When Louis XIV rescinded the Edict of Nantes, France went to Hell in a handbasket ~ it's still there.
He was in the norm of his time. For example England was not any better or perhaps worse. It took more than HUNDRED years (from Edict of Nantes rescindment) before "Catholic Relief Act" allowed Catholics to even own property or inherit land in England. Even this Relief Act did not help much as it triggered pogroms against Catholics.