What is Urbain Grandier?
[[Image:Urbain Grandier.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Urbain Grandier]] '''Urbain Grandier''' (born 1590 in [[Bouère]], [[Mayenne]], [[France]] ; died April 18, 1634 in [[Loudun]], France) was a free-thinking cleric. A [[satire|satirical]] publication against [[Richelieu]] was [[attribution|attributed]] to him. After this, [[Pierre-Martin de Laubardement]], a [[statesman]] was charged to lead the [[wikt:process|process]] against Grandier in 1633. He was charged of having [[witchcraft|bewitched]] the [[ursuline]] [[nun]]s of Loudun. They became [[obsession|obsessed]] by him. His friend, [[Claude Quillet]] agreed to defend him in [[court]], but without success. He was condemned to burn at the stake as a [[witch]] in 1634. ==English literature== *''The Devils of Loudun'', by [[Aldous Huxley]], published in 1952 {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grandier, Urbain}} [[Category:1590 births]] [[Category:1634 deaths]] [[Category:Executed French people]] [[Category:French Roman Catholics]] [[Category:People executed by burning]] [[Category:People executed for witchcraft]]