描述
On August 24, 1572, the **Night of St. Bartholomew** took place: In Paris, the Catholics began the massacre of the Huguenots!
The massacre was **authorized by the Pope and the King of Spain** and **condemned by England and Germany**. **Ivan the Terrible also expressed his disapproval:** *"Several thousand and up to mere babies were beaten ... what an inhumanity the French king committed on a fraction of the people and shed so much blood without reason!"* **, he said!