A francia állam és a protestánsok a 17. században – tűréstől tiltásig
The French state and the Protestants in the 17th century — from toleration to prohibition

Summary/Abstract: In October 1685, Louis XIV banned the practice of reformed religions in the territory of his realm with the Edict of Fontainebleau. This royal decree can be interpreted as the abolishment of the Edict of Nantes (1598), and put an end to nearly hundred and fifty years of coexistence of Catholics and Protestants. The essay analyses the royal policies in the period between the two edicts and discusses the attempts at securing (and abolishing) the rights of those of reformed denominations, the ways they came up against the state, and how the use of force came to dominate in the policy of the French state during the reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715). Besides the text of the Edict of Fontainebleau, printed in the appendix, the findings of the recent French literature and the posthumous Memoires of Abbé Choisy, a contemporary not widely known in Hungary, have been used for the analysis. For a finer analysis and understanding of the way to the Edict of Fontainebleau, the essay briefly sketches the process of the spreading of the Reformation in France and the essence of the Edict of Nantes. The important events of the period following the death of Henry IV (1610) include the reestablishment of the rights of the Catholic religion and Church in Béarn Province and the move of Richelieu against the „Protestant party”.

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