The Edict of Poitiers and the Treaty of Nerac, or Two Steps towards the Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes, in large part, draws its inspiration from the pacification edicts which punctuated the civil wars that engulfed France during the second half of the sixteenth century. The Edict of Poitiers (September 1577), which confirmed the Treaty of Bergerac signed three days earlier, and t...
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| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2001
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2001, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 319-334 |
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| Summary: | The Edict of Nantes, in large part, draws its inspiration from the pacification edicts which punctuated the civil wars that engulfed France during the second half of the sixteenth century. The Edict of Poitiers (September 1577), which confirmed the Treaty of Bergerac signed three days earlier, and the Treaty of Nerac (February 1579) represent, more than any of the others, a matrix from which most of the arrangements enacted at Nantes in 1598 followed. The thematic, semantic, and ideological similarities are obvious. Henri of Navarre, as governor of Guyenne and later king of France, was present at all three negotiations and clearly placed his "trademark" upon the three texts. Undoubtedly his close involvement with the 1577 and 1579 texts provided an experience that helped him during the harsh negotiations leading up to the Edict of Nantes. For all these reasons, the texts of Poitiers and Nerac must be understood as two essential steps towards the Edict of Nantes. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2671735 |