Huguenots of Paris and the Coming of Religious Freedom, 1685-1789

This book investigates the reasons why the Catholic population of Paris increasingly tolerated the minority Protestant Huguenot population between 1685 and 1789.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The campaign against the Protestants; 2. Paris: 'ville de tolérance'; 3. Who were the Huguenots of Paris?; 4. Keeping the faith: family and religious culture; 5. Networks: the Protestants in the city; 6. Catholics and Protestants: hostility, indifference, and coexistence; 7. Growing acceptance; 8. Changing beliefs and religious cultures; 9. A non-confessional public domain; 10. Conclusion: the coming of religious freedom.

About the author

David Garrioch is Professor of History at Monash University, Victoria. He has written widely on the social history of Paris in the eighteenth century, including The Making of Revolutionary Paris (2002), which won the New South Wales Premier's Prize for History in 2003.

Summary

This study of the growth of religious toleration in Paris traces the history of the Huguenots after Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685. It examines how the Huguenots survived and even prospered, despite initial hostility to Protestantism, against a backdrop of changing Catholic religious culture by 1789.

Product details

• Authors: David Garrioch, David (Monash University Garrioch, Garrioch David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107630963
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63096-3
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Church history