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Encyclopedia: Edict of Saint-Germain

The Edict of Saint-Germain was an edict of toleration promulgated by the reigning Catherine de Medici in January 1562. It provided limited tolerance of Protestantism in her Roman Catholic realms, especially in relation to the French Huguenots.

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How to say "Edict of Saint-Germain" in other languages:

	(German)	Edikt von Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1562)
	(Italian)	Editto di Saint-Germain

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Edict of Toleration

The Edict of Toleration, better known as the Edict of Saint-Germain from the chateau where it was... of the Catholic Church in France, the Edict recognized the existence of the Protestants and... Huguenots. It was among her first moves as Regent, after the death of Francois II the previous month...

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1562

- Earl of Tyrone ends his first rebellion by surrendering to Queen Elizabeth I of England January 17 - Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of Saint-Germain March 1 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by the ultra-Catholic Francis, Duke of Guise in Wassy-sur-Blaise marking the start of the...

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Saint-Germain

of Paris, and the city that has grown up around it, or the Edict of Saint-Germain , 1562, recognizing... Saint-Germain may refer to various French phenomena: the 6th century bishop of Paris, canonized as Saint Germain of Paris , who founded an abbey in the fields near Paris, now the church of Saint...

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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

solution to the crisis. The Huguenots were in a strong military position as a result of the Edict of Saint-Germain. They controlled the fortified towns of La Rochelle, La Charité, Cognac, and Montauban... The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was a wave of Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots...

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Huguenot

against them grew at the same time that concessions and edicts of toleration became more liberal. In 1561 the Edict of Orléans, for example, declared an end to the persecution; and the Edict of Saint..., saints, pilgrimages, prayers, and hierarchy of the Catholic Church were useless to help anyone...

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Isaac Casaubon

French refugee parents. The family returned to France with the publication of the Edict of Saint-Germain in 1562, and settled at Crest in Dauphiné, where Arnaud Casaubon, Isaac’s father, became minister of a Huguenot congregation. Till he was nineteen, Isaac had no other instruction than what...

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