Bergerac

Bergerac stands on the Dordogne, amidst the vineyards of the Périgord. Its river brought merchants and boats to a town whose religious divisions became important during the French Wars of Religion. On 17 September 1577 representatives of Henry III and the Protestants concluded the Peace of Bergerac here, ending the sixth of those wars. The settlement granted limited rights of worship, though the peace proved only one episode in a longer conflict.