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Write to Return - Bryan A. Banks

Write to Return

Huguenot Refugees on the Frontiers of the French Enlightenment

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Buch | Hardcover
216 Seiten
2024
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-2280-2109-4 (ISBN)
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The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 led to over 200,000 Huguenots fleeing France. Bryan Banks directs our attention to four authors who advocated for the Huguenots’ right to return. Write to Return shows that by presenting themselves as loyal French subjects, Huguenots were at the forefront of constructing a French national identity.
The revocation of the Edict of Nantes led more than 200,000 Huguenots to flee France after 1685. Many settled close to the country’s frontiers, where their leaders published apologetic texts arguing for their right to return to France and be recognized as French citizens. By framing their refugee experiences intentionally, even using the term “refugee” to describe their diaspora, Huguenots profoundly influenced Enlightenment debates on citizenship and religious tolerance.

Write to Return is a cultural history of these Huguenot apologetics in which Bryan Banks examines the work of four authors: Pierre Jurieu, Pierre Bayle, Antoine Court, and Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne. Each author advanced his arguments using key ideas of the Enlightenment, appealing to reason to argue for freedom of conscience all while appealing to emotion in his descriptions of Huguenot victimhood. The authors’ campaign succeeded. In 1789, France’s revolutionary National Assembly granted repatriation to all expelled Huguenots, offering them citizenship regardless of place of birth or baptism, and even permitting them to reclaim ancestral lands.

International refugees played an overlooked role in shaping discourse around the nation and nationalism in the eighteenth century. Write to Return shows how early modern refugees could advocate for their interests, build international networks, and even craft a new collective identity. By presenting themselves as loyal citizens of France, Huguenots were at the forefront of constructing a French national identity.

Bryan A. Banks is associate professor of history at Columbus State University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.6.2024
Reihe/Serie McGill-Queen's Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
Verlagsort Montreal
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-2280-2109-X / 022802109X
ISBN-13 978-0-2280-2109-4 / 9780228021094
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