The War of the Camisards (French: guerre des Camisards) or the Cévennes War (French: guerre des Cévennes) was an uprising of Protestant peasants known as Camisards in the Cévennes and Languedoc during the reign of Louis XIV. The uprising was a response to the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685. == Background == The war in the Cévennes originated from the edict of Fontainebleau, signed by King Louis XIV on October 18, 1685.
The War of the Camisards (French: guerre des Camisards) or the Cévennes War (French: guerre des Cévennes) was an uprising of Protestant peasants known as Camisards in the Cévennes and Languedoc during the reign of Louis XIV. The uprising was a response to the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685. == Background == The war in the Cévennes originated from the edict of Fontainebleau, signed by King Louis XIV on October 18, 1685.
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