Sorry... But that "history" is completely backwards. The Edict of Nantes was a proclamation of religious toleration issued by Henry III of Navarre, a Protestant who renounced Protestantism and became a Catholic so that he could become King of France (he was known as King Henry IV of France)... but in 1598 he also issued this Edict which allowed toleration of Protestants where they were already established in numbers in France, but did not allow them to prostelyze or move into areas of France that were, or were almost, entirely Catholic. The Edict of Nantes was *not* a persecution of the Hugenots. It was a proclamation of toleration and acceptance of them within limitations and bounds. The problem that led to the Huguenot Exodus was the *REVOCATION* of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 by Henry IV's high-handed grandson, King Louis XIV of France. Richard White Tallahassee, Florida (I am one of many descendants of the Huguenot, Pierre Prevatt, who departed England on Ye Peter and Anthony in 1699 and arrived at Manakintown, Virginia, in 1700. Pierre appears to have been an orphan, and some have it that he married a Manakin/Monacan [Catawba Sioux] woman.) jbalef@aol.com wrote: >Huguenots were FR protestant who went against the Edit of Nantes which forbid any denomination other than Catholic. The protestant families fled to places all over Europe and many went to SCT, IRL and ENG which of course would allow for Wales. > > > >