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Edict of Emperor Xuan of Han on Reducing Salt Prices
The Edict of Emperor Xuan of Han on Reducing Salt Prices (宣帝减盐价诏) was a Han imperial edict ordering salt prices lowered empire-wide because high prices burdened the people.
Edict of Expulsion
Edict of Expulsion: Edward I's 18 July 1290 order expelling all Jews from England by 1 November 1290, roughly 3,000 people, ending Jewish residence until Cromwell's readmission of 1656.
Edict of Fontainebleau
Edict of Fontainebleau (Édit de Fontainebleau), the Revocation: edict signed by Louis XIV on 18 October 1685 revoking the 1598 Edict of Nantes, outlawing Protestant worship in France except Alsace, and triggering the Huguenot exodus.
Edict of Gülhane
The Edict of Gülhane, also called the Tanzimat Edict, was an Ottoman imperial decree read at Gülhane in Istanbul on 3 November 1839, opening the Tanzimat period.
Edict of Jing on Prohibiting Officials from Accepting Bribes
A 156 BC edict of Emperor Jing of Han that rebalanced anti-bribery law, reducing the food offense to repayment and punishing accepting goods or trading profit as theft.
Edict of Milan
The Edict of Milan, also known as the Edictum Mediolanense, is the 313 religious settlement by emperors Constantine I and Licinius granting freedom of worship.
Edict of Nantes
Edict of Nantes (Édit de Nantes), royal edict signed by Henry IV at Nantes on 30 April 1598 granting Huguenots freedom of conscience, limited worship, and civil rights; revoked by Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685.
Edict of Never Increasing the Tax Quota
The Edict of Never Increasing the Tax Quota (永不加赋) was a Qing pledge under the Kangxi Emperor freezing the tax quota, later a strictly observed dynastic maxim.
Edict of Telipinu
The Edict of Telipinu, also called the Proclamation of Telipinu, is an Old Hittite royal text issued by King Telipinu around 1525–1500 BC, fixing the rule of succession after decades of dynastic murders.
Edict of Toleration (1782)
The Edict of Toleration, or Toleranzpatent, was an 1782 decree by Emperor Joseph II loosening legal restrictions on Jews in Vienna and Lower Austria while withholding full civic equality.
Edict of Torda
The Edict of Torda, also called the Edict of Turda (tordai ediktum), was a decree on religious toleration issued by the Diet of Torda in Transylvania in January 1568.
Edict of Wen on Abolishing Corporal Punishments
The Edict of Wen on Abolishing Corporal Punishments (文帝除肉刑诏) is Emperor Wen of Han's decree abolishing mutilating punishments, issued after Ti Ying petitioned for her father.
Edict of Wu on Establishing the Five Erudites and Recommendation System
The Edict of Wu on Establishing the Five Erudites (察举制诏令) is a group of edicts by Emperor Wu of Han, from 140 BC, founding the chaju recommendation system.
Edict of Wu on Establishing the Imperial Academy (Taixue)
The Edict of Wu on Establishing the Imperial Academy (興太學詔) was Emperor Wu of Han's edict, on Gongsun Hong's proposal, founding the Taixue imperial academy with fifty disciples.
Edict of Wu on Excluding the Hundred Schools
The Edict of Wu on Excluding the Hundred Schools was Emperor Wu of Han's policy establishing Confucian Erudites of the Five Classics around 134 BC.
Edict of Zhao on Abolishing Liquor Monopoly
The Edict of Zhao on Abolishing Liquor Monopoly was a Han edict of 81 BC, issued under Emperor Zhao, ending the state liquor monopoly in favor of taxed private sale.
Edict on Equality of the Four Classes
The Edict on Equality of the Four Classes (四民平等, shimin byōdō) was the Meiji government's 1869–1872 policy abolishing Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, and merchant status system.
Edict on the Founding of the Dynastic Name (Jianguo hao zhao)
The Edict on the Founding of the Dynastic Name (建国号诏) is the 1271 edict by which Kublai Khan adopted the dynastic name Great Yuan, drawn from the Book of Changes.
Edict on the Subordination of Monasteries to the Monastyrsky Prikaz
The Edict on the Subordination of Monasteries to the Monastyrsky Prikaz is a pair of decrees by Tsar Peter I of January 1701 placing church estates under state administration.
Edict Permitting Permanent Ownership of Reclaimed Land
The Edict Permitting Permanent Ownership of Reclaimed Land (墾田永年私財法, Konden einen shizai hō) was a Japanese decree of 743 allowing developers of new paddy fields to hold them as private property in perpetuity.
EDICT syndrome
EDICT syndrome, an acronym for its main features, is a rare autosomal dominant eye disorder caused by a microRNA mutation, producing congenital cataracts, corneal thinning, and iris hypoplasia.
Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels
The Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels (異国船打払令, Ikokusen Uchiharai-rei) was an 1825 Edo shogunate decree ordering that all foreign ships approaching Japan be fired upon and driven off.
Edicts of Ashoka
Edicts of Ashoka: 33 inscriptions on pillars, rocks, and cave walls by Mauryan emperor Ashoka (r. 268-232 BCE), mostly in Prakrit Brahmi, proclaiming Dhamma after the Kalinga War; deciphered by James Prinsep in 1837.
Edicts Seeking the Worthy (Qiu xian ling)
The Edicts Seeking the Worthy (求贤令) were recruitment decrees issued by the warlord Cao Cao from 210, calling for men of ability regardless of moral reputation.
Edie Adams
Edie Adams (Elizabeth Edith Enke, 1927-2008), American singer, actress, and comedienne, Tony winner for Li'l Abner, Muriel cigars pitchwoman, and widow of comedian Ernie Kovacs.
Edie Brickell
Edie Brickell (born 1966, Dallas) is an American singer-songwriter, lead singer of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians of "What I Am" fame, Paul Simon's wife, and Steve Martin's Grammy-winning collaborator on Love Has Come for You and Bright Star.
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, also called the New Bohemians, is an alternative rock band formed in Dallas, Texas in 1985, known for the 1988 Top Ten hit "What I Am" and albums including Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, Ghost of a Dog, Rocket, and Hunter and the Dog Star.
Edie Britt
Edie Britt is the serial-divorcee real estate agent on Wisteria Lane in ABC's Desperate Housewives (2004-2012), played by Nicollette Sheridan in seasons 1-5 and killed off in season 5 amid a wrongful-termination lawsuit.
Edie Falco
Edie Falco (born 1963), American actress known as Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos, Diane Whittlesey in Oz, and Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie; four-time Emmy winner, two Golden Globes, five SAG Awards, Tony nominee.
Edie McClurg
Edie McClurg is an American character actress and voice actress born in 1951. She is best known for playing cheery Middle American women, notably Grace in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).