BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF

THE STORY BEHIND THE MOVIE

STORY CHAPTER LINKS
1. STORY PREFACE
2. THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN
3. La BETE
4. TEMPORARY REPRIEVE
5. DEATH TO La BETE
6. LEGENDS AND FAIRY TALES
7. USED AND RECOMMENDED SOURCES

PREFACE

A plague sent by God
to punish the sins of men.


Gabriel Florent, Bishop of Mende
Commenting on
The "Beast of Gevaudan"
1763



It was the 18th century. Louis XV was king of France. He, and his European counterparts, were building empires even as his subjects were mere decades from Revolution.

During 1763, a fierce marauding animal roamed the fields and valleys of Auvergne and South Dordogne, killing at will. The terror lasted three years.

By the time she was caught, on 19 June 1767, the animal had killed around 100 people in several different villages. She was La Bete du Gevaudan ("The Beast of Gevaudan"). She remains known in France as La Bete (the Beast).

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Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.


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