Maurevert : étude de l’activité d’un tueur et de son entourage à partir des actes notariés
Charles de Louviers, seigneur de Maurevert, is not only the assassin known for his attempt on Coligny’s life on 22 August 1572, for he was also a provincial nobleman. This article, which is based on a study of the notarial…
Deux fidèles des Guises complices de Maurevert : François de Villiers, seigneur de Chailly, et François de Pilla
François de Villiers, seigneur de Chailly (ca. 1527-1582), was a faithful servant of the House of Guise throughout his life. He became steward to the Duke of Guise in 1572 and participated, as is well-known, in Maurevert’s attempted assassination of…
Maurevert : les paiements d’un tueur professionnel au temps de la Saint-Barthélemy
Charles de Louviers, Lord of Maurevert, is considered by all of his contemporaries as the assassin who targeted – and missed – Admiral Coligny, leader of the French Protestants, on 22 August 1572. This act opened the way for a…