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Experiencing Exile - Huguenot Refugees in the Dutch Republic, 1680-1700 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Experiencing Exile - Huguenot Refugees in the Dutch Republic, 1680-1700 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750
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The persecution of the Huguenots in France, followed by the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, unleashed one of the
largest migration waves of early modern Europe. Focusing on the
fate of French Protestants who fled to the Dutch Republic,
Experiencing Exile examines how Huguenot refugees dealt with the
complex realities of living as strangers abroad, and how they
seized upon religion and stories of their own past to comfort them
in exile. The book widens the scope of scholarship on the Huguenot
Refuge, by looking beyond the beliefs and fortunes of high-profile
refugees, to explore the lives of 'ordinary' exiles. Studies on
Huguenots in the Dutch Republic in particular focus almost
exclusively on the intellectual achievements of a small group of
figures, including Pierre Bayle and the Basnage brothers, whereas
the fate of the many refugees who joined them in exile remains
unknown. This book puts the masses of Huguenot refugees back into
the history of the Refuge, examining how they experienced leaving
France and building a new life in the Dutch Republic. Divided into
three sections - 'The Economy of Exile', 'Faith in Exile' and
'Memories in Exile' - the book argues that the Huguenot exile
experience was far more complicated than has often been assumed.
Scholars have treated Huguenot refugees either as religious heroes,
as successful migrants, or as modern philosophers, while ignoring
the many challenges that exile presented. As this book
demonstrates, Huguenots in the Dutch Republic discovered that being
a religious refugee in early modern Europe was above all a complex
and profoundly unsettling experience, fraught with socio-economic,
religious and political challenges, rather than a clear-cut quest
for religious freedom.
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