It’s not “official,” but I am pleased to announce that I am a …
Huguenot
“You’re a huge WHAT?”
Not “huge”
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“Hu-gue-not”
/ˈhyo͞o gə ˌnät/
n.,
a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France
in the 16th and 17th centuries;
French Protestant.
Let me explain … Continue reading You’re a huge WHAT?
Detail from a 1701 portrait of Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud
It’s time for yet another “franecdote” — an interesting fact or story from “THAT year in French history“ where “THAT year” is this year minus the number of Facebook fans je parle américain has every Thursday.
Today’s franecdote is from July 11, when je parle américain had 328 Facebook fans. So …
The year 2013 — 328 fans = 1685, and the franecdote is …
<drumroll>
The Edict of Fontainebleau Continue reading franecdote 1685 : I Won’t Tolerate It
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