The French Huguenots and Wars of Religion (eBook)

Three Centuries of Resistance for Freedom of Conscience

Stephen M. Davis (Autor)

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2021
168 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5326-6163-1 (ISBN)

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Winner of the National Huguenot Society's 2022 Scholarly Works Award

The Huguenots and their struggle for freedom of conscience and freedom of worship are largely unknown outside of France. The entrance of the sixteenth-century Reformation in France, first through the teachings of Luther, then of Calvin, brought three centuries of religious wars before Protestants were considered fully French and obtained the freedom to worship God without repression and persecution from the established church and the tyrannical state. From the first martyrs early in the sixteenth century to the last martyrs at the end of the eighteenth century, Protestants suffered from the intolerance of church and state, the former refusing genuine reform and unwilling to relinquish privileges, the latter rejecting any threats to the absolute monarchy. The rights gained with one treaty or edict of pacification were snatched away with another royal decree declaring Protestants heretics and outlaws. Political and religious intrigues, conspiracies, assassinations, and broken promises contributed to the turmoil and tens of thousands were exiled or fled to places of refuge. Others spent decades as slaves on the king's galleys or imprisoned. They lost their possessions; they lost their lives. They did not lose their faith in a sovereign God.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2021
• Vorwort: William Edgar
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Edict of Nantes • Europe • European History • European history: Renaissance • France • French Catholicism • french monarchy • History • History of Religion • Huguenots • Louis XIV • Reformation • Renaissance • Revocation of the Edict of Nantes • Stephen M. Davis • The French Huguenots and Wars of Religion
• ISBN-10: 1-5326-6163-0 / 1532661630
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5326-6163-1 / 9781532661631