Sentence examples for of the edict from inspiring English sources

It was the most recent incarnation of the Edict.

Quite another matter, however, were the factual effects of the edict, which were rather disastrous.

Finally, on Oct. 18, 1685, Louis XIV pronounced the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

"It did make the workday a lot easier," Robert Baer said of the edict.

At the time of the edict there were 10,000 in use on the Venetian waters.

One of the diplomats reacted with disbelief when told of the edict, then angrily condemned it.

The Mail has a picture of the edict, which reads:Please do not use the Refreshment Center for personal items.

Grenoble suffered during the Wars of Religion, as well as after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

The emigration of Huguenots (a Protestant group) after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) resulted in industrial decline.

It was enormously important, however, that doubts about the propriety of the edict were voiced at once.

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) broke the prosperity of the city, which had become Protestant.