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Definition: EDICT OF NANTES |
EDICT OF NANTES1. (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants. Syn: Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule; order; manifesti; command. See Law . |
Crosswords: EDICT OF NANTES |
| Specialty definitions using "EDICT OF NANTES": Catholic King. (references) |
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The Edict of Nantes was issued in 1598 by Henri IV of France to grant French Protestants (also known as Huguenots) equal rights with Catholics.
The Edict was introduced primarily to end the long-running, disruptive French Wars of Religion. Henri IV also had personal reasons for supporting the Edict. Until assuming the throne Henri himself had been a Protestant, and he remained sympathetic to their cause: he converted in order to become king, famously saying, "Paris is worth a Mass." The Edict succeeded in restoring peace and internal unity to France for many years.
In 1685, however, Louis XIV renounced the Edict and declared Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau. This had very damaging results. While the wars of religion did not reignite, many Protestants did choose to leave France, most moving to Great Britain, Germany and the Dutch Republic. This exodus deprived France of many of its most skilled and industrious individuals, who would from now on aid France's rivals. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes also further damaged the perception of Louis XIV abroad, making the Protestant nations surrounding France even more hostile.
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Under a large tree near by fell the German general, Duplat, of a French family which fled on the revocation of the edict of Nantes. |
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| Language | Translations for "edict of nantes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | edictay ofay antesnay.(various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-f-i-n-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: confidantes, defecations. | |
-3 letters: ancientest, anecdotist, condensate, confidante, confidants, defecation, defections, detections, detentions, discontent, festinated, sanctioned. | |
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| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-f-i-n-n-o-s-t-t" | |
+4 letters: confidentialities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 44 49 43 54 4F 46 4E 41 4E 54 45 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01000100 01001001 01000011 01010100 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001110 01000001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E D I C T   O F   N A N T E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0044 0049 0043 0054 004F 0046 004E 0041 004E 0054 0045 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3938433754249402483548543953 |
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