The Edict of Nantes 1598
A brief outline for the Edict of Nantes and rights given to the Huguenots - AS level History AQA
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- The Edict of Nantes, 1598
- Specific rights the Edict allowed Huguenots
- Where they could worship
- On the estates of nobles
- Where it could be proved there was Huguenot worship in the years 1596-7
- Two places of worship in each bailliage (small district), decided by commissioners
- Huguenots could be in office (e.g Sully)
- Sully had served the King since he was 16 years old
- New law courts were established: "Chambre de l'edit" and the "Chambre mi-parties"
- Huguenots could have either civil or criminal cases heard for a fair hearing
- This had been a long term demand from Huguenots
- Huguenots could have either civil or criminal cases heard for a fair hearing
- Granted the same civil rights as Catholics
- Protestant literature can be printed in the towns and districts where the public exercise of the religion was allowed only
- Brevets (clauses in the Edict that did not need to be registered by Parlement)
- There were two brevets that gave special rights to Huguenots
- 50 garrisons would be paid for by the crown as well as 80 forts and 150 other places of refuge
- The crown was to pay for the stipend of Huguenot ministers
- There were two brevets that gave special rights to Huguenots
- They were given access to education and hospitals
- This is one area where the Huguenots only gained an equal footing with Catholics
- Where they could worship
- Restrictions on Huguenots
- Catholicism could be practiced in all places and districts, Protestantism was limited
- Huguenot literature could only be published in certain places unlike Catholic literature
- They had to respect canon laws in matters related to marriage
- They had to observe religios holidays to the Catholic calendar
- Huguenots could not attempt to force Catholics to give up their faith
- They weren't allowed to hold political assemblies
- They could not own schools, hospitals or churches as a body
- Huguenots didn't have the right to impose taxes
- There were 5 leagues of Paris in which Huguenots could not worship within
- Why was the Edict issued in 1598?
- Henry was a Huguenot before his conversion in 1593. He had sympathy towards them and needed to wait until his throne was secure
- He had to convert if he wanted to become King of France as 90% of the population were Catholic
- It may buy Huguenot loyalty and so they would be less likely to start another war with Catholics. The Wars of Religion had ended in 1598
- Catholics could not afford to object to the Edict, they no longer had help from the Spanish
- War with Spain had ended with the Treaty of Vervins which agreed to remove Spanish troops from French soil. He proved himself to be a good military leader
- King Philip II of Spain died in 1598. A major Catholic power was no longer backing the Catholic League
- Henry was a Huguenot before his conversion in 1593. He had sympathy towards them and needed to wait until his throne was secure
- Other knowledge to mention in exam questions
- Huguenots had been very disappointed with the terms of the previous Edict, the Edict of Mantes, in 1591
- The name of the Huguenot noble that protested against this Edict was Bouillion
- Commissioners was the name given to the officials who checked on how the Edict was implemented
- It took Rouen until 1609 to accept the terms of the Edict
- The Edict was a decree made by the king, giving more rights to Huguenots in order to create tolerance and bring an end to religious wars
- It took nearly a year for the Parlement of Paris to register the Edict
- Huguenots had been very disappointed with the terms of the previous Edict, the Edict of Mantes, in 1591
- Specific rights the Edict allowed Huguenots
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