1st Edition
The Religious Culture of the Huguenots, 1660-1750
Edited By Anne Dunan-Page
Copyright 2006
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Recent years have witnessed a revival of interest in the history of the Huguenots, and new research has increased our understanding of their role in shaping the early-modern world. Yet while much has been written about the Huguenots during the sixteenth-century wars of religion, much less is known about their history in the following centuries. The ten essays in this collection provide the first... Read more
Contents: Introduction, Anne Dunan-Page. Part 1 The Issue of Conformity: Conformity, non-conformity and Huguenot settlement in England in the later 17th century, Robin Gwynn; Differing perceptions of the refuge? Huguenots in Ireland and Great Britain and their attitudes towards the governments' religious policy (1660-1710), Susanne Lachenicht; The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the du Moulin connection and the location of the Church of England in the later 17th century, Vivienne Larminie. Part 2 Church Organisation and Social Structure: Dominus providebit: Huguenot commitment to poor relief in late-17th and 18th-century England, Randolph Vigne; Killing in good conscience: Marshal Schomberg and the Huguenot soldiers of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Matthew Glozier; The Huguenot soul: The Calvinism of Reverend Louis Rou, Paula Carlo. Part 3 The Circulation of Ideas: The influence of the Huguenots on educated Ireland: Huguenot books in Irish church libraries of the 18th century, Jane McKee; The role of Huguenot tutors in John Locke's programme of social reform, S.J. Savonius; The Rainbow Coffee House and the exchange of ideas in 18th-century London, Simon Harvey and Elizabeth Grist; Huguenot traces and reminiscences in John Toland's conception of tolerance, Myriam Yardeni. Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr Anne Dunan-Page is based at the Universite de Montpellier III, France.
