Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau
A)created new ranks of intendants to govern various regions of France.
B)revoked the earlier Edict of Nantes, curtailed the rights of French Protestants, and caused thousands of highly skilled Huguenot to flee the country.
C)established new standards of court etiquette and was intended to diminish the power of great nobles.
D)removed most French bishops from their sees and replaced them with nobles to strengthen Louis' control of the French Catholic Church.
E)moved the Estates General from Paris to Fontainebleau.

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Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau revoked the earlier Edict of Nantes, curtailed the rights of French Protestants, and caused thousands of highly skilled Huguenots to flee the country. This was a significant blow to the French economy and weakened France's position in Europe.