Edict Of Nantes

The Edict Of Nantes ended the religious wars in France from 1562 to 1598. It was issued in 1598. On August 24, when soldiers killed Huguenot leaders. For three days, Huguenots were killed by Catholic mobs. Three-thousand Huguenots were killed after three days and thousands more were killed in other towns. The Huguenots fought back when they gained power. The Edict of Nantes made Catholicism the official religion of France. It also let Huguenots worship in many places and let them use different towns for protection. Huguenots were allowed political privileges and let them hold public offices. The Edict of Nantes recognized the rights of the Protestant minority and religious toleration. This saved the Huguenots and benefited them very much. Cardinal Richelieu eliminated the political and military rights of the Huguenots and saved their religious ones, he knew about the importance of the French nobility and what role they played in the government. Richelieu also made spies destroy noble ideas and crushed them. This helped the Huguenots by destroying disastrous ideas of the nobility.