How did the Edict of Nantes, issued by Henry IV in 1598, end the French Wars of Religion?
A) It legalized Protestantism and granted Protestants the same rights and freedoms as Catholics throughout the realm.
B) It granted Protestants a large measure of toleration, such as freedom to worship in specified towns and the right to retain their own troops, courts, and fortresses.
C) It established the Bourbons as heirs to the Valois throne, thus nullifying any Guise family counterclaims.
D) It declared Catholicism the official religion of France, thereby undermining popular support for the Guises and their Spanish allies.
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