Education of the Mind: TIL of François Ravaillac, A fanatical Catholic who stabbed and killed King Henry IV of France. As punishment for the crime of Regicide he was scalded with molten lead and sulphur, his flesh torn by pincers and then was drawn and quartered

Sunday, July 16, 2017

TIL of François Ravaillac, A fanatical Catholic who stabbed and killed King Henry IV of France. As punishment for the crime of Regicide he was scalded with molten lead and sulphur, his flesh torn by pincers and then was drawn and quartered

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