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Zusatztext The Champagné family are unusually well documented. This is partly the luck of survival, but finding this material and interpreting it required truly remarkable scholarship. Lougee's dissection of both Protestant and Catholic narratives is brilliant. Both technically and stylistically, this is superb historical writing...The story is wonderfully told, skillfully combining historical empathy with incisive, no-nonsense analysis of motives and of the consequences of individual decisions. Lougee challenges or nuances a number of myths that remain current in Huguenot memory and in some scholarly works: the emphasis on state persecution and on purely religious motivations for departure from France; the belief that the Protestant nobility massively abandoned the Reformed religion; and the idea that emigration marked a complete break with the past. Informationen zum Autor Carolyn Chappell Lougee is Frances and Charles Field Professor in History Emerita at Stanford University. Klappentext Winner- Best Scholarly Work, National Huguenot Society, 2018 The Edict of Nantes ended the civil wars of the Reformation in 1598 by making France a kingdom with two religions. Catholics could worship anywhere, while Protestants had specific locations where they were sanctioned to worship. Over the coming decades Protestants' religious freedom and civil privileges eroded until the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, issued under Louis XIV in 1685, criminalized their religion. The Robillard de Champagn?, a noble family, were among those facing the Revocation. They and their co-religionists confronted the difficult decision whether to obey this new law and convert, feign conversion and remain privately Protestant, or break the law and attempt to flee secretly in what was the first modern mass migration. In this sweeping family saga, Carolyn Chappell Lougee narrates how the Champagn? family's persecution and Protestant devotion unsettled their economic advantages and social standing. The family provides a window onto the choices that individuals and their kin had to make in these trying circumstances, the agency of women within families, and the consequences of their choices. Lougee traces the lives of the family members who escaped; the kin and community members who decided to stay, both complying with and resisting the king's will; and those who resettled in Britain and Prussia, where they adapted culturally and became influential members of society. She challenges the narrative Huguenots told over subsequent generations about the deeper faith of those who opted for exile and the venal qualities of those who remained in France. A masterful and moving account of the Hugenots, Facing the Revocation offers a deeply personal perspective on one of the greatest acts of religious intolerance in history. Zusammenfassung Facing the Revocation tells the story of one French Protestant (Huguenot) family, the Champagnés, as they faced the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which criminalized their religion in 1685. It challenges the way Huguenot history has been told for 300 years and thereby offers new insights into the reign of Louis XIV. Inhaltsverzeichnis Principal Personages Glossary Introduction Part One: The Champagné in Saintonge Chapter 1: A Family of the Charentes in Distaff Chapter 2: Faith of the Fathers and Will of the King Chapter 3: Marie in Jeopardy Chapter 4: Aunt Madelene's Offensive Chapter 5: Families Endure Part Two: Escaping from France Chapter 6: Preparing the Escape Chapter 7: Chancing Escape Part Three: Those Who Stayed Chapter 8: Thérèse's Guardian Chapter 9: Caring for Thérèse Chapter 10: Cousins Part Four: Resettling Abroad Chapter 11: Into the Refuge Chapter 12: Experiencing Exile Chapter 13: Marie at the Head of the Family Conclusion: History and Story Afterword: Retelling the Champagné...
