The Religious Culture of the Huguenots, 1660-1750

• Main Author: Dunan-Page, Anne
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2006; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Ashgate
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 18th century; Early Modern History 1500-1750; Great Britain; History; Huguenots; Huguenots-Great Britain-History-17th century; Huguenots-Great Britain-History-18th century; Huguenots-History-Ireland-18th century; Huguenots-Ireland-History-17th century; Humanities and Social Sciences; Religions; French Reformed Church; Young Man; Huguenot Refugees; Huguenot Soldiers; Bernard Cottret; Jacques Lenfant; William King; Des Maizeaux; Frederick III; William III; La Soupe; St Mary's Chapel; Rainbow Coffee House; Henri De Massue; Van Limborch; Pest House; National Biography; Rapin De Thoyras; Jacques Abbadie; English Non-conformists; Toland's Work; Marquis De Ruvigny; Pierre Des Maizeaux; St Esprit; Henri Basnage De Beauval; huguenots; early-modern; époque moderne; religion
• ISBN: 9780815398141; 081539814X; 9780754654957; 0754654958
• DOI: 10.4324/9781351145565

Recent years have witnessed a revival of interest in the history of the Huguenots, and new research has increased our understanding of their role in shaping the early-modern world. Yet while much has been written about the Huguenots during the sixteenth-century wars of religion, much less is known about their history in the following centuries. The ten essays in this collection provide the first broad overview of Huguenot religious culture from the Restoration of Charles II to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Dealing primarily with the experiences of Huguenots in England and Ireland, the volume explores issues of conformity and nonconformity, the perceptions of 'refuge', and Huguenot attitudes towards education, social reform and religious tolerance. Taken together they offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of Huguenot religious identity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.