Huguenots - Their Settlements, Churches, and Industries in England and Ireland

Klappentext In this 1867 book, Samuel Smiles describes the history of the Huguenots and discusses some of their famous British descendants. Zusammenfassung In this 1867 book! Samuel Smiles examines the part played in British life by Protestants who left France to escape religious persecution or were expelled after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Smiles describes the history of the Huguenots and discusses some of their famous descendants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Invention of printing and rise of the Huguenots; 2. Episode in the life of Bernard Palissy; 3. Persecutions of the reformed in France and Flanders; 4. Relations of England with France and Spain; 5. Settlements and industries of the Protestant refugees in Britain; 6. Early Walloon and French churches in England; 7. Renewal of the persecutions in France, and revocation of the Edict of Nantes; 8. Renewed flight of the Huguenots from France; 9. The Huguenots and the English revolution of 1688; 10. Dumont de Bostaquet and his escape from France into Holland; 11. De Bostaquet in England, and the Irish campaigns of 1689-90; 12. Huguenot officers in the British service; 13. Huguenot settlers in England, men of science and learning; 14. Huguenot settlements in England, and men of industry; 15. The Huguenot churches in England; 16. Huguenot settlements in Ireland; 17. Descendants of the refugees; 18. Conclusion, and the French Revolution; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Smiles
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2015
• EAN: 9781108079822
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07982-2
• No. of pages: 552
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General