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[-] [email protected] 67 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Chirac, a Roman Catholic, promptly asked his staff to call the French Federation of Protestants...

Sentences that could have been in the 16th century

[-] [email protected] 50 points 5 days ago

The French would have absolutely not had a federation of protestants in the 16th century

[-] [email protected] 50 points 5 days ago

Huguenots in shambles

[-] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Edict of Nantes was signed in 1598, which is still technically in the 16th century. technically the French Federation of Protestants started in 1905, but the concept of a French conferring with protestants would have started then.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 5 days ago

That is cutting it real close

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