The Huguenots were the members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 1500s and 1600s. French Protestants were inspired by John Calvin’s writings in the 1530s‚ and by the 1560s they were called "Huguenots." The word Huguenot was used originally in mockery. Its origin is indefinite‚ but there are several theories. The most popular theory is one that suggests the word derived from Swiss politician Besançon Hugues and the religiously conflicted nature of Swiss republicanism during his
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This primary source analysis will focus on an account describing the hostile confrontation of French Huguenots unwillingly trapped inside a house by a Catholic Parisian mob on the night of 4 September 1557‚ Saint-Jacques street in Paris. The document titled ‘Affray in the rue Saint-Jacques‚ September 1557’ is a 1996 English translation by historian Robert J. Knecht (in the second edition of his compilation of sources French Renaissance Monarchy: Francis I and Henry II) of the French Calvinist theologian
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Brain drain‚ or human capital flight‚ is a buzzword that describes the departure or emigration of individuals with technical skills or knowledge from organizations‚ industries‚ or geographical regions. Brain drain is common among developing nations‚ such as the former colonies of Africa‚[1] the island nations of the Caribbean‚[2] and particularly in centralized economies such as former East Germany and the Soviet Union. Recently‚ it’s been documented that China has been leading the world in Brain
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Berkeley County‚ South Carolina. His parents‚ Gabriel and Esther Marion‚ were of French Huguenot descent. The Huguenots were French Protestants who had suffered persecution for their beliefs during the reign of Louis XIV. Following the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes‚ which forbade the practice of Protestantism‚ 50‚000 Huguenots left France. Marion’s grandparents were among them. Along with 70 or 80 other Huguenot families‚ they farmed the banks of the Santee River near Charleston‚ South Carolina
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In 1685‚ Louis XIV revoked Edict of Nantes and resumed prosecution of French protestants. They were called Huguenots. A large number of them worked in the textile and silk industries which a severe effect in French economy. Henry IV‚ believed that there should be only one religion under one king and created the Edict of Nantes. For this reason‚ the Huguenots left France and took their talents to other countries like England‚ Boston and Charleston. During the Rococo period‚ fashion became for delicate
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Massacre was a very significant point during the French Wars of Religion. It had great impacts on the Huguenot movement and on Catholicism‚ destabilising both in a sense. It also had an impact on the government at the time‚ creating a divide between north and south as well as creating rivalry in the higher ups of society. The Massacres of 1572 had‚ to some extent a devastating effect to the Huguenot movement. The most significant of these was the loss of leadership within the movement‚ especially the
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Admiral Gaspard de Coligny was a close friend of the king and also a Huguenot leader. Catherine De Medici‚ the mother of the king‚ wanted the assassination of Coligny. She thought that he was going to impact her son and lead France into a war with Spain. The assassination of Coligny was attempted two days prior to the
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Francis II‚ raised the persecution of the Huguenots as their plot unfolded in the Conspiracy of Ambroise. This plot lead to the death of hundreds of Protestants‚ while Catherine tried to give Huguenots religious rights by having the Edict of Toleration issued. By Catherine doing this infuriated many Catholics and more slaughtering of Huguenots evolved. As Catherine arraigned the marriage of her daughter‚ Marguerite Valois to Henry of Nevarre‚ a Huguenot from the House of Bourbon‚ she plotted the
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attempted to persecute other religious groups within France such as the Huguenots‚ Jansenists and the Quietists‚ his success and the consequences in doing so effectively decided his overall success in achieving unity. In many ways Louis XIV had successes in his aim for religious unity‚ as his earlier tactics to persecute the Huguenots seemed to be working. Between 1661 and 1679 successful restrictions were made on Huguenot activity and many were bribed to abandon their faith. The casse des conversions
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Catholics and the Huguenots when Protestantism rapidly expanded in France and continued as both sides vied for a place within the government. Religion and politics remained tied together throughout the French Wars of Religion‚ showing that the relationship between the two determined major decisions made throughout the war and eventually‚ the final outcome of the wars. The French Wars of Religion was a series of violent clashes between French Catholics and French Calvinists (Huguenots) from 1562-1598
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