884562 The cruelty of Protestants under the Baron des Adrets in the 16th century, from an illustrated edition of \'L\'Histoire de France de Jean Michelet\' (colour litho) by Bombled, Louis Charles (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fran癟ois de Beaumont, Baron des Adrets (c.1512/13-1587) was a Huguenot leader, notorious for his cruelty. He died a Catholic. At Montbrison, in Forez, he forced eighteen Catholic prisoners to throw themselves from the top of the keep. Cruaut矇s des protestants sous le baron des Adrets. ).