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Late sixteenth century Protestant depiction of the massacre as it unfolded, with Huguenots attached to poles and drowned in the Yonne river

The Massacre of Sens was a religious riot that occurred in 1562 during the opening weeks of the French Wars of Religion. With the death of 100 Huguenots, it was one of the most fatal popular massacres of the French Wars of Religion until the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.[1]

  1. ^ Carroll, Stuart (2012). "The Rights of Violence". Past & Present (Supplement 7): 142.

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