The Huguenots are among the best known of early modern European religious minorities. Their suffering in 16th and 17th-century France is a familiar story. The flight of many Huguenots from the kingdom after 1685 conferred upon them a preeminent place in the accounts of forced religious migrations. Their history has become synonymous with repression and intolerance. At the same time, Huguenot accomplishments in France and the lands to which they fled have long been celebrated. They are distinguished by their theological formulations, political thought, and artistic achievements. This volume offers an encompassing portrait of the Huguenot past, investigates the principal lines of historical development, and suggests the interpretative frameworks that scholars have advanced for appreciating the Huguenot experience.
Author(s): Raymond A. Mentzer, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke
Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, 68
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 498
City: Leiden
List of Illustrations and Tables ix
Abbreviations xi
Notes on Contributors xii
Introduction / Raymond A. Mentzer and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke 1
Part 1. France
1. Organizing the Churches and Reforming Society / Philippe Chareyre and Raymond A. Mentzer 17
2. Doctrine and Liturgy of the Reformed Churches of France / Marianne Carbonnier-Burkard 43
3. Huguenot Political Thought and Activities / Hugues Daussy 66
4. Pacifying the Kingdom of France at the Beginning of the Wars of Religion: Historiography, Sources, and Examples / Jérémie Foa 90
5. Women in the Huguenot Community / Amanda Eurich 118
6. Pulpit and Pen: Pastors and Professors as Shapers of the Huguenot Tradition / Karin Maag 150
7. The Huguenots and Art, c. 1560–1685 / Andrew Spicer 170
8. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the Désert / Didier Boisson 221
Part 2. The Diaspora
9. Diasporic Networks and Immigration Policies / Susanne Lachenicht 249
10. Assimilation and Integration / Myriam Yardeni 273
11. Sociolinguistics of the Huguenot Communities in German-Speaking Territories / Manuela Böhm 291
12. Huguenot Memoirs / Carolyn Chappell Lougee 323
13. Histories of Martyrdom and Suffering in the Huguenot Diaspora / David van der Linden 348
14. Huguenot Congregations in Colonial New York and Massachusetts: Reassessing the Paradigm of Anglican Conformity / Paula Wheeler Carlo 371
15. The Huguenot Refuge and European Imperialism / Owen Stanwood 394
16. 'Le Refuge': History and Memory from the 1770s to the Present / Bertrand Van Ruymbeke 422
Bibliography 443
Index 471
