In a welter of intrigue and murder, first the duc de Guise (December 1588) and his brother Louis II de Lorraine, 2^e cardinal de Guise (December 1588), and then Henry III…
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…in 1588, on the famous Day of the Barricades (May 12), Henry III was driven from his own capital. In a welter of intrigue and murder, first the duc de Guise (December 1588) and his brother Louis II de Lorraine, 2^e cardinal de Guise (December 1588), and then Henry III…
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Henry III
…1588 (the Estates-Day of the Barricades), caused the king to flee to Chartres. In December 1588 he took advantage of a meeting of the Estates-General at Blois to have the duc de Guise and his brother Louis, the cardinal of Lorraine, assassinated. This, of course, exacerbated the League’s hostility, and…
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…1588 (the Estates-Day of the Barricades), caused the king to flee to Chartres. In December 1588 he took advantage of a meeting of the Estates-General at Blois to have the duc de Guise and his brother Louis, the cardinal of Lorraine, assassinated. This, of course, exacerbated the League’s hostility, and…
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Henri I de Lorraine, 3 duc de Guise
” On May 12, 1588—the Day of the Barricades—the people rose against Henry III, but instead of seizing the throne, Guise helped to appease the mob, and Henry III was able to escape to Chartres. By the Edict of Union (July) the king surrendered to the League’s demands, and on…
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” On May 12, 1588—the Day of the Barricades—the people rose against Henry III, but instead of seizing the throne, Guise helped to appease the mob, and Henry III was able to escape to Chartres. By the Edict of Union (July) the king surrendered to the League’s demands, and on…
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