Edict of Nantes

British  

noun

1. the law granting religious and civil liberties to the French Protestants, promulgated by Henry IV in 1598 and revoked by Louis XIV in 1685

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Example Sentences

A good place to start might be the Edict of Nantes, issued by Henri IV in 1598 to bring to an end to the wars of religion in France.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2016

After Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and the rights of Huguenots in 1685, a disgusted Pierre Bayle dared to ask an almost unthinkable question: could a society be moral without religion?

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2015

You cannot take the Red Line at all unless the Edict of Nantes is revoked or someone is defenestrated.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2015

This declaration of religious toleration was called the Edict of Nantes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

In France, the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, while further afield Turkish forces reached the gates of Vienna, Buda and Belgrade around this time.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin