Western Civilization I / Unit 17 WC1 1606 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Edict of Nantes, 1598: Unity Over Uniformity
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The idea
In fifteen ninety-eight Henry IV's Edict of Nantes gave Huguenots worship, walled towns and armies, a state within the state, while barring them from Paris and royal office. Assassinated in sixteen ten, his killer's name a disclosure, he had made pragmatic tolerance acceptable.
In practice
Political unity chosen over religious unity, the anchor says.
Where people slip
Pragmatism, not principle. The Bourbons ruled to seventeen eighty-nine.
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