Edict of Fontainebleau (1685) — Revocation of Nantes (Huguenots)
event
In 1685 France outlawed Protestant worship overnight and banned its Protestants from even fleeing the country.
Who they are
King Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau, issued October 18, 1685.
What they do
It cancelled the 1598 Edict of Nantes, banned Protestant worship, ordered Huguenot churches destroyed, and forbade Huguenots from emigrating.
How it works
The documented facts: the French Crown issued it, and French Protestants (the Huguenots) were the target — another nationwide case of a ruler singling out a group for punishment.
Why it matters
The engine files this alongside similar expulsions as one example of a recurring state-scapegoat pattern, and deliberately holds back any deeper interpretation, recording only the event itself.
The engine's record — word for word
[in-scope 1200-2040; new instance] 18 Oct 1685; Louis XIV revoked the 1598 Edict of Nantes, outlawed Protestant worship, ordered Huguenot churches destroyed, banned Huguenot emigration (edict text; Musee protestant). Structural class: exemption-against (#100) / state-scale pharmakos. DOCUMENTED FACT: author-of-record = the French Crown; target = French Protestants (Huguenots). Readings HELD, not asserted; record documents the instance only. Sibling: morisco_expulsion_1609. Tier-1/2 (edict text; academic-primary).
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