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François-Jean de la Barre
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François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre was a French nobleman. He was tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on a pyre along with Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary nailed to his torso. La Barre
La Barre Monument at Abbeville
La Barre Monument at Abbeville
Second statue of the Chevalier de la Barre, on Montmartre
Second statue of the Chevalier de la Barre, on Montmartre
Rue du Chevalier de La Barre, next to the Sacré-Cœur Basilica of Paris on the butte Montmartre
Rue du Chevalier de La Barre, next to the Sacré-Cœur Basilica of Paris on the butte Montmartre
Monument to the Chevalier de la Barre – Paris, 18th arr. at Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, circa 1906
Monument to the Chevalier de la Barre – Paris, 18th arr. at Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, circa 1906
Jean Calas
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Jean Calas was a merchant living in Toulouse, Languedoc, France, who was tried, judicially tortured, and executed for the murder of his son, despite his protestations of innocence. Calas was a Protest
François-Jean de la Barre
…nature were laid against him. In France, Lefebvre de la Barre is widely regarded a symbol of the victims of Catholic religious intolerance, along with Jean Calas and Pierre-Paul Sirven, all championed by Voltaire. A statue to de la Barre stands near the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Paris at the summit…
Jean Calas (1698–1762)
Jean Calas (1698–1762)
The arrest of Calas.
The arrest of Calas.
"The cruel death of Calas, who was broken on the wheel at Toulouse, 10 March 1762."
"The cruel death of Calas, who was broken on the wheel at Toulouse, 10 March 1762."