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The Huguenots
Year
2011
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Read Books Ltd.
Summary
Originally published in 1867, this is a comprehensively detailed history of both the persecution and flight of the Huguenots and their re-settlement in England and Ireland and consequent lives. Contents Include: The Reformation, Invention of Printing. Episode in the Life of Palissy. Persecutions of the Reformed. The Duke of Alva in Flanders, Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Relations of England with France and Spain. Settlements and Industries of the Protestant Refugees in England. Early Walloon and French Churches in England. The Edict of Nantes, Colbert and Louis XIV. The Huguenot Persecutions Under Louis XIV. Renewed Flight of the Huguenots. The Huguenots and the English Revolution of 1688. Adventures of Dumont De Bostaquet, Irish Campaigns of 1689-90. Huguenot Officers in the British Service. Huguenot Men of Science and Learning. Huguenot Settlements in England, Men of Industry. The Huguenot Churches in England. Huguenot Settlements in Ireland. Descendants of the Refugees. Conclusion, The French Revolution. List of Distinguished Refugee Protestants and Their Descendants.