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=== Early modern period ===
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, every monarch, from [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] to [[Louis XV]], made important renovations at the Palace of Fontainebleau, including demolitions, reconstructions, additions, and embellishments of various descriptions, all of which endowed it with a character that is a bit heterogeneous, but harmonious nonetheless.

[[File:Le bassin des cascades (Château de Fontainebleau) (2935087125).jpg|thumb|Fontainebleau palace garden fountain and ''Grand canal'']]

On 18 October 1685, [[Louis XIV]] signed the ''[[Edict of Fontainebleau]]'' there. Also known as the ''Revocation of the Edict of Nantes'', this royal fiat reversed the permission granted to the [[Huguenots]] in 1598 to worship publicly in specified locations and hold certain other privileges. The result was that a large number of Protestants were forced to convert to the Catholic faith, killed, or forced into exile, mainly in the Low Countries, Prussia and in England.<ref>{{cite web|author=Meromedia, BUFFET Andre|url=http://www.museeprotestant.org/Pages/Notices.php?scatid=130&noticeid=650&lev=1&Lget=EN|title=Article – The Edict of Fontainebleau or the Revocation (1685)|publisher=Museeprotestant.org|access-date=28 February 2013}}</ref>

The 1762 [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]], a secret agreement between France and Spain concerning the Louisiana territory in North America, was concluded here. Also, preliminary negotiations, held before the 1763 [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] was signed, ending the [[Seven Years' War]], were at Fontainebleau.

During the [[French Revolution]], Fontainebleau was temporarily renamed Fontaine-la-Montagne, meaning "Fountain by the Mountain". (The mountain referred to is the series of rocky formations located in the forest of Fontainebleau.)