The History of the Languedoc
Click on the following link to read an article giving a quick
overview of Languedoc
history 
Or see below for more detail.
The post Medieval Period:
- Wars of Religion. AD 1559: Edict of
Nantes granting freedom of worship to Huguenots.
AD 1560 - 1600: Wars
of Religion
- Treaty of the Pyrenees. AD 1659 France
aquires the Roussillon under the Treaty
of the Pyrenees
- Canal du Midi. AD 1666: work starts
on the Canal du Midi. Click here
to go to a page about the Canal
- French Revolution onwards. Click here
for information on the following: AD 1789: French
Revolution. AD 1875: Phylloxera destroys vines.
AD 1939: Refugees flood in from Spain towards
the end of the Spanish Civil War. AD 1939-45:
2nd World War War and the Vichy Government.
- The Second World War: Click on the following link
for more on the Maquis
and Allied OSS operations in the Languedoc
Click here for a summary of the various
names and changing borders of the Languedoc 
The present Languedoc
represents the southern half of the area covered by the
ancient Roman's first province outside Italy. The northern
part is now called Provence,
and it's history and culture is closely interlaced with that
of the Languedoc. For more on Provence and Provençal
history click on the following link which will open a new
window to Beyond the French
Riviera www.beyond.fr 
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