Huguenots flee France after Louis XIV revokes privileges granted to Protestants

Category
Religion
Place
France
Date
1685
Reference
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"The Edict of Fontainebleau revoked all the privileges that Louis's grandfather Henry IV had granted to Protestants (Huguenots) in the edict of Nantes in 1598. It ordered Huguenot ministers to be banished, schools closed, places of worship destroyed, and children born to Huguenot parents baptized as Catholics. . . . Although the Edict of Fontainebleau formally denied Huguenots permission to leave France, between 200,000 and 500,000 (about half the total number of Protestants) fled the country." [1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Bourbon Kings
1589
1792
French
Religion
-3800
2020
Transcultural