HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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the army was weakened
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the French economy was weakened
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the power base of Henry IV was destroyed
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the French bureaucracy was damaged
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the Edict was eventually revoked by King Louis XIV in 1685, leading to a mass exodus of Huguenots from France and a loss of talent and resources for the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Edict of Nantes granted religious tolerance and equality to the Huguenots (French Protestants) and ended the French Wars of Religion. King Henry IV of France also converted to Catholicism as a sign of good faith to the Catholics. France had been a mostly Catholic country until the French Protestants emerged.
Detailed explanation-3: -The revocation of the Edict of Nantes weakened the French economy by driving out a highly skilled and industrious segment of the nation, and its ruthless application increased the detestation in which England and the Protestant German states held the French king.
Detailed explanation-4: -Revocation of the Edict of Nantes After having tried to convert them by force, he revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had guaranteed their freedom of worship, in 1685. The revocation, which was accompanied by a pitiless persecution, drove many artisans from France and caused endless misfortune. Thus began the decline.