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CLEP Western Civ I

Category - Early Modern Europe

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Which document, signed on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France, granted substantial rights to the Huguenots or French Calvinist Protestants?
  1. Edict of Nantes
  2. Edict of Thessalonica
  3. Edict of Ashuka
  4. Edict of Milan
  5. Edict of Fontainebleau
Explanation
Answer: A -The Edict of Nantes granted rights to Protestant French people and also provided stability to the French society. Henry IV of France was sympathetic to the plight of the Protestants because he himself used to be one. He had simply allowed himself to be baptized Catholic in order to maintain his claim to the throne.
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