SIEGE OF SANCERRE (1572–1573)
Siege de Sancerre, early 17th century print by Claude Chastillon. Portrait du maréchal de La Châtre Huguenot Gendarmes 1567. In a blistering moment of France’s Wars of Religion, the hilltop town of Sancerre would suffer an agonizing siege. It was a Huguenot stronghold, walled in and built around a fortress. Overlooking the Loire, the town […]
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