Memory and Identity: The Huguenots in France and the Atlantic Diaspora (Carolina Lowcountry & the Atlantic World) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570034842 ISBN 13: 9781570034848

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Huguenot diaspora is one of the most important dispersions of a religious minority in early modern Europe. Traditionally known as ""le Refuge"", this migration led to the exodus of nearly 200,000 Protestants out of France in 1685. This work offers a comparative perspective on this event and its repercussions by an international group of 17 specialists of early modern France, Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands and historians of British and French colonial America and Dutch South Africa. It sheds light on the Protestant experience both in and outside of France. The Huguenot experience of 17th century France and the diaspora is examined through the lens of minority status and assimilation. This volume explains why some Huguenots chose to emigrate instead of being assimilated by the dominant Catholic group, while others recanted their faith and remained in France.

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About the Author

Bertrand Van Ruymbeke is a professor of American civilization at the Universite de Vincennes-Saint-Denis (Paris VIII) and the author of From New Babylon to Eden: The Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina. Randy J. Sparks is a professor of history at Tulane University. His books include Religion in Mississippi and The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1570034842
• ISBN 13: 9781570034848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Ruymbeke Bertrand Van, Sparks Randy J.