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

In France, the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, while further afield Turkish forces reached the gates of Vienna, Buda and Belgrade around this time.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

The wars finally ended in 1598, the year that Henry IV both made peace with Spain and signed the Edict of Nantes, which gave Protestants the right to worship as they pleased—no mean combination of achievements.

From Literature

“What did the battles of Actius, Lepanto and Salamis have in common?” and “When and what was the Edict of Nantes?”

From New York Times

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

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