The Castle (and More Important) Edict of Fontainebleau

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The Castle (and More Important) Edict of Fontainebleau

Merci à Rick Steves for a quick tour of the Chateau Fontainebleau; but dear Rick left out the most important note of history from it.

334 years ago–nearly to the day–Louis XIV issued his repeal of Henry IV’s Edict of Nantes with his Edict of Fontainebleau.

No true, absolute king could have Huguenots running around his empire…

 

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