Nicolas BRETON
With a Ph.D. in history and an “aggregation” (an advanced teaching degree), Nicolas Breton is an associate researcher at both the TEMOS-UMR 9016 (University of Le Mans) laboratory and the Lucien Febvre Centre (University of Franche-Comté). His thesis, which he wrote under the dual supervision of Laurent Bourquin and Hugues Daussy, traces the political itineraries and religious commitments of the House of Coligny from the mid-15th to the mid-17th centuries. A book based on his thesis was published by Editions Droz in 2020. His research, which lies at the intersection of political and religious history, focuses more specifically on the Wars of Religion and the assertion of monarchical power.
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The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre by François Dubois (ca. 1572-1584). Source : Wikimedia Commons.
François Dubois was in his early 40s in 1572, when he survived the Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre. As a refugee in Geneva, he painted this now-famous painting, in which he depicted the horror of the violence, the fate meted out to Admiral de Coligny and the belief, which was widespread amongst the Huguenots at the time, of Catherine de' Medici’s active involvement in the massacre.
François Dubois was in his early 40s in 1572, when he survived the Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre. As a refugee in Geneva, he painted this now-famous painting, in which he depicted the horror of the violence, the fate meted out to Admiral de Coligny and the belief, which was widespread amongst the Huguenots at the time, of Catherine de' Medici’s active involvement in the massacre.