Négocier avec son ancien Protecteur: les difficiles pourparlers entre le corps réformé et la monarchie autour de l'élaboration de l'édit de Nantes (1593-98)
Sixteenth-century French society, marked as it was by structural intolerance, was ill suited to accommodating religious difference. Catholics and Reformists both made efforts to extinguish the "false religion" of their opponents. Being in the minority, the Huguenots naturally strove to gai...
| Subtitles: | "Special Issue: The Representation of Protestant Communities vis-à-vis the Political Powers (16th-17th centuries)" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | French |
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Iter Press
2023
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| In: |
Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2023, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-48 |
| Further subjects: | B
Prudents
B Édit de Nantes B Corps réformé B Absolutisme B Fermes |
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| Summary: | Sixteenth-century French society, marked as it was by structural intolerance, was ill suited to accommodating religious difference. Catholics and Reformists both made efforts to extinguish the "false religion" of their opponents. Being in the minority, the Huguenots naturally strove to gain legal protection, which could only be granted by the power of the sovereign. Yet they had to wait until the reign of Henry IV before any lasting legal status was created, in the event under the provisions of the Edict of Nantes, the fruit of bitter negotiations between the Calvinists and the Crown. Although the Edict's promulgation brought a welcome end to a lengthy waiting period, its ambiguities resulted in deep and permanent divisions among the Protestant élite, separating the "firm" from the "prudent." This article proposes to analyze the shape taken by these negotiations as well as their impact on the internal power-relations and juridico-political organization of the Reformist movement. Marquée par une intolérance structurelle, la société française du XVIe siècle n'était pas préparée à accueillir la divergence religieuse. Catholiques et réformés s'évertuèrent donc réciproquement à annihiler la " fausse religion ". Minoritaires, les huguenots aspiraient naturellement à obtenir une sécurité juridique que seule la puissance souveraine pouvait lui fournir. Il fallut cependant attendre le règne d'Henri IV pour qu’enfin apparaisse un statut juridique pérenne, l'édit de Nantes, fruit d'âpres pourparlers entre les représentants calvinistes et la monarchie. Si l'ensemble ainsi promulgué avait le mérite de mettre fin à une longue attente, ses incertitudes entraînèrent au sein des élites protestantes des divisions profondes et durables entre " Fermes " et " Prudents ". Cette présentation se proposera donc d'analyser les contours de ces négociations mais aussi leur impact sur les rapports de forces internes et sur l’organisation juridico-politique du corps réformé. |
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| ISSN: | 2293-7374 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Renaissance and reformation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.33137/rr.v46i1.41732 |