Huguenots

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1. French Protestants of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, who were frequently persecuted by the government and by the Roman Catholic Church. For a time, the Edict of Nantes allowed them to practice their religion in certain cities. When the edict was revoked by King Louis xiv in the late seventeenth century, many Huguenots left France. Some emigrated to America.

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Around 50,000 French Protestant Huguenots settled in England in the 17th century to escape persecution.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Katwala, who is of mixed Indian and Irish heritage, sets out what he sees as the flaw in her suggestion: "I think maybe the Huguenots didn't think they were English, but their grandchildren certainly did."

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

The French Wars of Religion, lasting from 1562 to 1598, pitted Catholics and Huguenots against each other, fighting for the soul of France.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2022

In 1685, he canceled the Edict of Nantes, which protected the religious freedom of Huguenots.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

The ships were loaded with guns and other munitions, gold, silver, foodstuffs, livestock, and nearly a thousand sailors and Protestant colonists called Huguenots seeking freedom in the New World.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler