THE FUGITIVES, depicts French Huguenots ?
THE FUGITIVES, depicts French Huguenots refugees from France after the 1685 Revocation of the Edit of Nantes of 1598, declaring French Protestants to be heretics. It prompted the emigration of over 400, 000 to England, Prussia, Holland, and North America
Picture No
10655022
Media ID
45197097
Size
2550px x 1823px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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1680s Declaring Depicts Edit Emigration Fugitives Heretics Huguenots Immigrants Immigration Nantes Persecution Prompted Protestants Reformation Revocation
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