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HENRY OF NAVARREAND THE EDICT OF NANTES
By: Cadeena Liou and Lauren Chen
HENRY OF NAVARRE
• French nobleman
• Henry was in line to be the king however he was Huguenot (a French Calvinist protestant) so he had to fight through Catholic troops to become king
• Converted to Catholicism and was accepted by the people
• Crowned Henry IV and reigned between 1553-1610
EVENTS LEADING UP TO HENRY OF NAVARRE’S REIGN
• Henry of Navarre was in Paris getting married during the time that the Queen of France ordered the killing of Huguenots
- Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
• Huguenot nobles, who were attending Henry’s wedding, were killed first
• Many were killed but Henry escaped by denying his religion
• This was the starting point of the violence spreading through France
THE EDICT OF NANTES
• Created by King Henry IV to restore peace
• Issued in 1598 and gave Huguenots some freedom to worship
- Were able to hold office positions
- Could rule 200 towns where Huguenots dominated the area
• The “one king, one law, one religion” concept was gone with this edict
• Catholicism was still the official religion of France but you weren’t forced to follow this religion
• Huguenots had to financially support the Catholic Church under the Edict
FRANCE AFTER THE EDICT OF NANTES
• Religious wars stopped
• Henry eliminated all of France’s debt and France became economically stable again
• The extra money was put towards improving the country by creating more industries and building canals and roads
DISUNITY IN EUROPE
• The Edict of Nantes had to be issued because there were religious wars occurring between Catholics and Huguenots all throughout France
• France was broken up into two different religions after King Henry VI decided that Huguenots could worship even under a Catholic government
• If this was happening in France, this must have been happening elsewhere in Europe, breaking everyone apart