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  • He demanded that Protestants acknowledge the king's sovereignty, but he did not revoke the Edict of Nantes, which guaranteed their freedom of conscience.

    For King And Country Henrik Bering 2011

  • Even when, in 1685, the Sun King made "the worst political decision" of his long reign, by revoking the Edict of Nantes, which had banned persecution of the Huguenots, the unintended result of his intolerance was the spread of French literacy.

    Why They All Came to Versailles Frederic Raphael 2011

  • [4] Composed after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, during a period of renewed persecutions against the Huguenots, the Mémoires pour servir à la vie d'Agrippa d'Aubigné glorify the courtier, warrior, man of action, and servant to the king and furnish an image consistent with his descendant's wishes.

    Louis XIV's Secret Wife 2010

  • Known as "le bon roi" or the Good King, Henry IV singlehandedly brought an end to the French Wars of Religion by signing the Edict of Nantes in 1598.

    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena: A Lesson to Learn From Good Old Henry IV Romina Ruiz-Goiriena 2010

  • Known as "le bon roi" or the Good King, Henry IV singlehandedly brought an end to the French Wars of Religion by signing the Edict of Nantes in 1598.

    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena: A Lesson to Learn From Good Old Henry IV Romina Ruiz-Goiriena 2010

  • [4] Composed after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, during a period of renewed persecutions against the Huguenots, the Mémoires pour servir à la vie d'Agrippa d'Aubigné glorify the courtier, warrior, man of action, and servant to the king and furnish an image consistent with his descendant's wishes.

    Louis XIV's Secret Wife 2010

  • Known as "le bon roi" or the Good King, Henry IV singlehandedly brought an end to the French Wars of Religion by signing the Edict of Nantes in 1598.

    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena: A Lesson to Learn From Good Old Henry IV Romina Ruiz-Goiriena 2010

  • This was only a few years after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes which had left all French Calvinists without citizenship and its protections.

    Huguenot Symbol - how deeply encoded was it? Hels 2009

  • This was only a few years after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes which had left all French Calvinists without citizenship and its protections.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Hels 2009

  • His ancestor Henri de Caritat was among the first to adopt the reformed faith in 1561 prior to its official toleration in 1598 under the terms of the Edict of Nantes.

    The Snowbank 2009

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