Między prześladowaniami a tolerancją. Edykty Walezjuszy wobec hugenotów w dobie rozwoju europejskiej reformacji
The present article is an attempt at a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the legislative activities of the French authorities, undertaken in connection with the rise of Protestantism in 16th-century Europe. To achieve this goal, the royal edicts promulgated from the end of the first half of t...
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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
2025-02-01
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| Online Access: | https://wuwr.pl/prawo/article/view/17825 |
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| Summary: | The present article is an attempt at a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the legislative activities of the French authorities, undertaken in connection with the rise of Protestantism in 16th-century Europe. To achieve this goal, the royal edicts promulgated from the end of the first half of this century to the tragic events of the night of St Bartholomew were explored. The author’s intention was not only to shed light on the the legal provisions themselves, but also to place them in the complex socio-political realities in which decisions on the content and application of normative acts were made. In view of these objectives, it became necessary to resort to a variety of methodological instruments; not only legal exegesis of the texts, but also their analysis and synthesis, as well as comparative studies.
The results thus obtained allow the author to formulate a number of critical conclusions. One could not admire legal principles that steam from a desire to maintain religious uniformity. The lack of tolerance towards the diversity of worldviews, evident legal discrimination of Huguenots, and finally their extermination carried out in the majesty of the law are certainly no claims to fame. Those negative assessments are supported and in fact deepened by confronting of France’s conduct in this matter with actions undertaken by some European countries at that time, such as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which at least in the sphere of legislation adopted a completely different approach. |
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| ISSN: | 0524-4544 2957-2355 |