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In 1598, King Henry IV- who was raised a Protestant- issued the Edict of Nantes, granting religious freedom in most of France. It basically established civil rights for the Huguenots, Calvinist Protestants within predominantly Roman Catholic France. It allowed Protestants to live and worship anywhere except in Paris and a few other cities. Henry's law stopped the religious wars in France, but resentment between Catholics and Protestants continued.
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DevinIt gave basic rights to Protestants (Huguenots) living in France, which was a Catholic country and had long persecuted it's non-Catholic minorities.
It allowed them to practice their faith and offered protection from the inquisition but still forced observance of Catholic Holy days and some church laws, the Protestants still had to pay tithes and so on, but it did permit the Protestants to set up "safe" cities and places to prevent or a least slow down any further violence against them as had happened previously.
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1598 edict city?
Nantes
Edict of Nantes guaranteed freedom to the what of france?
protestants
What did Louis XIV's edict of fontainebleau do?
revoked the edict on nantes, so the country of France had to be catholic, Protestant practice was not allowed.
In what ways did louis's edict reverse the provisions of henry's edict?
The Edict of Fontainebleau led to the suppression and persecution of the Huguenots as well as the destruction of Protestant churches and schools. These were all things that were protected by the Edict of Nantes.
French protestants who were granted toleration by the edict of nantes in 1598?
The Edict of Nantes, proclaimed by Henry IV of France in 1598, granted religious freedom to the Protestant Christians of France known as Huguenots. This Edict ended many years of religious-based conflict in France.
