Asked by Nathan Cammarata on Sep 26, 2024

Which of the following is true of the 1598 Edict of Nantes?

A) It granted France's Protestants the right to worship at home.
B) It declared Protestantism the official religion of France.
C) It banned Catholics from worshipping in public.
D) It expelled all Protestants from France.
E) It allowed Protestants to establish schools wherever they wished.

Edict of Nantes

A 1598 decree issued by Henry IV of France, granting substantial religious and civil rights to the Huguenots (French Protestants).

Protestants

Followers of any of the Christian denominations that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation.

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