Huguenots in Britain and Their French Background, 1550-1800

Huguenots in Britain and Their French Background, 1550-1800
Author: Irene Scouloudi
Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN:

The articles in this book first appeared as contributions at the Historical Conference of the Huguenot Society of London, September 1985. The conference papers are of interest to scholars as well as the general reader who is anxious to understand a movement which still exercises influence today. Indeed, many people who call themselves 'British' today are descendants of Huguenot refugees.

The Huguenots in England

The Huguenots in England
Author: Bernard Cottret
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521333887

This is a much-revised version of Professor Cottret's acclaimed study of the Huguenot communities in England, first published in French by Aubier in 1985. The Huguenots in England presents a detailed, sympathetic assessment of one of the great migrations of early modern Europe, examining the social origins, aspirations and eventual destiny of the refugees, and their responses to their new-found home, a Protestant terre d'exil. Bernard Cottret shows how for the poor weavers, carders and craftsmen who constituted the majority of the exiles the experience of religious persecution was at once personal calamity, disruptive of home and family, and heaven-sent economic opportunity, which many were quick to exploit. The individual testimonies contained in consistory registers contain a wealth of personal narrative, reflection and reaction, enabling Professor Cottret to build a fully rounded picture of the Huguenot experience in early modern England. In an extended afterword Professor Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie considers the Huguenot phenomenon in the wider context of the contrasting British and French attitudes to religious minorities in the early modern period.

Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 28

Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 28
Author: Michael Lapidge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2000-06-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521652032

This volume is framed by articles that throw interesting light on the achievement and reputation of the greatest of Anglo-Saxon kings - Alfred.

Huguenot Networks, 1560–1780

Huguenot Networks, 1560–1780
Author: Vivienne Larminie
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351744674

These chapters explore how a religious minority not only gained a toehold in countries of exile, but also wove itself into their political, social, and religious fabric. The way for the refugees’ departure from France was prepared through correspondence and the cultivation of commercial, military, scholarly and familial ties. On arrival at their destinations immigrants exploited contacts made by compatriots and co-religionists who had preceded them to find employment. London, a hub for the “Protestant international” from the reign of Elizabeth I, provided openings for tutors and journalists. Huguenot financial skills were at the heart of the early Bank of England; Huguenot reporting disseminated unprecedented information on the workings of the Westminster Parliament; Huguenot networks became entwined with English political factions. Webs of connection were transplanted and reconfigured in Ireland. With their education and international contacts, refugees were indispensable as diplomats to Protestant rulers in northern Europe. They operated monetary transfers across borders and as fund-raisers, helped alleviate the plight of persecuted co-religionists. Meanwhile, French ministers in London attempted to hold together an exceptionally large community of incomers against heresy and the temptations of assimilation. This is a story of refugee networks perpetuated, but also interpenetrated and remade.

Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution of 1688

Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution of 1688
Author: Matthew Glozier
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2008-04-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1837642257

Provides an analysis of the political, religious, and social rationale, which underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688. In the context of the Huguenot exodus from France and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the role of the Huguenot soldiers within an international Protestant political context is also explained.

The Religious Culture of the Huguenots, 1660-1750

The Religious Culture of the Huguenots, 1660-1750
Author: Anne Dunan-Page
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-11-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351145541

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.

Memory and Identity

Memory and Identity
Author: Bertrand Van Ruymbeke
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781570034848

"This edited volume contains ... papers that were presented at the 1997 international symposium 'Out of New Babylon: The Huguenots and their Diaspora', held at the College of Charleston, South Carolina"-- Library of Congress.

Representing France and the French in Early Modern English Drama

Representing France and the French in Early Modern English Drama
Author: Jean-Christophe Mayer
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780874130003

This wide-ranging collection of essays, written by leading specialists, furnishes previously unpublished evidence of France's role and importance in the early modern English literary and dramatic fields. Its chapter-length introduction offers an up-to-date critical presentation of the issues involved: representation, cultural identity, the construction of otherness, Frenchness, and the social and cultural dynamics of theater. The essays in the five sections of the book continue the debate with a series of in-depth studies touching on important critical themes such as intertextuality; old and new historicisms; language, semiotics, and nationhood; imagined geographies; and stereotypes and social satire. The book will appeal to students and specialists of Renaissance literature, to scholars working on the construction of national identity and will be required reading for anyone interested in cultural exchange or comparative literature. Jean-Christophe Mayer is a senior research fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research.

How Scientific Instruments Have Changed Hands

How Scientific Instruments Have Changed Hands
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9004324933

This collection of essays discusses the marketing of scientific and medical instruments from the eighteenth century to the First World War. The evidence presented here is derived from sources as diverse as contemporary trade literature, through newspaper advertisements, to rarely-surviving inventories, and from the instruments themselves. The picture may not yet be complete, but it has been acknowledged that it is more complex than sketched out twenty-five or even fifty years ago. Here is a collection of case-studies from the United Kingdom, the Americas and Europe showing instruments moving from maker to market-place, and, to some extent, what happened next. Contributors are: Alexi Baker, Paolo Brenni, Laura Cházaro, Gloria Clifton, Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Richard L. Kremer, A.D. Morrison-Low, Joshua Nall, Sara J. Schechner, and Liba Taub.