History of the French Protestant Refugees From the Revocation of the Edict of N
History of the French Protestant Refugees From the Revocation of the Edict of N
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I — G* 130 FRENCH PFwOTESTANT REFUGEES.
formed in the French tongue for the first time on the 10th of June, 1672. This community, which Tras the cradle of the colony of Berlin, was not at the first composed of above a hundred families, the most illustrious of which was that of Count Louis de Beauveau d'Espenses, master of the horse to the Elector. The number of refugees did not greatly increase until the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. But scarce had Louis XIV. Committed that irrevocable er-... ror, ere Frederic William resolved to turn it to his profit. He hastened to reply to the edict of revocation, on the 29th of October, 1685, by the edict of Potsdam. He de- clared in the preamble of that memorable act — " Inasmuch as the persecutions and rigorous proceedings recently had, in France, against all of the reformed religion, have compelled many families to leave that kingdom and es- tablish themselves abroad, we have determined, as being touched by the just compassion, which we are bound to feel for all who sufi"er for the Gospel's sake, and for the purity of that faith, which we hold in common with them, to ofi"er to the aforesaid French, by this present edict, signed with our own hand, a sure and free asylum in all the lands and provinces of our dominion ; and to declare to them at once what rights, franchises, and' privileges we intend that they should enjoy, to console them, and repair in some degree the calamities with which divine Providence has seen it good to strike so considerable a portion of his church.
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I — G* 130 FRENCH PFwOTESTANT REFUGEES.
formed in the French tongue for the first time on the 10th of June, 1672. This community, which Tras the cradle of the colony of Berlin, was not at the first composed of above a hundred families, the most illustrious of which was that of Count Louis de Beauveau d'Espenses, master of the horse to the Elector. The number of refugees did not greatly increase until the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. But scarce had Louis XIV. Committed that irrevocable er-... ror, ere Frederic William resolved to turn it to his profit. He hastened to reply to the edict of revocation, on the 29th of October, 1685, by the edict of Potsdam. He de- clared in the preamble of that memorable act — " Inasmuch as the persecutions and rigorous proceedings recently had, in France, against all of the reformed religion, have compelled many families to leave that kingdom and es- tablish themselves abroad, we have determined, as being touched by the just compassion, which we are bound to feel for all who sufi"er for the Gospel's sake, and for the purity of that faith, which we hold in common with them, to ofi"er to the aforesaid French, by this present edict, signed with our own hand, a sure and free asylum in all the lands and provinces of our dominion ; and to declare to them at once what rights, franchises, and' privileges we intend that they should enjoy, to console them, and repair in some degree the calamities with which divine Providence has seen it good to strike so considerable a portion of his church.
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