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This week in Christian history: 'The Message' author dies; Edict of Nantes revoked

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Twitter

Edict of Nantes revoked — Oct. 18, 1685

King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715), known as the Sun King
King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715), known as the Sun King | Wikimedia Commons

This week marks the anniversary of when French Catholic King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, paving the way for renewed persecution of French Protestants.

Signed in the city of Nantes in 1598, the edict had temporarily ended the religious wars between Catholics and French Protestants, also called Huguenots, by granting the Huguenots a degree of religious tolerance.

Louis XIV’s revocation order, known as the Edict of Fontainebleau, cited an effort “to obliterate the memory of the troubles, the confusion, and the evils which the progress of this false religion has caused in this kingdom.”

As a result, hundreds of thousands of Huguenots fled France, settling in places including England, the German state of Prussia, Holland and North America.

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