Edict of Nantes

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:allows gptkb:freedom_of_worship
civil rights
right to hold public office
right to maintain fortified towns
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Huguenots
gptkbp:category gptkb:Huguenots
religious toleration
French legal history
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:effect created special courts for Huguenots
established religious tolerance
limited Protestant worship to certain areas
restored civil unity
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Early_Modern_France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edict of Nantes
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:Henry_IV_of_France
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Nantes
gptkbp:publicationDate 1598
gptkbp:purpose grant religious freedom to Huguenots
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Edict_of_Fontainebleau
1685
gptkbp:restrictedRightsOf gptkb:Huguenots
gptkbp:significance ended French Wars of Religion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:Renaissance_France
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4