Camisard revolt
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The Camisard revolt was an early 18th-century Protestant (Huguenot) uprising in the Cévennes region of France against royal religious persecution following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Camisard War | 1 |
| Camisard revolt canonical | 1 |
| Guerre des Camisards | 1 |
| War of the Cévennes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2530354 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camisard revolt Context triple: [Cévennes, historicalEvent, Camisard revolt]
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A.
Vendée uprising
The Vendée uprising was a royalist and Catholic counter-revolutionary revolt in western France during the French Revolution, marked by fierce guerrilla warfare and brutal repression.
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B.
Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
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C.
Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793
The Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 was a pivotal popular uprising in Paris during the French Revolution that led to the purge of the Girondin deputies from the National Convention and the rise of the radical Montagnards.
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D.
War of the Three Henrys
The War of the Three Henrys was the final and most intense phase of the French Wars of Religion, a dynastic and religious civil war (1587–1589) among factions led by Henry III of France, Henry of Navarre, and Henry of Guise.
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E.
Tyrolean Rebellion
The Tyrolean Rebellion was a 1809 popular uprising in the Tyrol region against Bavarian and French rule, led by Andreas Hofer, and is remembered as a key episode of resistance during the Napoleonic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camisard revolt Target entity description: The Camisard revolt was an early 18th-century Protestant (Huguenot) uprising in the Cévennes region of France against royal religious persecution following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
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A.
Vendée uprising
The Vendée uprising was a royalist and Catholic counter-revolutionary revolt in western France during the French Revolution, marked by fierce guerrilla warfare and brutal repression.
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B.
Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
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C.
Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793
The Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 was a pivotal popular uprising in Paris during the French Revolution that led to the purge of the Girondin deputies from the National Convention and the rise of the radical Montagnards.
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D.
War of the Three Henrys
The War of the Three Henrys was the final and most intense phase of the French Wars of Religion, a dynastic and religious civil war (1587–1589) among factions led by Henry III of France, Henry of Navarre, and Henry of Guise.
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E.
Tyrolean Rebellion
The Tyrolean Rebellion was a 1809 popular uprising in the Tyrol region against Bavarian and French rule, led by Andreas Hofer, and is remembered as a key episode of resistance during the Napoleonic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil war
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religious conflict ⓘ uprising ⓘ |
| aftermath |
emigration of some Camisards to other Protestant countries
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increased royal military presence in the Cévennes ⓘ long-term clandestine Protestant worship in southern France ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Camisard revolt
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surface form:
Camisard War
Camisard revolt ⓘ
surface form:
Guerre des Camisards
Camisard revolt ⓘ
surface form:
War of the Cévennes
|
| cause |
enforcement of the Edict of Fontainebleau
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religious persecution of Protestants in France ⓘ revocation of the Edict of Nantes ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | early 18th century ⓘ |
| conflictType |
guerrilla war
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religious rebellion ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| endTime | 1704 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
guerrilla warfare in mountainous terrain
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massacres of Catholic clergy and officials ⓘ royal army repression in the Cévennes ⓘ |
| location |
Cévennes
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Languedoc ⓘ southern France ⓘ |
| mainParticipants |
Camisards
ⓘ
French royal forces ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Jean Cavalier
ⓘ
Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars ⓘ Marshal Nicolas Catinat ⓘ Nicolas de Lamoignon de Basville ⓘ Pierre Laporte (Rolland) ⓘ |
| opposingForce | Louis XIV of France ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Edict of Fontainebleau
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Edict of Nantes ⓘ French Wars of Religion ⓘ Huguenots ⓘ
surface form:
Huguenot diaspora
|
| religiousContext |
Calvinism
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Huguenots ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| result |
continued legal suppression of Protestantism in France
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defeat of the Camisards ⓘ partial royal concessions and pacification ⓘ |
| significance |
major Protestant resistance to Louis XIV's religious policy
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symbol of Huguenot resistance in French history ⓘ |
| startTime | 1702 ⓘ |
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Subject: Camisard revolt Description of subject: The Camisard revolt was an early 18th-century Protestant (Huguenot) uprising in the Cévennes region of France against royal religious persecution following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Camisard War
this entity surface form:
War of the Cévennes
this entity surface form:
Guerre des Camisards