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Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer

France · Warfare / Wars of Religion, 4th. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1573

Charles IX11 May 1573

Boulogne-sur-Mer · Warfare / Wars of Religion, 4th

Hostilities end by the election (11¿15 May 1573) of the Duke of Anjou to the throne of Poland and by the Edict of Boulogne (signed in July 1573), which curtailed many of the rights granted to French Protestants

Charles IX8 July 1573

Boulogne-sur-Mer · Warfare / Wars of Religion, 4th

Huguenots are granted an amnesty for their past actions and the freedom of belief

Charles IX8 July 1573

Boulogne-sur-Mer · Warfare / Wars of Religion, 4th

Huguenots are permitted the freedom to worship only within the towns of La Rochelle, Montauban, and Nimes within their own residences

Charles IX8 July 1573

Boulogne-sur-Mer · Warfare / Wars of Religion, 4th

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer officially ends the 4th phase of the French Wars of Religion (set off by the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in August 1572

Charles IX11 August 1573

Boulogne-sur-Mer · Warfare / Wars of Religion, 4th

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer is officially registered by the Parlement of Paris

Names involved

Charles IX

Provenance

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