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JD Breen
Apr 26, 2000
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Paris, France

April 26, 2000

After the Religious Wars, the Bourbons supplanted the Valois, and moved regal soirées from the Loire to the Seine. For several days, we’ve decided to join them. 

The Huguenot Henri Quatre, first of the line, traded religious conviction for royal prerogative, and decided Paris was worth a Mass. He converted to Catholicism, and r…

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