Edict of Saint-Maur
E683048
The Edict of Saint-Maur was a 16th-century French royal decree that restricted Protestant worship and reinforced Catholic dominance during the French Wars of Religion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edict of Saint-Maur canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7704848 — 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: Edict of Saint-Maur Context triple: [Charles Maximilian, issued, Edict of Saint-Maur]
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Edict of Alès
The Edict of Alès was a 1629 royal decree by King Louis XIII of France that confirmed limited religious freedoms for French Protestants (Huguenots) while stripping them of their political and military privileges, effectively ending the Huguenot rebellions.
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Edict of Amboise
The Edict of Amboise was a 1563 royal decree in France that temporarily ended the first French War of Religion by granting limited toleration to certain groups of Huguenots.
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C.
Ordonnance de Moulins
Ordonnance de Moulins was a major 1566 French royal ordinance under Charles IX that reformed judicial and administrative practices and strengthened royal authority over the kingdom.
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D.
Edict of Fontainebleau
The Edict of Fontainebleau was a 1685 decree by King Louis XIV of France that revoked the Edict of Nantes and led to renewed persecution and mass exodus of French Protestants (Huguenots).
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E.
Edict of Saint-Germain (1562)
The Edict of Saint-Germain (1562) was a royal decree in France that granted limited religious toleration to Protestants (Huguenots), attempting to ease tensions that soon erupted into the French Wars of Religion.
- 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: Edict of Saint-Maur Target entity description: The Edict of Saint-Maur was a 16th-century French royal decree that restricted Protestant worship and reinforced Catholic dominance during the French Wars of Religion.
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A.
Edict of Alès
The Edict of Alès was a 1629 royal decree by King Louis XIII of France that confirmed limited religious freedoms for French Protestants (Huguenots) while stripping them of their political and military privileges, effectively ending the Huguenot rebellions.
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B.
Edict of Amboise
The Edict of Amboise was a 1563 royal decree in France that temporarily ended the first French War of Religion by granting limited toleration to certain groups of Huguenots.
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C.
Ordonnance de Moulins
Ordonnance de Moulins was a major 1566 French royal ordinance under Charles IX that reformed judicial and administrative practices and strengthened royal authority over the kingdom.
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D.
Edict of Fontainebleau
The Edict of Fontainebleau was a 1685 decree by King Louis XIV of France that revoked the Edict of Nantes and led to renewed persecution and mass exodus of French Protestants (Huguenots).
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E.
Edict of Saint-Germain (1562)
The Edict of Saint-Germain (1562) was a royal decree in France that granted limited religious toleration to Protestants (Huguenots), attempting to ease tensions that soon erupted into the French Wars of Religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | royal edict ⓘ |
| aimedAt | restoring religious unity under Catholicism in France ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| conflictContext | French Wars of Religion ⓘ |
| consequence |
escalation of religious tensions
ⓘ
increased persecution of Protestants in France ⓘ weakening of earlier policies of religious toleration ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
local Catholic authorities
ⓘ
royal officials of the Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| follows |
Edict of Amboise
ⓘ
Edict of Romorantin ⓘ Edict of Roussillon ⓘ Edict of Saint-Germain (1562) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
Reformation era ⓘ
linked to:
Reformation
|
| ideologicalPosition |
anti-Protestant
ⓘ
pro-Catholic ⓘ |
| issuedBy | French Crown ⓘ |
| issuedUnderAuthorityOf | Charles IX of France ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
public order regulation
ⓘ
religious law ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
ordering closure of many Protestant churches
ⓘ
prohibition of Protestant public worship in most of France ⓘ reinforcement of penalties against heresy ⓘ restriction of Protestant religious assemblies ⓘ revocation of previous limited toleration for Protestants ⓘ |
| legalStatus | royal ordinance ⓘ |
| locationOfIssuance | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
French Protestant leaders
ⓘ
Huguenot communities ⓘ |
| purpose |
to reinforce Catholic dominance
ⓘ
to restrict Protestant worship ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Edict of Amboise
ⓘ
Edict of Nantes ⓘ Edict of Saint-Germain (1562) ⓘ French Counter-Reformation policies ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Catholic–Protestant conflict in France ⓘ |
| religiousGroupFavored |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| religiousGroupTargeted |
French Protestants
ⓘ
linked to:
Huguenots
Huguenots ⓘ |
| supportsDoctrine | Catholic religious uniformity in the kingdom ⓘ |
| temporalContext | French Wars of Religion ⓘ |
| typeOfRestriction | restriction on freedom of worship for Protestants ⓘ |
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Subject: Edict of Saint-Maur Description of subject: The Edict of Saint-Maur was a 16th-century French royal decree that restricted Protestant worship and reinforced Catholic dominance during the French Wars of Religion.
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