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The Huguenots
Geoffrey Treasure
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Description for The Huguenots
Paperback. Following the Reformation, a growing number of radical Protestants came together to live and worship in Catholic France. These Huguenots survived persecution and armed conflict to win - however briefly - freedom of worship, civil rights, and unique status as a protected minority. This book tells the full story of the Huguenots' rise and fall. Num Pages: 488 pages, 45 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBLH; HRCC93. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 40. Weight in Grams: 582.
An unprecedented history of the entire Huguenot experience in France, from hopeful beginnings to tragic diaspora
Following the Reformation, a growing number of radical Protestants came together to live and worship in Catholic France. These Huguenots survived persecution and armed conflict to win—however briefly—freedom of worship, civil rights, and unique status as a protected minority. But in 1685, the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes abolished all Huguenot rights, and more than 200,000 of the radical Calvinists were forced to flee across Europe, some even farther. In this capstone work, Geoffrey Treasure tells the full story of the Huguenots’ ... Read more
An unprecedented history of the entire Huguenot experience in France, from hopeful beginnings to tragic diaspora
Following the Reformation, a growing number of radical Protestants came together to live and worship in Catholic France. These Huguenots survived persecution and armed conflict to win—however briefly—freedom of worship, civil rights, and unique status as a protected minority. But in 1685, the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes abolished all Huguenot rights, and more than 200,000 of the radical Calvinists were forced to flee across Europe, some even farther. In this capstone work, Geoffrey Treasure tells the full story of the Huguenots’ ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300208665
SKU
V9780300208665
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Ref
99-26
About Geoffrey Treasure
Geoffrey Treasure was senior master at Harrow School before his retirement. He lives in Herefordshire, UK.
Reviews for The Huguenots
"[An] enjoyable and authoritative account, which, in telling the story of the Huguenots, doubles as a fine political and religious history of France over the course of two troubled centuries.”—Peter Marshall, Literary Review
Peter Marshall
Literary Review
“A rich distillation of French history.”—David J. Davis, Books and Culture
David J. Davis
Books and Culture
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Peter Marshall
Literary Review
“A rich distillation of French history.”—David J. Davis, Books and Culture
David J. Davis
Books and Culture
... Read more