Samuel Smiles

The Huguenots

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this 1867 book, Samuel Smiles describes the history of the Huguenots and discusses some of their famous British descendants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9781108079822
• ISBN-10: 1108079822
• Artikelnr.: 42232809

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Invention of printing and rise of the Huguenots
2. Episode in the life of Bernard Palissy
3. Persecutions of the reformed in France and Flanders
4. Relations of England with France and Spain
5. Settlements and industries of the Protestant refugees in Britain
6. Early Walloon and French churches in England
7. Renewal of the persecutions in France, and revocation of the Edict of Nantes
8. Renewed flight of the Huguenots from France
9. The Huguenots and the English revolution of 1688
10. Dumont de Bostaquet and his escape from France into Holland
11. De Bostaquet in England, and the Irish campaigns of 1689-90
12. Huguenot officers in the British service
13. Huguenot settlers in England, men of science and learning
14. Huguenot settlements in England, and men of industry
15. The Huguenot churches in England
16. Huguenot settlements in Ireland
17. Descendants of the refugees
18. Conclusion, and the French Revolution
Appendices
Index.