Declaration of Arbroath
The Declaration of Arbroath, also known as the Scottish Declaration of Independence was drafted in 1320, the era of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. It announced the independence of Scotland from England. Signed by representatives of the people, this document listed crimes and grievances inflicted by the English against the Scottish people and defended…
The Scottish National Covenant (1638)
The Scottish National Covenant of 1638 was a contract or covenant with God signed by thousands of Scottish Christian men who swore to defend their freedom in direct defiance of a king who was abridging the religious liberty of the people. The Covenanters demanded a free and independent Scottish parliament and assembly with limits to…
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Associated Locations:
- Paris, France
- Other multiple locations in France
- August 23, 1572 – Born
Taken from the book Foxes Book of Martyrs.
On the twenty second day of August, 1572, commenced this diabolical act of sanguinary brutality. It was intended to destroy at one stroke the root of the Protestant tree, which had only before partially suffered in its branches. The king of France had artfully proposed a marriage, between his sister and the prince of Navarre, the captain and prince of the Protestants. This imprudent marriage was publicly celebrated at Paris, August 18, by the cardinal of Bourbon, upon a high stage erected for the purpose. They dined in great pomp with the bishop, and supped with the king at Paris. Four days after this, the prince (Coligny), as he was coming from the Council, was shot in both arms; he then said to Maure, his deceased mother’s minister, “O my brother, I do now perceive that I am indeed beloved of my God, since for His most holy sake I am wounded.” Although the Vidam advised him to fly, yet he abode in Paris, and was soon after slain by Bemjus; who afterward declared he never saw a man meet death more valiantly than the admiral.