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CALAS, JEAN (1698-1762) , a Protestant
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ordinary and extraordinary, to be broken alive upon the wheel, and then to be burnt to ashes; which decree was carried into execution on the 9th of March 1762. Pierre Calas, the surviving son, was banished for life; the rest -were acquitted. The distracted widow, however, found some friends, and among them Voltaire, who laid her case before the council of state at-968 Versailles
See Causes celebres, tome iv.; Raoul Allier, Voltaire et Calas, une erreur judiciaire au X VIII siecle (Paris, r 898) ; and biographies of Voltaire. End of Article: CALAS, JEAN (1698-1762) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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