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at the head of four thousand, and seized the town on 14 July 1562. Here he forced eighteen prisoners to throw themselves from the top of the keep. In every town he conquered he proscribed
Catholicism, and compelled the church to sell off their property.
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Courtet, Dictionnaire géographique, géologique, historique, archéologique et biographique du département du Vaucluse, Christian Lacour, Nîmes (réed.), 1997 p 317.
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with 8000 men. Capturing the governor La Motte-Gondrin here, he allowed his followers to hang him. Going forth from
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