Controversial Protestantism
French Protestantism took part in the great debates of the second half of the 20th century. The controversial position of some Protestants in the 1960s was exemplified by the fight...
The protestantisation of France ?
The last part of the 20th century saw the influence of Protestantism changing. If the old idea of a protestantisation of France was once again fashionable, it illustrated the perfect...
Decolonisation
The « colonial question » was a burning issue for the IVth and Vth Republic. France wanted to hold on to its colonies at all costs. The main concern of most French...
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon was a haven of welcome and rescue for numerous victims of the war. It is the very symbol of the opposition of the Protestants to Nazism and antisemitism.
The House of Protestantism in Poitou
Since 1987, The House of Protestantism in Poitou, in the Inter-regional Park of the Marais Poitevin, has been a useful source of information abut the history of protestantism in Poitou...
Charles Gide (1847-1932)
Charles Gide was a theorist of social economy and a leading figure in the French economic cooperative movement and Christian socialism. A spirit of solidarity pervades all his work.
Philippe de Mornay, also called Duplessis-Mornay (1549-1623)
A military captain, a diplomat, a man of letters and a theologian, he contributed to the negotiations leading to the Edict of Nantes.
Theological Debates in 17th century
In the 17th century, theological debates were mostly concerned with grace and predestination. They started in the Netherlands and were taken up in France at the Academy of Saumur.
Pierre Maury (1890-1956)
The pastor Pierre Maury was one of the noteworthy figures in French Protestantism during the first half of the 20th century. He was a warm-hearted member of the “Fédé”. As...
The Huguenots in South Africa
In the history of Protestantism, little is known about the emigration of Huguenots to South Africa, who, although few in number, had a lasting influence on the country.
French Protestants and the Freemasons
During the religious persecution of the XVIIIth century, Protestants were able to meet up with each other within the Freemasonry movement. In the XIXth century, Protestant Freemasons played an important...
The Pomeyrol Theses
The Pomeyrol Theses were among the first acts of spiritual resistance to Nazism and opposition to the persecution of the Jews.
The origins of the Camisards war
After the Edict of Nantes had been revoked in 1685, Protestant churches were destroyed and reformed worship forbidden. But lay people, preachers and, a little later, prophets replaced the exiled...
The event that triggered off the war
The event that triggered off the war of the Camisard was the assassination of Father du Chayla at Pont-de-Monvert on 24 July, 1702.
The progress of the war 1702-1704
The war lasted only two years but mobilized two field marshals and 25,000 soldiers. The country was put to fire and sword with violence on both sides.
The end of the of the war of the Camisards
The camisard leaders surrendered one after the other and separately negociated with field marshal de Villars. Up to 1710 several attempts were made to take up the uprising once more,...
The Camisards
For almost two years mere craftsmen and peasants managed to keep at bay the troops of Louis XIV at bay, one of the best armies in Europe, and resisted two...
