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The Edict of Nantes (made in 1598, which guaranteed toleration to the French Calvinists) was revoked by Louis XIV in 1685. The persecution of the French protestants have started a little earlier with their places of worship being burnt down and so on.
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Who were the followers of john Calvin in France?
The Huguenots are the French Calvinists
What happened when the Huguenots left France in the 1680s?
The Huguenots were a group of Protestant Christians in France that were persecuted by Catholics. When the fled the country, it seriously hurt the French economy.
What religion did France bring to Canada?
Most of the French settlers in New France were Roman Catholics. The French Protestants (the Huguenots) were barred from emigrating to New France.
Did the Catholics of France welcome the French who became Huguenots?
No they didn't. Their hostility, backed by the the French Court led to persecution against the Huguenots and triggered the outbreak of wars of religion, which bathed France in blood during sixteenth and seventeenth century.
Which French group was granted religious freedom through the Edict of Nantes?
The Protestants in France also known as the Huguenots or Calvinists.
What were the French calvinists called?
they were known by the names "huguenots" or "protestants"
Who fought against catholics in eight wars in France between 1562 and 1598?
The French huguenots.
Who fought against catholics in eight wars in France between 1562-1598?
The French huguenots.
Who fought against Catholics in eight wars in France between 1562 and 1598.?
The French huguenots.
What year did the toleration of French Huguenots bring religious peace to France?
1598 from the Edict of Nantes
France's minority protestants were known as?
Huguenots
Were Huguenots French Jews?
The Huguenots, who were mostly from Southern France, had always had problems with the monarchy Paris and the Church in Rome. See 'Huguenots and Jews of the Languedoc' for more information. By the late 17th century the Huguenots were forced to leave France and made their way to many countries with Protestant communities throughout the world. .
