The Massacre at Paris

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The Massacre at Paris is an Elizabethan history play by Christopher Marlowe dramatizing the violent religious conflicts of late 16th-century France, particularly the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Elizabethan play ⓘ
history play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
associatedWith Lord Strange's Men ⓘ
author Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
character Catherine de' Medici ⓘ
Duke of Guise ⓘ
Henry III of France ⓘ
Henry of Navarre ⓘ
linked to: Henry IV of France

King Charles IX of France ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dateOfFirstPerformance circa 1593 ⓘ
depictsEvent French Wars of Religion ⓘ
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre ⓘ
dramaticFocus court politics ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
religious violence ⓘ
dramaticForm stage play ⓘ
genre history play ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasType revenge and political tragedy ⓘ
historicalContext Counter-Reformation politics ⓘ
Reformation in France ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary English Protestant views of France ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Renaissance drama ⓘ
mainSubject French Wars of Religion ⓘ
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
notableFeature shortest of Christopher Marlowe's plays ⓘ
survives only in a corrupt and abbreviated text ⓘ
period Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
portrays Catherine de' Medici as a Machiavellian plotter ⓘ
Huguenots as victims of persecution ⓘ
religiousTheme Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ
Huguenot persecution ⓘ
settingPeriod late 16th century ⓘ
settingPlace France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
structure prose and verse ⓘ
survivalStatus text survives in incomplete form ⓘ
theatricalTradition English Renaissance theatre ⓘ
timeOfAction 1570s ⓘ
writer Christopher Marlowe ⓘ

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Christopher Marlowe → notableWork → The Massacre at Paris ⓘ
Admiral’s Men → stagedPlay → The Massacre at Paris ⓘ
Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury → notableWork → Scenes from the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: Robert-Fleury
linked to: The Massacre at Paris