Show Revo revocation cati on of rights forced out huguenots hu genots the huguenots acre the I 1 puritans lurl tans of france in the itee nth and sev entee nth ent en urles the nime name was via s birst used about its origin Is unknown unk n own tl TI e huguenots suffered severely in the reign oi 01 francis I 1 and I 1 Is im ediete m successors and after 1562 were frequently involved in war ar under ahe the lea dersi derst ip lp of such men as admiral collany and king henry of navarre afterward henry IV of france Coli gily and from to others fell in the massaccie mass acie of st bartholomew august 24 1572 72 in spite of all this they conal continued aued numerous and powerful and the edict of nantes issued in 1 1593 by henry IV gave them full political and civil brigt ts power was broken after the surrender of la rochelle Ko chelle and the relocation reNo cation of the of nantes by louis XIV IV in icso and hundreds of thousands of huguenots went into exile going to prussia holland swit aerland england fogland scotland Scot laud and the new world |