His father, David Ancillon ( 1617 – 1692 ), was obliged to leave France on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and became pastor of the French Protestant community in Berlin.

" Before this, he had published several works on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and its consequences, but his literary capacity was mediocre, his style stiff and cold, and it was his personal character rather than his reputation as a writer that earned him the confidence of the elector.

Not all of Diocletian's plans were successful: the Edict on Maximum Prices ( 301 ), his attempt to curb inflation via price controls, was counterproductive and quickly ignored.

A fragment of the Edict on Maximum Prices ( 301 ), on display in Berlin

Diocletian therefore issued his Edict on Coinage, an act re-tariffing all debts so that the nummi, the most common coin in circulation, would be worth half as much.

The Edict on Maximum Prices ( Edictum De Pretiis Rerum Venalium ) was issued two to three months after the coinage edict, somewhere between 20 November and 10 December 301.

Under the influence of Constantius, Honorius issued the Edict of 418, which was designed to enable the Empire to retain a hold on the lands which were to be surrendered to the Goths.

His father died when he was but two years of age ; and when, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, the authorities took steps to have him educated in the Roman Catholic faith, his mother contrived his escape.

There is no agreement on an explanation of how Christianity managed to spread so successfully prior to the Edict of Milan and the establishment of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire.

* 1290 – King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews ( numbering about 16, 000 ) from England ; this was Tisha B ' Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.

He urged on the Emperor the need to enforce the Edict of Worms, and at several diets was prominent among the enemies of the Reformers.

The history of Potsdamer Platz can probably be traced back to 29 October 1685, when the Tolerance Edict of Potsdam was signed, whereby Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1640 to 1688, allowed large numbers of religious refugees, including Jews from Austria and Huguenots expelled from France, to settle on his territory.

Following the conversion of Constantine and the liberating Edict of Milan in 313, the ecumenical councils of the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries, that focused on Christology helped shape the Christian understanding of the redemptive nature of Resurrection, and influenced both the development of its iconography, and its use within Liturgy.

* The Praetor's Edict is definitively codifed by Salvius Julianus on Hadrian's orders.

In his anger he appealed to force, and his Epistola ad Carolum V ( 18 February 1521 ) called on the emperor to take measures against Luther, an appeal soon answered by the Edict of Worms ( May 1521 ).

* Emperor Diocletian issues his Edict on Maximum Prices, which, rather than halting rampant inflation and stabilizing the economy, adds to inflationary pressures by flooding the economy with new coinage and by setting price limits too low.

Henry granted the Edict of Nantes on 13 April 1598, establishing Catholicism as an official state religion, but otherwise assuring the Huguenots the right to practice their religion.

Louis XIV was staunchly Catholic and he revoked the Edict of Nantes on 18 October 1685, undoing the religious tolerance established by grandfather, Henry IV, almost a hundred years before.

The final attack on the Jews in England came in the Edict of Expulsion in 1290, whereby Edward formally expelled all Jews from England.

* May 5 – Emperor Galerius declares on his deathbed religious freedom and issues his Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.

* Licinius reneged on the religious freedom promised by the Edict of Milan, and begins a new persecution of Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Freedom to worship and civil rights for non-Catholics in France were not restored until the signing of the Edict of Versailles, also known as the Edict of Tolerance, by Louis XVI 102 years later, on 7 November 1787.

The principal and most salient provisions of Henry IV ’ s Edict of Nantes, as promulgated at Nantes in Brittany on 13 April 1598, include:

They include his Fastes de l ' empire romain (" The Splendours of the Roman Empire "), and editions of Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices and of Philippe Lebas ' Voyage archéologique ( 1868 – 1877 ).

* Edict on Maximum Prices ( 301 ), by Roman Emperor Diocletian.

Diocletian issued an Edict on Maximum Prices in 301, which attempted to establish the legal maximum prices that could be charged for goods and services.

* 301 – Diocletian issues the Edict on Maximum Prices.

The Edict on Maximum Prices is still the longest surviving piece of legislation from the period of the Tetrarchy.

# REDIRECT Edict on Maximum Prices

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See also: Numismatics, Roman currency, Edict on Maximum Prices.

The follis of Diocletian, despite efforts to enforce prices with the Edict on Maximum Prices ( 301 ), was revalued and reduced.

" As with Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices, shortages lead to black markets where prices for the same good exceed those of an uncontrolled market.

Earlier in his reign, as well as in 301 around the same time as the Edict on Prices, Diocletian issued Currency Decrees, which attempted to reform the system of taxation and to stabilize the coinage.

William was also stadtholder of the main provinces of the Dutch Republic, then in the preliminary stages of joining the War of the Grand Alliance against France, in a context of international tensions caused by the revocation by Louis XIV of the Edict of Nantes and the disputed succession of Cologne and the Electorate of the Palatinate.

On 19 March 1563, the Edict of Amboise, also known as the Edict of Pacification, ended the war.

At the same time, he is also often criticised for other actions, such as his brutal conduct towards the Scots, and issuing the Edict of Expulsion in 1290, by which the Jews were expelled from England.

Caracalla's reign was also notable for the Constitutio Antoniniana ( also called the Edict of Caracalla ), granting Roman citizenship to all freemen throughout the Roman Empire for the purpose of increasing tax revenue, according to historian Cassius Dio.

The Constitutio Antoniniana ( Latin: " Constitution Edict of Antoninus ") ( also called Edict of Caracalla ) was an edict issued in 212 by Caracalla which declared that all free men in the Roman Empire were to be given full Roman citizenship and all free women in the Empire were given the same rights as Roman women.

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes also further damaged the perception of Louis XIV abroad, making the Protestant nations bordering France even more hostile to his regime.

Among the major events of Louis XVI's reign was his signing of the Edict of Versailles, also known as the Edict of Tolerance, on 7 November 1787, which was registered in the parlement on 29 January 1788.

In order to finance the budget deficit, which amounted to 100 million livres in 1745, Machault d ' Arnouville created a tax on the twentieth of all revenues which affected also the privileged classes ( Edict of Marly, 1749 ).

He was also the chief magistrate for the administration of justice and promulgated the Praetor's Edict.

It is also quite likely, that the dynastic outcome between Sweden and Poland's house of Vasa was a factor which exacerbated and radicalized the later actions of Europe's Catholic princes in the German states such as the Edict of Restitution, and so worsened European politics to the abandonment or prevention of settling events by diplomacy and compromise during the vast bloodletting that was the Thirty Years ' war.

Its religious significance also diminished after the abandonment of the ancient religion following the Edict of Thessalonica.

In early 1562, the regency government attempted to quell escalating disorder in the provinces, which had been encouraged by factional feuds at court, by instituting the Edict of Saint-Germain, also known as the Edict of January.

* 1576 – 77 Sixth War, ended by the Treaty of Bergerac ( also known as the " Edict of Poitiers ")

The Truce of Ratisbon, followed by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, was a cause of suspicion as to Louis XIV's true intentions ; many were also fearful of the King's supposed designs on universal monarchy – the uniting of the Spanish and German crowns with that of France.

Mornay was also instrumental in the drafting of the Edict of Nantes ( 1598 ) which established political rights and some religious freedom for the Huguenots.

The Edict primarily sought to guarantee justice and end corruption in government, but it also entrenched the regional differences between the three kingdoms of Francia and probably granted the nobles more control over judicial appointments.

The Edict of Fontainebleau ( October 1685 ) was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.