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Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
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Henry IV of France
King of France from 1589 to 1610
Henry IV, also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Edict of Nantes
1598 decree granting religious freedom to Huguenots by Henry IV of France
The Edict of Nantes was an edict signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV and granted the minority Calvinist Protestants of France, also known as Huguenots, substantial rights in the nation, which was predominantly Catholic.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Freedom of religion
Human right to practice, or not, a religion without conflict from governing powers
Freedom of religion or religious liberty, also known as freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It also…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Huguenots
Historical religious group of French Protestants
The Huguenots are a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Besançon Hugues, was in common use by the mid-16th…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)