Tag: France

I told you I didn’t think I was Irish

On this day in 1563 the Edict of Amboise was signed by Catherine de’ Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France. Officially, this treaty ended the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and guaranteed the Huguenots religious privileges and freedoms, thus restoring the peace. I’m not enough of an …

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Thursday Morning Roundup: Happy Bastille Day

Read this, even if you’re not French.