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GCSE History · key term
French-speaking people from the southern Low Countries; Protestant Walloon refugees settled in Canterbury during the sixteenth century.
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Paper 1
Revise: Case Studies: Sandwich, Canterbury, and HuguenotsFlemish and Walloon Protestants fled Catholic persecution and conflict in the Low Countries during the sixteenth century. Huguenots were French Protestants who sought safety in England, particularly after the French government revoked the Edict of Nantes, removing their religious protection.
Keep the groups and places distinct: Flemish migrants in Sandwich, Walloons in Canterbury and Huguenots in Spitalfields.
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