Mind of an assassin: Ravaillac and the murder of Henry IV of France. (Francois Ravaillac)

Canadian Journal of History | August 1, 1995| | Copyright

"I know very well he is dead: I saw the blood on my knife and the place where I hit him. But I have no regrets at all about dying, because I've done what I came to do."(1) So begins the confrontation between the authorities and Francois Ravaillac, who stabbed to death Henry IV on 14 May 1610, while the king's carriage was stopped in traffic on the rue de la Ferronnerie. This assassination shocked and appalled contemporaries, and remains "une des 'grandes enigmes de l'histoire de France'."(2) Those who interrogated Ravaillac were not primarily interested in his motives for ...

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