In 1592 Catherine de' Medici wedded her Catholic daughter to a Protestant in Paris. The unorthodox union caused tensions to erupt in Paris, and Catholic mob violence spread all throughout France. The event, know as the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, is estimated to have resulted in the death of between 5,000 and 30,000 Protestants.
Bonus:
The language of Madagascar is called Malagasy. It was originally written with a variant of the Arabic script called Sorabe. How the Arabic script was introduced to the island is unknown. The Malagasy word for 'Thank You' is 'Misaotra'.
-E
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire