This decree established 150 places of refuge, as well as the stronghold of Rochelle.
A precursor to this proclamation was the Colloquy at Poissy, which was sponsored by Michel de l'Hopital. The Peace of Vervins, signed only a few weeks later, achieved what this decree could not by ending a series of wars which lasted almost forty years. Pope Clement VII opposed this proclamation. This decree established 150 places of refuge, as well as the stronghold of Rochelle. Revoked by Louis XIV through the Edict of Fontainebleau, for 10 points, name this 1598 proclamation by Henry IV that guaranteed religious freedoms for Huguenots in France.
A precursor to this proclamation was the Colloquy at Poissy, which was sponsored by Michel de l'Hopital.
Edict of {Nantes}