Siege of Doullens
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The siege of Doullens, also known as the Spanish capture of Doullens or the Storming of Doullens, took place between 14 and 31 July 1595, as part of the Franco-Spanish War, in the context of the Frenc
View of the citadel of Doullens.
André de Brancas, Amiral de Villars, by Léopold Massard.
Portrait of Don Carlos Coloma by Anthony van Dyck.
Portrait of Don Pedro Henríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes.
French Wars of Religion
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The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly c
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (1572) by François Dubois
John Calvin, whose ideas became central to French Protestantism
After an initial period of tolerance, Francis I repressed Reformist ideas
Massacre of Mérindol, as imagined by Gustave Doré (1832–1883)