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This book explores the means whereby a religious minority not only gained a toehold in different countries of exile, but also wove itself into the political, social, religious and artistic fabric of the host nations, exerting influence at the highest levels of government and among the educated and fashionable elite.
List of contents
Introduction Vivienne Larminie 1. Thinking with Calvinist Networks: From the “Calvinist International” to the “Venice Affair” (1608–1610) Mark Greengrass 2. London, Nerve Centre of the Huguenot Diplomatic Network in the Later Sixteenth Century Hugues Daussy 3. The Herbert Connection, the French Church and Westminster Politics, 1643–1661 Vivienne Larminie 4. Abel Boyer and Other Huguenot Reporters of Parliament: Hansard avant la lettre? Charles G. D. Littleton 5. Information Professionals: Huguenot Diplomats in Later Stuart London and Their European Context Michael Schaich 6. Overcoming the Conformist/Nonconformist Divide: Huguenot Networking in Later Stuart London Robin Gwynn 7. Choosing the Path to Exile: Networks, Destinations and Determinants Yves Krumenacker 8. Alexandre Sasserie of Paris, London and Thorpe-le-Soken: A Man of Trust in the Refuge Barbara Julien 9. Huguenot and Nonconformist Networks: Philip Dupont in Late Stuart Suffolk Philippa Woodcock 10. West Coast Connections: The Correspondence Network of Élie Bouhéreau of La Rochelle Ruth Whelan 11. Financial Networks and the Payment of Military Pensions, 1692–1720 Marie Léoutre 12. The Early Huguenot Community of Dublin and Its Networks Jane McKee 13. English Relief Activities for Continental Protestants in the Eighteenth Century: Perpetuating Religious Networks in the Age of Reason Sugiko Nishikawa
About the author
Vivienne Larminie is a senior research fellow (1640–1660 section) at the History of Parliament Trust, London.
Summary
This book is an exploration of how (and whether) networks – familial, educational, commercial, military, diplomatic, financial and religious – faciliated the path of French Protestant refugees into exile, and sustained them thereafter. It examines how a vulnerable minority found employment, dealt with hardship and made their mark in politics, society and the church.
