See HOSPITALLERS OF ST. JOHN: A. D. 1118-1310.
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LIMOGES,
Origin of the town.
See LEMOVICES.
LIMOGES, A. D. 1370.
Massacre by the Black Prince.
A foul crime which stains the name of "the Black Prince."
Taking the city of Limoges, in France, after a short siege, A.
D. 1370, he ordered a promiscuous massacre of the population,
and more than 3,000 men, women and children were slain, while
the town was pillaged and burned.
_Froissart,
Chronicles
(translated by Johnes),
book 1, chapters 288, 290._
See, also, FRANCE: A. D. 1360-1380.
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