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 Translation for 'Edict of January' from English to French
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édit {m} de janvier [1562]
Edict of January [1562]
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édit {m} de tolérance de Saint-Germain [1562]
Edict of January [1562]
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édit {m} de Nantes [aussi : Édit de Nantes] [1598]
Edict of Nantes
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Édit {m} de Worms [1521] [édit promulgué par l'empereur Charles Quint pour interdire le luthéranisme]
Edict of Worms
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édit {m} de Milan [313] [accorde la liberté de culte aux chrétiens]
Edict of Milan [313]
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édit {m} d'Amboise [1563]
Edict of Amboise [1563]
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paix {m} d'Amboise [1563]
Edict of Amboise [1563]
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édit {m} d'Amboise [1563]
Edict of Pacification [1563]
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édit {m} de Restitution [1629]
Edict of Restitution [1629]
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paix {m} d'Amboise [1563]
Edict of Pacification [1563]
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édit {m} de janvier [1562]
Edict of Saint-Germain [1562]
hist.pol.relig.
édit {m} de tolérance de Saint-Germain [1562]
Edict of Saint-Germain [1562]
fin janvier {adv}at the end of January
début janvier {adv}at the beginning of January
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édit {m} d'Expulsion [1290]
Edict of Expulsion [1290] [royal decree expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England]
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édit {m}
edict
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faire paraître un décret
to issue an edict
au mois de janvier {adv}in January
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Dry January {m}
Dry January
en janvier {adv}in January
en janvier dernier {adv}last January
en janvier prochain {adv}next January
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Usage Examples English
  • also known as the Edict of January (...), was a landmark decree of tolerance promulgated by the regent of France, Catherine de' Medici, in January 1562.
  • This was advantageous to him as the crown increasingly moved in the direction of toleration, culminating in the Edict of January which recognised the right of Protestant worship in 1562.
  • By the edict of January 1751, King Louis XV founded the institution intended for the education of five hundred noble young men and born without fortune.
  • Benedict has stated that three important factors inspired French Protestants to wage war against their Catholic adversaries: (1) John Calvin’s condemnation of “Nicodemism,” (2) Reformed polemical treatises and sermons against Catholic images, and (3) the Huguenot belief that the 1562 Edict of January was under direct assault by overzealous Catholics, and thus needed to be defended by force of arms.
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