Wars of Religion (1 gen 1572 anni – 1 gen 1598 anni)

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France experienced 8 religious wars between Catholics and Protestants (calvinist Huguenots)

On St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572 a massacre of Huguenots took place during the wedding of Henry Bourbon (future king Henry IV).

A milestone in Catholic-Protestant relations in France was the Edict of Nantes issued by Henry VI in 1598, which vested Huguenots freedom of religion outside of Paris.

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