Thank you Arlene. However, you forgot to mention the source (book or website, author) of this quotation. Etienne > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:05:21 -0500 > From: "arlene" <arb87@sover.net> > > Possibly of interest to the current interests of the listers? > > "The major part of Alsace became French after the Treatises of > Westphalia > (1648), however some territories and towns did so later (Strasbourg > 1681, > Mulhouse 1799). The French King Louis XIV thought it was better "not > to > touch to Alsatian affairs", even though he favored the Catholics > wherever he > could and the Protestants were subjected to much vexation and > injustice (but > no real persecution as in "old" France). Even though Alsace was > French in > 1685, the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes had no dramatic effects in > Alsace, apart of course that many French Huguenots crossed Alsace to > flee to > Germany and many of them even settled down in Alsace (especially > Bischwiller > and Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines)".