Advertisement
 Translation for 'Edict of Nantes' from English to French
NOUN   the Edict of Nantes | -
hist.relig.
édit {m} de Nantes [aussi : Édit de Nantes] [1598]
Edict of Nantes
Partial Matches
géogr.
nantais {adj}
of Nantes
hist.pol.relig.
Édit {m} de Worms [1521] [édit promulgué par l'empereur Charles Quint pour interdire le luthéranisme]
Edict of Worms
hist.pol.relig.
édit {m} de janvier [1562]
Edict of January [1562]
hist.pol.relig.
édit {m} de tolérance de Saint-Germain [1562]
Edict of January [1562]
hist.pol.relig.
édit {m} d'Amboise [1563]
Edict of Pacification [1563]
hist.pol.relig.
édit {m} de Restitution [1629]
Edict of Restitution [1629]
hist.pol.relig.
édit {m} d'Amboise [1563]
Edict of Amboise [1563]
hist.pol.relig.
paix {m} d'Amboise [1563]
Edict of Pacification [1563]
hist.pol.relig.
paix {m} d'Amboise [1563]
Edict of Amboise [1563]
hist.pol.relig.
édit {m} de Milan [313] [accorde la liberté de culte aux chrétiens]
Edict of Milan [313]
hist.pol.relig.
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]
hist.pol.relig.
édit {m} d'Expulsion [1290]
Edict of Expulsion [1290] [royal decree expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England]
ethn.géogr.
Nantais {m}
person from Nantes
ethn.géogr.
Nantaise {f}
person from Nantes [female]
dr.pol.
édit {m}
edict
adm.pol.
faire paraître un décret
to issue an edict
de {prep}of
6
de par {prep} [du fait de]because of
géogr.
orléanais {adj}
of Orléans
21 translations
To translate another word just start typing!

Usage Examples English
  • France was embroiled in religious battles until the Edict of Nantes in 1598.
  • Typically the Annual French Service takes place on the first or second Sunday after Easter in commemoration of the signing of the Edict of Nantes.
  • Under the Edict of Nantes, such discrimination was temporarily suspended but this measure was repealed by the French Crown.
  • When the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, many of the Huguenots who fled France settled in the British Isles and elsewhere.
  • The revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV caused the departure of 2,000 Protestants from Grenoble, weakening the city's economy.

  • They were (temporarily) settled in 1598 by a policy of tolerating Protestantism with the Edict of Nantes.
  • The epic poem transformed French King Henry IV into a national hero for his attempts at instituting tolerance with his Edict of Nantes.
  • In 1685, he revoked the Edict of Nantes and inaugurated a persecution of French Huguenots.
  • The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 compelled him to take refuge in London.
  • The Protestants again suffered persecution later in the century, as Louis XIV began to persecute Protestants by sending troops to their homes (dragonnades) and then in 1685 revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had granted the community tolerance.

  • , he was appointed as orator to present to the king "The Copy of their Complaints and Grievances for the Infractions and Violations of the Edict of Nantes".
Advertisement
© dict.cc French-English dictionary 2026
Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
Links to this dictionary or to individual translations are very welcome!