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Horton Davies

French Huguenots in English-Speaking Lands

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The horror story of the Huguenot persecution after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes from the early 1680s to the Edict of Toleration in 1787, needs to be retold by looking at some of the positive benefits the refugees brought to the lands to which they escaped. The brutality of the dragonnades, gallows, and hangings cannot be overlooked; nor the gradual oppression of a considerable proportion of the population of France. Yet, this emigration also included success stories, such as two generals in the Ligonnier family and two admirals in the Laforey family. Some Huguenot pastors banished from the realm became like Duval, high-ranking offici… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Davies, Marie-Helene
  • ISBN: 978-0-8204-4542-7
  • EAN: 9780820445427
  • Produktnummer: 19039216
  • Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
  • Seitenangabe: 147 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.4 cm x D1.0 cm 230 g
  • Abbildungen: 1 ill.
  • Gewicht: 230
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


The Authors: Horton Davies is a D. Phil. And D. Lit. of Oxford, England. He taught successively at Rhodes University, South Africa, Oxford University, and Princeton University. He has written over 30 books, including two published by Peter Lang: The Worship of the American Puritans (1990) and The Vigilant God (1992). He is best known for his three-volume work, Worship and Theology in England (1996). Marie-Hélène Davies, with a Doctorate from the Sorbonne, has taught at the University of Nanterre, as well as in schools in the United States. She is currently teaching at the College of New Jersey, and has written two books: Reflections of Renaissance England (1986), and Laughter in a Genevan Gown (1983). Dr. Davies collaborated with her husband, Horton, on Holy Days and Holidays, the Medieval Pilgrimage to Compostela (1982).

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