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Nantes, Edict of
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Edict granted by Henry IV. 1598, allowing to Protestants religious liberty and political enfranchisement, and confirmed by Louis XIII. in 1614, but revoked, after frequent infringements, in the shape of dragonnades and otherwise, by Louis XIV., Oct. 23,1685, at the instance of Madame Maintenon and Père la Chaise.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Nantes, Edict of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​n/nantes-edict-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.