Editing Charente-Maritime (section)

==== The Reign of Louis XIV and the 1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes ====
[[Louis XIV]] intensified Protestant persecution with [[dragonnades]], taxes, and temple destruction, culminating in the 1685 [[Edict of Fontainebleau]], revoking the [[Edict of Nantes]].<ref>{{Harvtxt|Combes|2001|p=290}}</ref> Clandestine “desert church” gatherings persisted, and many Protestants emigrated from Marennes and Arvert to England, Holland, and North America.<ref name=":20">{{Harvtxt|Boutinet|2001|p=53}}</ref>