Henry IV13 April 1598
Marks the end of eight religious wars that tore apart the population of France during the second half of 16th century. Issues the Edict of Nantes making limited concessions to the Huguenots
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Marks the end of eight religious wars that tore apart the population of France during the second half of 16th century. Issues the Edict of Nantes making limited concessions to the Huguenots
Offers freedom of conscience to individuals & specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King
The Edict of Nantes is Issued by Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic
The Edict separates civil from religious unity, treats some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opens a path for secularism and tolerance
The Act legalising the Edict of Nantes is signed
Revokes the edict in an effort to force all his subjects to practice Catholicism. Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, renounces the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau
Upon the revocation of the edict of Nantes, Frederick Wilhelm issues the Edict of Potsdam, which encourages Protestants to come to Brandenburg. Revokes the religious toleration of the Edict of Nantes
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