Because the war never ended, prince Henry IV signed the Tractat Lyon (1601) with Duc Savoie to reclaim the territory of Bresse, Bugey, and Valley. The condition of France after the religion was said to have been destroyed, there were no harvests, damaged roads, similar to infrastructure. Furthermore, prince Henry IV applied the rules proposed by Alice, where he was determined to restore security and order. His main focus was on agriculture. This is different from Louis XIII's government, the policies implemented by prince Louis XIII are very messy because since his power the state's financial condition has a very severe deficit because of wasteful spending without careful calculation. Finally, prince Louis XIII appointed Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister, thanks to the prime minister's policy at that time the chaos that occurred slightly subsided, the achievements obtained when princes Louis XIII and Richelieu came to power because he only wanted to accept the Protestants, where at that time Minister Richelieu applies the following policies:
1. Abolition of special privileges for Protestants.
2. Consolidate with the nobles and create France as a state governed by the center.
Further Explanation
At that time the followers of Catholicism in France clashed with Spain to reject the recognition of King Henri IV. Finally, France experienced civil war, this war was based on the existence of different religions, the French who at that time embraced the Protestant religion strongly opposed prince Henry) V as its king. in the end, Prince Henry decided to change his religion to stop the civil war that was preceded by religious issues.
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King Henry IV
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Subject: History
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