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Massacre of Mérindol, 1545,
by Gustave Dore.1
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The leaders in the 1545 massacres were Jean Maynier d'Oppède, ... and Antoine Escalin des Aimars... .
These... took the villages of Mérindol and Cabrières and also devastated neighbouring Waldensian villages. Historians have estimated that the soldiers killed hundreds to thousands of people. ... In total, they destroyed between 22 and 28 villages. ...
In the aftermath, both Francis I and Pope Paul III approved of the actions taken; the Pope rewarded Maynier with Imperial honours. (Massacre of Mérindol, Wikipedia, last edited on 22 December 2016).
<sup>1</sup>By Gustave Dore (1832-1886) (Le Point No1978) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMassacre_of_the_Vaudois_of_Merindol.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Massacre_of_the_Vaudois_of_Merindol.jpg
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