The History of the Languedoc
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quick overview of Languedoc
history
Or see below for more detail.
The post Medieval Period:
- Wars of Religion. AD 1559: Edict of Nantes granting freedom of worship to Huguenots. AD 1560 - 1600: Wars of Religion
- Treaty of the Pyrenees. AD 1659 France aquires the Roussillon under the Treaty of the Pyrenees
- Canal du Midi. AD 1666: work starts on the Canal du Midi. Click here to go to a page about the Canal
- French Revolution onwards. Click here for information on the following: AD 1789: French Revolution. AD 1875: Phylloxera destroys vines. AD 1939: Refugees flood in from Spain towards the end of the Spanish Civil War. AD 1939-45: 2nd World War War and the Vichy Government.
- The Second World War: Click on the following link for more on the Maquis and Allied OSS operations in the Languedoc
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