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Regarding the persecution of the French Protestants under Louis XIV in 1685, Will Durant writes: “This holy terror of 1685 . . . was far worse than the Revolutionary terror of 1793.”

Also attributed to: Will & Ariel Durant

Will & Ariel Durant, The Age of Louis XIV, 73.

The point

A historical quotation from Will Durant observing that the 1685 persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV was even more severe and brutal than the French Revolutionary terror of 1793.

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Audience
Adults
Tone
Serious · Historical
To tell aloud
under a minute · 32 words

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