Hello to all and everyone else. Now I know that two of the original documents have long since vanished from the planet. One dissapperarance due to that twit Cardinal de Richelieu . Yes, he is up there with that other well know ninny de Guise. Does my bias show, I wonder ? Anywho.. I am told that there is at least one original still in existance and so where better to ask of it than right here in this most wonderful of all places HWE. My information is that there is an original in the university library in Geneve. It seems that it is not exactly as the two destroyed originals were, as it has some additions regarding just what happens to some of the towns under the control of the Huguenots. Before I go rushing off to Switzerland, I am curious to know if anyone has actually viewed this document in Geneve ? And if so, does the Librarian allow copies / photographs to be made ? Kind Regards, Peter Leroy

Hi Peter the slightly more advanced in age Two copies of the Edict of Nantes still in existence? Not sure where that comes from but even at this blurry brained time of the morning, I don't know whether that is wholly correct. I know of at least two archives departementales in LBF which have copies and there is a colour pic of it (though with images of Huguenot dead and himself (Henri IV le Grand ou Vert-Galant as he is known here)) superimposed. Inside the publication, which is a catalogue of the Exhibition held in Rouen in 1998, there is lots of interesting material including the Edict which explained how the EofN would effect that particular area. There is also a general catalogue number in the exhibition catalogue for the Edict of Nantes so I'm assuming they have at least one copy there and another is at Amiens. I know that the Hug Soc of GB has several copies of the revocation document - wonder if they have one of the Edict also - I'll find out and post when I get back from London next weekend. Hark, the faint cry of croissants waiting to be liberated from the bread bin ........... little do they know the fate awaiting them ......... Later folks Tony Fuller