The Reformation · 13 April 1598
The Edict of Nantes
Henry IV of France · 1553–1610
What it is
A settlement granting Huguenots freedom of conscience, limited public worship, civil equality, and fortified towns, after thirty-six years of religious war.
Why it lasted
The first durable legal peace between confessions in a major European state, and revoked eighty-seven years later.
Where to read it
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