Huguenots

E3892

The Huguenots were French Protestants of the 16th–17th centuries who embraced Reformed theology and faced severe persecution, prompting large-scale migrations across Europe and beyond.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant community
religious group
associatedWithEvent Edict of Fontainebleau
Edict of Nantes
French Wars of Religion
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
centerOfActivity La Rochelle
Languedoc
linked to: Occitanie

Paris
Poitou
contributedTo commerce in host countries
crafts and industry in host countries
spread of Reformed theology
countryOfOrigin France
ethnicGroup French people
experienced diaspora
faced legal discrimination
massacres
religious persecution
language French
legalStatusInFrance outlawed after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
tolerated under the Edict of Nantes
mainOpponents Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

French Catholics
linked to: Roman Catholicism
migratedTo Caribbean
Dutch Cape Colony
linked to: Cape Colony

England
German states
Ireland
Netherlands
North America
South Africa
Switzerland
notableMinorityIn French nobility
French urban bourgeoisie
opposedDoctrine Catholic sacramental theology
persecutedBy French monarchy
linked to: Ancien Régime

Louis XIV
linked to: Louis XIV of France
religion Protestantism
religiousTradition Calvinism
scripture Bible in French
selfDesignation Réformés
linked to: Huguenots
supportedDoctrine authority of Scripture
predestination
theology Reformed theology
timePeriod 16th century
17th century
worshipPractices psalm singing
sermon-centered services

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Calvinism influenced Huguenots
Huguenots selfDesignation Réformés
linked to: Huguenots
John Calvin influenced Huguenots
Geneva Bible usedBy Huguenots
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes religiousGroupTargeted Huguenots
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes religiousGroupTargeted French Protestants
linked to: Huguenots
Edict of Nantes grantedTo French Protestants
linked to: Huguenots
Edict of Nantes grantedTo Huguenots
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre victims French Protestants
linked to: Huguenots
Poitou notableReligiousMinority Huguenots
Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) opponent French Huguenots
linked to: Huguenots
Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) associatedGroup French Huguenots
linked to: Huguenots
Affair of the Placards participant French Protestants
linked to: Huguenots
Massacre of Vassy victim French Protestants
linked to: Huguenots
Jeanne d’Albret movement Huguenot movement
linked to: Huguenots
John Everett Millais notable work A Huguenot
linked to: Huguenots
Jehan Cauvin influenced Huguenots
Swiss Reformation influenced Huguenots
New Paltz, New York foundedBy French Huguenots
linked to: Huguenots
John Lewis Gervais ethnicGroup Huguenot
linked to: Huguenots
Malan associatedWithMigration Huguenot diaspora
linked to: Huguenots
Spanish conquest of Florida opponent French Huguenot colonists
linked to: Huguenots
Frederick Schomberg ethnicGroup Huguenots
chambres de l’édit appliesTo Huguenots
Huguenot namedAfter Huguenots
Peace of Alès affectedGroup Huguenots
Peace of Alès affectedGroup French Protestants
linked to: Huguenots
Gabriel de Montgomery confession Huguenot
linked to: Huguenots
French royal forces opponent Huguenots
Journée des Barricades opposedReligion French Calvinist Huguenots
linked to: Huguenots
Reformed Church of France tradition Huguenot
linked to: Huguenots
Odet de Coligny allegiance Huguenots
François de Coligny memberOf Huguenots
François de Coligny politicalAlignment Huguenot party
linked to: Huguenots