What the records say
- When
- Mar 1545
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.76° N, 5.20° E
- Description
- 1545 massacre of Protestants ordered by Francis I of France
Mérindol massacre
1545 massacre of Protestants ordered by Francis I of France
The Mérindol massacre took place in 1545, when Francis I of France ordered that the Vaudois (Waldensians) of the village of Mérindol be punished for heresy. Provençal and papal soldiers killed hundreds or even thousands of Waldensian villagers.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le Parlement d’Aix ordonne le massacre des Vaudois de Provence, les déclarant hérétiques, en application d’un ordre signé par le roi de France le 1er janvier”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page