Huguenots

Examples of Huguenots in the following topics:

• The French Wars of Religion

  • The French Wars of Religion (1562–98) is the name of a period of fighting between French Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots).
  • Later, Louis Bourbon would become a major figure among the Huguenots of France.
  • Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 when Catholics killed thousands of Huguenots in Paris.
  • Bartholomew Massacre painting by Painting by François Dubois, a Huguenot painter.
  • Discuss how the patterns of warfare that took place in France affected the Huguenots

• Louis XIV and the Huguenots

  • The persecution of the Huguenots became one of the critical factors in Louis XIV's consolidation of royal power and resulted in Catholicism being the only legally tolerated religion in France, despite Louis' conflict with the Pope.
  • It granted the Calvinist Protestants of France, known as Huguenots, substantial rights in a predominately Catholic nation.
  • Between 300,000 and 400,000 Huguenots converted, as this entailed financial rewards and exemption from the dragonnades.
  • Historians cite the emigration of about 200,000 Huguenots (roughly one-fourth of the Protestant population, or 1% of the French population) who defied royal decrees.
  • Analyze Louis XIV's persecution of the Huguenots and the consequences that had for France.

• France and Cardinal Richelieu

  • Crises in France, including a rebellion of the Huguenots, rendered Richelieu a nearly indispensable adviser to the King.
  • The Huguenots, one of the largest political and religious factions in the country, controlled a significant military force, and were in rebellion.
  • Moreover, the King of England, Charles I, declared war on France in an attempt to aid the Huguenot faction.
  • In the same vein as the Cardinal, he enacted policies that further suppressed the once-mighty aristocracy and utterly destroyed all remnants of Huguenot political power.

• The Conquest of New York

  • The British continued the Dutch policy of welcoming dissenting Christian sects, including the Huguenot founders of New Rochelle.

• Calvinism

  • These missionaries dispersed Calvinism widely, and formed the French Huguenots in Calvin's own lifetime, as well as caused the conversion of Scotland under the leadership of the cantankerous John Knox in 1560.
  • Protestantism spread into France, where the Protestants were derisively nicknamed "Huguenots," and this touched off decades of warfare in France, after initial support by Henry of Navarre was lost due to the "Night of the Placards" affair.
  • Many French Huguenots, however, still contributed to the Protestant movement, including many who emigrated to the English colonies.

• The Dutch Empire

  • Many New Netherlanders were Walloons, Huguenots, Germans, Scandinavian, and English relocated from New England.

• The Demographics of the Middle Colonies

  • Other groups included the Welsh, Dutch, Swedes, Swiss, Scots Highlanders, and Huguenots.

• Exploration and Conquest of the New World

  • The Spanish navy overwhelmed 200 French Huguenot settlers and slaughtered them, even as they surrendered to Spain's superior military.
  • Augustine as an outpost to ensure that French Huguenots were no longer welcome in the area.

• The First Stuarts and Catholicism

  • Moreover, the treaty placed under French command an English naval force that would be used to suppress the Protestant Huguenots at La Rochelle.
  • Despite Charles' agreement to provide the French with English ships, in 1627 he launched an attack on the French coast to defend the Huguenots at La Rochelle.

• The French Empire

  • Meanwhile, further to the south, French Protestants, called Huguenots, had the opportunity to leave hostile European lands while advancing French claims to the New World.