Question
Count Axel von Fersen the Younger is thought to have commissioned a member of this profession to create an object dubbed “the Grand Complication” for Marie Antoinette. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this profession of Julien Coudray, who embedded its products into the pommels of daggers. John Arnold worked closely with a pioneer of this profession, Abraham-Louis Breguet.
ANSWER: watchmakers [or horlogers; accept horologists; prompt on clockmakers]
[10e] France’s watchmaking industry experienced a sharp decline at the end of the 17th century due to the passage of the Edict of Fontainebleau, which revoked this Huguenot-protecting decree signed by Henry IV.
ANSWER: Edict of Nantes [or Édit de Nantes]
[10m] Prominent French watchmakers such as Jean-Antoine Lépine worked at the Manufacture Royale founded by this man in Ferney. This man campaigned to posthumously exonerate Jean Calas after his unjust execution.
ANSWER: Voltaire [or François-Marie Arouet]
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