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From: "Janet Ariciu" <>
Subject: RE: [HWE] Edict ofNantes
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:51:45 -0600
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the World book for Louis of France and Edict of Nantes

April 13, 1598, King Henry IVof France sign the Edict of Nantes. By the
decree, the French Portestants or Huguenots were allowed complete freedom of
worship in about 75 towns. They were given equal rights with Catolics as
citizetns until the intolerant King Louis XIV did away with edict in
1685.Then thousand of Huguenots promptley left France to make their homes
elsewhere.

Lousis XIII dates 1601-1643 "His mother Marue de' Medici acted as regent
until 1617. Candinal Richelieu sweved as the chief minister and real ruler
of France from 1674 until his death in 1642. He destroyed th political power
of the Protestant Huguenots, centralized authority in the hands of the king
and made France an absolute monarchy, During this period France fought the
Thirty year war. Louis XIV 1683-1715 Came to throne at the age of 5 and his
72 reign was the longest in modern European history. His mother Anne of
Austria acted as regent until 1661. Cardinal Mazarin as her chief minister.
Marzarin was dislike for this revolt which called Fronde Mazarin died Louis
declared his chief minister Jean Colbert.

Louis married Marie Therese of Spain in 1660. But his mistresses influenced
him more than she did. The most important of these was Madame de Maintenon.
He secretly married her after Marie Therese died in 1683. Madame de
Maintenon was probabley partly responsible for Louis's harsh tereament of
the French Protestants. King Louis XIV did away with edict in 1685. 200,000
Huguenots fled.


Who were the Huguenots?

In France as early as 1522 certain clergy and laity became so concerned with
the worldliness within the Established Church of France that they sought
reforms. This having failed, they began to withdraw and form congregations
which they felt adhered more closely to the Bible. The French

Court and the Church were allies and considered the Reformers heretics,
calling them Huguenots in ridicule. Persecutions became so severe that
hundreds fled to other countries rather than give up their new faith. After
two tragic massacres King Henry IV granted them the Edict of Nantes in 1598.
This Edict gave them limited religious and civic privileges. After his death
in 1610 the extreme persecutions were renewed. In 1685 Louis XIV revoked the
Edict of Nantes, thus outlawing the Reformers. Hundreds of thousands escaped
under drastic circumstances to friendly countries, many of whom reached the
American Colonies." Click here huguenot-manakin
http://huguenot-manakin.org/



Who were the Huguenots?

The Huguenots were French Protestants who were members of theReformed Church
which was established in 1550 by John Calvin. The origin of the name
Huguenot is uncertain, but dates from approximately 1550 when it was used in
court cases against "heretics" (dissenters from the Roman Catholic Church).
As nickname and even abusive name it's use was banned in the regulations of
the Edict of Nantes which Henry IV (Henry of Navarre, who himself earlier
was a Huguenot) issued in 1598. The French Protestants themselves preferred
to refer to themselves as "réformees" (reformers) rather than "Huguenots".

It was much later that the name "Huguenot" became an honorary one. A general
edict which encouraged the extermination of the Huguenots was issued on
January 29th, 1536 in France. On March 1st, 1562 some 1200 Huguenots were
slain at Vassy, France. This ignited the the Wars of Religion which would
rip apart, devastate, and bankrupt France for the next three decades.




I posted this information on Tunnell webpage for my ancestor is Huguenot

http://geocities.com/janet_ariciu/Tunnell.html

I have more the one Huguenot here is webpage


http://geocities.com/janet_ariciu/


My worldconnect site is

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=monkeys


Janet



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