Barbara Julien
Bas Languedoc
Calvinist International
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Charles G. D. Littleton
Debrecen College
Du Pin
Dublin Community
early modern Europe
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exile communities
French Church
French Congregations
Hans Willem Bentinck
Henri De Massue
Huguenot Merchant
Huguenot migration studies
Huguenot Network
Huguenot Regiments
Hugues Daussy
Jane McKee
Jewin Street
King William III
Le Coq
Lord Chamberlain
Louis XIV's France
Louis XIV’s France
Marie Leoutre
Mark Greengrass
Marquis De Ruvigny
Michael Schaich
minority integration
Nicolas Des Gallars
Pays De Vaud
Philippa Woodcock
Procureur Du Roi
Protestant refugees
religious diaspora
Robin Gwynn
Roger Zuber
Ruth Whelan
street
Sugiko Nishikawa
threadneedle
Threadneedle Street
transnational networks
Venetian Affair
William III
Young Men
Yves Krumenacker
Product details
- ISBN 9781138636064
- Weight: 820g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 09 Oct 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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These chapters explore how a religious minority not only gained a toehold in countries of exile, but also wove itself into their political, social, and religious fabric. The way for the refugees’ departure from France was prepared through correspondence and the cultivation of commercial, military, scholarly and familial ties. On arrival at their destinations immigrants exploited contacts made by compatriots and co-religionists who had preceded them to find employment. London, a hub for the “Protestant international” from the reign of Elizabeth I, provided openings for tutors and journalists. Huguenot financial skills were at the heart of the early Bank of England; Huguenot reporting disseminated unprecedented information on the workings of the Westminster Parliament; Huguenot networks became entwined with English political factions. Webs of connection were transplanted and reconfigured in Ireland. With their education and international contacts, refugees were indispensable as diplomats to Protestant rulers in northern Europe. They operated monetary transfers across borders and as fund-raisers, helped alleviate the plight of persecuted co-religionists. Meanwhile, French ministers in London attempted to hold together an exceptionally large community of incomers against heresy and the temptations of assimilation. This is a story of refugee networks perpetuated, but also interpenetrated and remade.
Vivienne Larminie is a senior research fellow (1640–1660 section) at the History of Parliament Trust, London.
