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Dragoons were quartered on them, who made it their business to torment and insult them; their marriages were declared invalid, their children taken from them to be educated in the Roman Catholic faith. DRAGOONS WERE QUARTERED ON THEM WHO MADE IT THEIR BUSINESS TO TORMENT AND INSULT THEM THEIR MARRIAGES WERE DECLARED INVALID THEIR CHILDREN TAKEN FROM THEM TO BE EDUCATED IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH
an princes, and likewise the free imperial city of Strassburg, when all Germany was too much worn out by the long war to offer resistance. France was full of self-glorification, the king was viewed almost as a demi-god, and the splendour of his court and of his buildings, especially the palace at Versailles, with its gardens and fountains, kept up the delusion of his greatness. 8. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.--In 1685 Louis supposed that the Huguenots had been so reduced in numbers that the Edict of Nantes could be repealed. All freedom of worship was denied them; their ministers were banished, but their flocks were not allowed to follow them. If taken while trying to escape, men were sent to the galleys, women to captivity, and children to convents for education. Dragoons were quartered on families to torment them into going to mass. A few made head in the wild moors of the Cevennes under a brave youth named Cavalier, and others endured severe persecution in the south of France. G TO GERMAN PRINCES AND LIKEWISE THE FREE IMPERIAL CITY OF STRASBURG WHEN ALL GERMANY WAS TOO MUCH WORN OUT BY THE LONG WAR TO OFFER RESISTANCE FRANCE WAS FULL OF SELF GLORIFICATION THE KING WAS VIEWED ALMOST AS A DEMIGOD AND THE SPLENDOR OF HIS COURT AND OF HIS BUILDINGS ESPECIALLY THE PALACE AT VERSAILLES WITH ITS GARDENS AND FOUNTAINS KEPT UP THE DELUSION OF HIS GREATNESS EIGHT REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES IN SIXTEEN EIGHTY FIVE LEWIS SUPPOSED THAT THE HUGUENOTS HAD BEEN SO REDUCED IN NUMBERS THAT THE EDICT OF NAUGHT COULD BE REPEALED ALL FREEDOM OF WORSHIP WAS DENIED THEM THEIR MINISTERS WERE BANISHED BUT THEIR FLOCKS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO FOLLOW THEM IF TAKEN WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE MEN WERE SENT TO THE GALLEYS WOMEN TO CAPTIVITY AND CHILDREN TO CONVENTS FOR EDUCATION DRAGOONS WERE COURTED ON FAMILIES TO TORMENT THEM INTO GOING TO MASS A FEW MADE HEAD IN THE WILD MOORS OF THE CEVENNES UNDER A BRAVE YOUTH NAMED CAVALIER AND OTHERS ENDURED SEVERE PERSECUTION IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
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