Jean Crespin (1520-1572)
Jean Crespin was a lawyer before becoming a well-known printer in Geneva, where he settled in 1548.
The Protestant Social Action Centre (CASP)
The “Association de Bienfaisance” (Charity Association) of the Reformed Protestants in Paris and Greater Paris was officially recognised as a charitable concern in 1906, and became CASP in 1981. It...
The Delessert Family
The Delesserts were a well-known Parisian protestant family who made valuable contributions to the silk trade and banking ; they also set up the first French cotton mill and founded the...
Pierre Loti (1850-1923)
Pierre Loti, whose real name was Julien Viaud, was a naval officer and a writer. His mother was a faithful follower of the reformed faith and she saw to it...
Protestantism in Hungary
By the end of the XVIth century, protestantism had spread throughout most of Hungary. Despite the opposition of the Counter-Reform movement in the XVIIIth century and persecution by the Habsbourgs,...
Union of Evangelical Free Churches
The Union des Eglises Evangéliques Libres (UEEL) (Union of Evangelical Free Churches) was set up in 1849, because its members wanted to openly strengthen their links with the Reform movement...
Louis de Jaucourt (1704-1779)
The Chevalier de Jaucourt, a man of great learning, was one of the most prolific writer of the Encyclopédie, who counted both Diderot and d’Alembert amongst his friends. He was...
Renée de France (1510-1575)
Renée de France, the second daughter of Louis XII, married the duc de Ferrara, Hercule d’Este. She protected members of the reformed faith, both in Ferrara and in her country...
Huguenot pirates in the 16th century
Huguenot sailors who had become pirates took an active part in the war against Spain. They did this for two reasons, firstly to help defeat Spain and secondly, to support...
The eight wars of religion (1562-1598)
In the 16th Century, France was to know a religious split : the great majority of the country remained faithful to Catholicism, whilst an important majority joined the Reformation. Coexistence of...
The Evangelical Churches
The existence of Evangelical Churches in France goes back to the beginning of the XIXth century. There are at present 1850 Churches with 350.000 members and there are about 200...
The Baptist Churches
The Baptist Churches have been established in France since the beginning of the XXth century in certain regions (mainly in the North), but with the help of the English and...
The Pentecostal Churches
The Pentecostal movement is the most successful Protestant denomination in the world today, with about 150 million members. Its presence in France goes back to the 1930s and its main...
The simultaneum
The simultaneum was a result of Alsatian history. It is a religious building used simultaneously for both Catholic and Protestant worship.
Catholic heritage churches became temples after 1802
After the organic articles of 1802, many previously Catholic Churches and Chapels were expropriated by the Revolutionary Government; they became the property of the nation. Many were then granted to...
Temples built after the Revolution
After the Concordat and the organic articles of 1802, there was a big revival in French Protestantism. Many new Churches were built throughout France.
Temples built before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Most of the temples built during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries, before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685), have almost disappeared. They were quite big, built according to...
Protestantism in England
Despite several changes of mind by the sovereign, political resolve saw the Reform Movement gradually became established in England. During the reign of Elizabeth I, the Church of England was...