Camisard revolt

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civil war religious conflict uprising

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Camisard War 1
Camisard revolt canonical 1
Guerre des Camisards 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aftermath emigration of some Camisards to other Protestant countries ⓘ
increased royal military presence in the Cévennes ⓘ
long-term clandestine Protestant worship in southern France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Camisard revolt ⓘ
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 ⓘ
religious persecution of Protestants in France ⓘ
revocation of the Edict of Nantes ⓘ
chronologyPosition early 18th century ⓘ
conflictType guerrilla war ⓘ
religious rebellion ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTime 1704 ⓘ
hasPart guerrilla warfare in mountainous terrain ⓘ
massacres of Catholic clergy and officials ⓘ
royal army repression in the Cévennes ⓘ
location Cévennes ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Edict of Nantes ⓘ
French Wars of Religion ⓘ
Huguenots ⓘ
surface form: Huguenot diaspora
religiousContext Calvinism ⓘ
Huguenots ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
result continued legal suppression of Protestantism in France ⓘ
defeat of the Camisards ⓘ
partial royal concessions and pacification ⓘ
significance major Protestant resistance to Louis XIV's religious policy ⓘ
symbol of Huguenot resistance in French history ⓘ
startTime 1702 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cévennes → historicalEvent → Camisard revolt ⓘ
Camisard revolt → alsoKnownAs → Camisard revolt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Camisard War
Camisard revolt → alsoKnownAs → Camisard revolt ⓘ
this entity surface form: War of the Cévennes
Camisard revolt → alsoKnownAs → Camisard revolt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guerre des Camisards