Wednesday, 2 January 2013

1685 The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

This resulted in a mass migration of French Protestants, known as Huguenots. The change in the law stripped non Catholics of their civil  and religious rights, resulting in the flight of around 250,000 skilled and wealthy refugees. Many were silk weavers who settled in England and particularly in Spitalfields, East London.
I am reading a novel  "The Last Telegram" by Liz Trenow and that is a snippet of information from it. The book will be going to the Book Swap on Monday 15th of Jan.
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