1st Edition

Huguenot Networks, 1560�1780 The Interactions and Impact of a Protestant Minority in Europe

Edited By Vivienne Larminie Copyright 2018
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

These chapters explore how a religious minority not only gained a toehold in countries of exile, but also wove itself into their political, social, and religious fabric. The way for the refugees’ departure from France was prepared through correspondence and the cultivation of commercial, military, scholarly and familial ties. On arrival at their destinations immigrants exploited contacts made... Read more

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

Biography

Vivienne Larminie is a senior research fellow (1640–1660 section) at the History of Parliament Trust, London.