WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He was Protestant, but he converted to Catholicism. He realized that France was mostly Catholic, & that’s why he did it.
A
George III
B
Henry IV
C
Henry VIII
D
Robert Walpole
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first of the Bourbon kings of France, Henry IV brought unity and prosperity to the country after the ruinous 16th-century Wars of Religion. Though he was not a great strategist, his courage and gallantry made him a great military leader.

Detailed explanation-2: -On April 13, 1598, Henry signed the Edict of Nantes, which confirmed Roman Catholicism as the state church but granted a large measure of religious freedom to Protestants, who were also given the right to hold public office and who retained their fortresses in certain cities.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1413 Henry died, exhausted, in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey and was succeeded by his son, Henry V.

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