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(Historic) Edict of Fontainebleau
The Edict of Fontainebleau (22 October 1685) was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes (1598) had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state. By the Edict of Fontainebleau, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and ordered the destruction of Huguenot churches, as well as the closing of Protestant schools. This policy made official the persecution already enforced since the dragonnades created in 1681 by the king in order to intimidate Huguenots into converting to Catholicism. As a result of the officially sanctioned persecution by the dragoons who were billeted upon prominent Huguenots, many Protestants — estimates range from 210,000 to 900,000 — left France over the next two decades. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Fontainebleau
| Date | 22 Oct 1685 |
| File name | (Historic) Edict of Fontainebleau.jpg |
| File Size | 52.1k |
| Dimensions | 348 x 512 |
| Linked to | Mathieu 'Matthew' Agee (Religion); Mathieu 'Matthew' Agee |
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