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Edict of Nantes

An edict published by Henri IV. of France, granting toleration to his Protestant subjects. It was published from Nantes in 1598, but repealed in 1685 by Louis XIV.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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