It was the first edict legalising Christianity, preceding the Edict of Milan by two years. A series of edicts followed during Ottoman's Tanzimat period, such as the 1856 Reform Edict. The original Act which promulgated the Edict has disappeared. The usury was cited as the official reason for the Edict of Expulsion. There is no consensus about how effectively the edict was enforced. He then issued the Edict of Telipinus. He made the policy official with the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He expressed anger at Ferdinand's refusal to revoke the Edict of Restitution. Persecutions against Protestants were codified in the Edict of Fontainebleau (1540) issued by Francis. In 523 Justin issued a strict edict against Arianism. They see the European Union becoming a technocratic superstate ruled by edict. France was embroiled in religious battles until the Edict of Nantes in 1598. Writers have debated Louis' reasons for issuing the Edict of Fontainebleau. There is no trace of such an edict in any of the extant Roman Laws. In July 257, he issued a new persecutory edict.