The Decree of Nantes - Nanto no Ourei (English spelling) Edit de Nantes

Japanese: ナントの王令 - なんとのおうれい(英語表記)Edit de Nantes
The Decree of Nantes - Nanto no Ourei (English spelling) Edit de Nantes

A royal decree issued by King Henry IV in April 1598 in Nantes, a city in western France. It is also called the Edict of Nantes. It sought to restore peace in the country by legally allowing the coexistence of Catholicism and Protestantism, the two spiritual, theoretical, and traditional beliefs of the French Wars of Religion. The decree itself was not new, and was a successor to the Edict of Toleration issued by Catherine de Medici and Henry III, but it was made permanent and irrevocable. It was considered a charter of rights and privileges for French Huguenots (Protestants), and freedom of worship in designated places was also recognized, heralding the beginning of the era of tolerance. Even if the peace that followed was unreliable, it cannot be denied that it was a powerful contribution to the restoration of the authority of the French king. In the 17th century, Richelieu and Mazarin, while utilizing the centralized principle of the Edict of Nantes, tried to break down the political privileges of the Huguenots, and in 1685 Louis XIV revoked the decree.

[Yoshio Shigaki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

1598年4月、フランス西部の都市ナントでアンリ4世によって公布された王令。ナントの勅令ともいう。フランス宗教戦争時代の二つの精神・理論・伝統であるカトリックとプロテスタントとの信仰を合法的に共存させて国内の平和回復を求めたもの。王令それ自体は目新しいものではなく、カトリーヌ・ド・メディシスやアンリ3世が公布した寛容王令を受け継いでいたが、永続的かつ取消しのできないものとされた。フランス・ユグノー(プロテスタント)の権利と特典の憲章とみなされ、定められた場所での礼拝の自由も認められて、寛容時代の開幕を告げることとなった。その後の平和が心もとないものであったにしても、フランス国王の権威の回復にあずかって力があったことは否定できない。17世紀に入ってリシュリューやマザランは、ナントの王令を中央集権的原理に生かしつつ、ユグノーの政治的特権の打破に努め、1685年にはルイ14世がこの王令を撤回することになる。

[志垣嘉夫]

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