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The Huguenots: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West

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From the author of Louis XIV, 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' rise, survival, and fall in France over the course of a century and a half. He explores what it was like to be a Huguenot living in a "state within a state," weaving stories of ordinary citizens together with those of statesmen, feudal magnates, leaders of the Catholic revival, Henry of Navarre, Catherine de' Medici, Louis XIV, and many others. Treasure describes the Huguenots' disciplined community, their faith and courage, their rich achievements, and their unique place within Protestantism and European history. The Huguenot exodus represented a crucial turning point in European history, Treasure contends, and he addresses the significance of the Huguenot story -- the story of a minority group with the power to resist and endure in one of early modern Europe's strongest nations.

"A formidable work, covering complex, fascinating, horrifying and often paradoxical events over a period of more than 200 years... Treasure's work is a monument to the courage and heroism of the Huguenots." -- Piers Paul Read, The Tablet

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  • Publication Date: July 30, 2013
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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  • Print Length: 483 Pages
  • File Size: 3,948 KB

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