McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Dragonnades, Or Dragoonings

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Dragonnades, Or Dragoonings


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one of the modes of persecution employed against the Protestants of France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV; so called because the chief soldiers engaged in the service were dragoons. SEE FRANCE; SEE PERSECUTIONS.