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Scholars from France and from countries of the Huguenot Refuge
examine the situation of French Protestants before and after the
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in France and in the countries
to which many of them fled during the great exodus which followed
the Edict of Fontainebleau. Covering a period from the end of the
sixteenth to the beginning of the nineteenth century, the volume
examines aspects of life in France, from the debate on church unity
to funeral customs, but its primary focus is on departure from
France and its consequences -- both before and after the
Revocation. It offers insights into individuals and groups, from
grandees such as Henri de Ruvigny, depute general and later Earl of
Galway, to converted Catholic priests and from businessmen and
communities choosing their destination for economic as well as
religious reasons, to women and children moving across European
frontiers or groups seeking refuge in the islands of the Indian
Ocean. The information-gathering activities of the French
authorities and the reception of problematic groups such as the
Camisard prophets among exile communities are examined, as well as
the significant contributions which Huguenots began to make, in a
variety of domains, to the countries in which they had settled. The
refugees were extremely interested in the history of their diaspora
and of the individuals of which it was composed, and this theme too
is explored. Finally, the Napoleonic period brought some of the
refugees up against France in a more immediate way, raising further
questions of identity and aspiration for the Huguenot community in
Germany.
Scholars from France and from countries of the Huguenot Refuge
examine the situation of French Protestants before and after the
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in France and in the countries
to which many of them fled during the great exodus which followed
the Edict of Fontainebleau. Covering a period from the end of the
sixteenth to the beginning of the nineteenth century, the volume
examines aspects of life in France, from the debate on church unity
to funeral customs, but its primary focus is on departure from
France and its consequences -- both before and after the
Revocation. It offers insights into individuals and groups, from
grandees such as Henri de Ruvigny, depute general and later Earl of
Galway, to converted Catholic priests and from businessmen and
communities choosing their destination for economic as well as
religious reasons, to women and children moving across European
frontiers or groups seeking refuge in the islands of the Indian
Ocean. The information-gathering activities of the French
authorities and the reception of problematic groups such as the
Camisard prophets among exile communities are examined, as well as
the significant contributions which Huguenots began to make, in a
variety of domains, to the countries in which they had settled. The
refugees were extremely interested in the history of their diaspora
and of the individuals of which it was composed, and this theme too
is explored. Finally, the Napoleonic period brought some of the
refugees up against France in a more immediate way, raising further
questions of identity and aspiration for the Huguenot community in
Germany.
The New African was first published in 1962 and survived in Cape
Town and in London for 53 issues, (www.disa.ukzn.ac.za/newafrican).
The radical monthly introduced to South Africa new writers such as
Bessie Head, Lewis Nkosi, Ngugi, Can Themba, Dennis Brutus, Andre
Brink and Masizi Kunene alongside established writers like Nadine
Gordimer, Dan Jacobson and Alan Paton. It was 'a magazine aimed at
opening up debate and spreading the word about the new Africa' in
the heady years of African independence. The New African was
founded to tell people about this new Africa, a newly born concept
to analyse, report on and rejoice in. It also looked ahead to the
ultimate collapse of white-racial supremacy and the dawn of
non-racial democracies. The journal soon attracted the attention of
the South African state and its Special Branch as recorded in a
leader: "On 9 March 1964 policemen from the Cape Town security
police HQ raided the offices of The New African...The entire
contents was removed. from a locked filing cabinet, carried by four
(black) constables, to a handful of rubber stamps carried by one
(white) constable.' The editors were soon forced to flee, and
printing restarted in London and copies were smuggled back to South
Africa. The second half of the book Cape Escape is an account,
thrilling enough for a film, of how James Currey by leaping from a
Norwegian freighter in Cape Town docks enabled Randolph Vigne the
clandestine editor of The New African to escape to Canada.
This collection of essays discusses how, between 1550 and 1750,
tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them religious refugees
escaping persecution on the European continent, settled in Britain,
its colonies, and in Ireland. The writing details how the
immigrants brought with them their formidable energies and talents
and quickly assimilated themselves into the host society. The works
range from general considerations of trends towards integration in
the immigrant communities to detailed case-studies of the movement
into British society of individual immigrants; from studies of
popular attitudes and government policy towards the newcomers to
examinations of relations within the immigrant communities
themselves and their structures for self-sufficiency. The
immigrants' contributions to art, scholarship, manufacturing,
theology, and politics are also explored.
This collection of essays discusses how, between 1550 and 1750,
tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them religious refugees
escaping persecution on the European continent, settled in Britain,
its colonies, and in Ireland. The writing details how the
immigrants brought with them their formidable energies and talents
and quickly assimilated themselves into the host society. The works
range from general considerations of trends towards integration in
the immigrant communities to detailed case-studies of the movement
into British society of individual immigrants; from studies of
popular attitudes and government policy towards the newcomers to
examinations of relations within the immigrant communities
themselves and their structures for self-sufficiency. The
immigrants' contributions to art, scholarship, manufacturing,
theology, and politics are also explored.
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