A million and a half of Frenchmen were in terror and despair; yet songs of victory resounded around Louis the Great.Continuing The Edict of Nantes
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New Persecutions of Protestants
When the great harvest had been sufficiently gathered in the South and West, the reapers were sent elsewhere.Continuing The Edict of Nantes
Edict Labeled “Temporary Regulation”
. . . the Edict of Nantes" "remains useless, we have judged that we could not do better, in order wholly to efface the memory of evils that this false
Decision to Revoke Made
Who would henceforth dare to doubt his divine mission and his infallible genius!Continuing The Edict of Nantes Revoked,our selection from Histoire
Sending in the Troops
Terror flew before the soldiers; as soon as the scarlet uniforms and the high caps of the dragoons were descried, corporations, whole cities, sent
The Edict of Nantes Revoked
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Persecutions Lead up to Revocation.IntroductionThe Edict of Nantes of
Hungary After Joseph
Today's installment concludes Joseph II Attempts Reform In Hungary,our selection from Story of Hungary by Arminius Vambery published in 1887.If
End of Joseph II’s Reign
The Emperor's attack upon the language of the nation irremediably broke the last tie between him and the country, and henceforth the relations between
What Language in Hungary?
The people presented a solid phalanx against Joseph's attack upon their nationality and language, which to them were objects dearer than everything