Edict of Boulogne

The Edict of Boulogne, also called the Edict of Pacification of Boulogne, was signed in July, 1573 [Jouanna, p. 213. The Catholic Encyclopedia gives 25 June, 1573 as the date of signing.] by King Charles IX of France in the Château de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne. It was officially registered by the Parlement of Paris on 11 August 1573. [Jouanna, p.213. Note: In the chronology section, Jouanna also gives 11 July (p.1391) as the date of Parlement's registration.] The treaty officially ended the fourth phase of the French Wars of Religion (set off by the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in August 1572; this phase of the wars included the siege of La Rochelle (1572-1573) and the Siege of Sancerre).

The treaty severely curtailed many of the rights previously granted to the French Protestants. Based on the terms of the treaty, all Huguenots were granted amnesty for their past actions and the freedom of belief. However, they were permitted the freedom to worship only within the three towns of La Rochelle, Montauban, and Nimes, and there only privately within their own residences; Protestant nobles with the right of high-justice were permitted to celebrate marriages and baptisms, but only before an assembly limited to ten persons outside of their family. [Jouanna, p.213.]

References

Books
*fr icon Arlette Jouanna and Jacqueline Boucher, Dominique Biloghi, Guy Thiec. "Histoire et dictionnaire des Guerres de religion". Collection: Bouquins. Paris: Laffont, 1998. ISBN 2-221-07425-4
*R. J. Knecht, "The French Wars of Religion 1559–1598 (Seminar Studies in History)" ISBN 0-582-28533-X

Notes

ee also

*List of treaties

External links

* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Huguenots]