Huguenots

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.

""Further Reading""""Index""

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""PART ONE""; ""The Native Land""; ""Renaissance Kingship and Noble Subjects""; ""The Special Relationship""; ""The Power of the Word""; ""Every Man His Own Priest""; ""The French Church, Humanism and the Pre-­Reform1""; ""�God Will Change the World�""; ""Calvin""; ""Geneva""; ""PART TWO""; ""Persecution and Growth""; ""Why Be a Huguenot?""; ""A Party Forms""; ""Towards War""; ""A Kingdom Divided""; ""Battle, Murder and Deadly Consequences""; ""The Massacre of St Bartholomew�s Day""; ""PART THREE""; ""A Failing State""

""The Struggle Intensifies""""Henry IV, King of France""; ""The Edict of Nantes1""; ""The Regime of the Edict""; ""Catholic Reformation""; ""Ventures Too Far""; ""The Great Siege""; ""PART FOUR""; ""�The Little Flock�""; ""The Eye of the Storm""; ""A Pastoral and Spiritual Crisis""; ""Revision or Reunion?""; ""PART FIVE""; ""Uncertain Times""; ""Mars Ascendant""; ""Temptations and Trials""; ""Towards Resolution""; ""Force Majeure""; ""Aftermath""; ""Diaspora""; ""Huguenotism Recovers its Soul""; ""Sous La Croix""; ""Afterword: Strangers and Citizens""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""