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The Huguenots
The Huguenots | Geoffrey Treasure
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Following the Reformation, a growing number of radical Protestants came together to live and worship in Catholic France. The Huguenots survived persecution and armed conflict to win freedom of worship, civil rights and unique status as a protected minority. In 1685, following renewed persecution, the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes abolished their remaining rights. Choosing faith over home, over 200,000 Huguenots fled across Europe and, soon, further afield. In this magnificent book, Geoffrey Treasure explores what it was like to be a Huguenot through their rise, survival and fall, from power politics to religious practice and the psychological pressures of living in a threatened 'state within a state'. Over a span of a century and a half he weaves together political and religious concerns, those of statesmen, feudal magnates and leading figures of the Catholic revival, a Catherine de Medici seeking compromise, a Louis XIV requiring unity, with the stories of ordinary citizens leading extraordinary lives.
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For #NFNov I wanted to share the Noble Blood podcast. It tells stories from royal history that are kind of bloody or sad. I‘ve learned a lot and the host has the best voice! In this episode I learned about the aftermath of the wedding of Margot of Valois and Henry of Navarre. Spoiler alert: there was a massacre. #TIL

raeintheworld Every single episode has been great! 4y
MallenNC @raeintheworld They really have! It‘s exceeded my expectations. 4y
Skygoddess1 This description made me think of the Red Wedding from Game of Thrones. Will have to check this podcast out 4y
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MallenNC @Skygoddess1 The host‘s tweet about this episode said “if you liked Game of Thrones wait til you check out history!” 4y
Skygoddess1 Lol, I‘m so glad I was right in picking up on that and not imaging thinga 4y
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