Edict of Fontainebleau (1540)
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Edict of Fontainebleau (1540)
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The Edict of Fontainebleau was issued June 1, 1540 by French King Francis I at his Palace of Fontainebleau. It occurred after the "Affair of the Placards" turned Francis I's policy from one of tolerance to persecution of Protestantism. The edict stated that the Protestant heresy was "high treason against God and mankind" and so deserved the appropriate punishments of torture, loss of property, public humiliation and death. Thus, the Edict of Fontainebleau codified the persecution of the French P
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1540 French decree enabling the persecution of Protestants
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Fontainebleau_(1540)
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2023-06-01T18:51:55Z
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