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Nantes

Also known as Condevicnum, Portus Namnetum

Nantes is a city of western France on the lower Loire, about 50 km from the Atlantic. Beginning as the Gallo-Roman port of Condevicnum, or Portus Namnetum, of the Namnetes, it became a bishopric and a seat of the dukes of Brittany. In 1598 Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes there, and in the 18th century it was France's leading slave-trading port.

Nantes
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Duchy of BrittanyFoundation, Socioeconomy, Governance, Impact, SummaryKingdom of FranceSocioeconomy, Summary

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NamnetesBroërecKingdom of BrittanyDuchy of Brittany

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