Dragonnades
thumb|An Episode from the Dragonnades, painting by Jules Girardet right|thumb|A Protestant political cartoon satirising the Dragonnades
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- Background
- Implementation
- Outcome
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|An Episode from the Dragonnades, painting by Jules Girardet right|thumb|A Protestant political cartoon satirising the Dragonnades
The Dragonnades was a policy implemented by Louis XIV in 1681 to force French Protestants known as Huguenots to convert to Catholicism. It involved the billeting of dragoons of the French Royal Army in Huguenot households, with the soldiers being given implied permission to mistreat the inhabitants and damage or steal their possessions. Soldiers employed as part of this policy were derisively referred to as "missionary dragoons".