Facing the revocation : Huguenot families, faith, and the king's will

The Edict Of Nantes Ended The Civil Wars Of The Reformation In 1598 By Making France A Kingdom With Two Religions. Catholics Could Worship Anywhere, While Protestants Had Specific Locations Where They Were Sanctioned To Worship. Over The Coming Decades Protestants' Religious Freedom And Civil Privileges Eroded Until The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes, Issued Under Louis Xiv In 1685, Criminalized Their Religion. The Robillard De Champagné, A Noble Family, Were Among Those Facing The Revocation. They And Their Co-religionists Confronted The Difficult Decision Whether To Obey This New Law And Convert, Feign Conversion And Remain Privately Protestant, Or Break The Law And Attempt To Flee Secretly In What Was The First Modern Mass Migration. In This Sweeping Family Saga, Carolyn Chappell Lougee Narrates How The Champagné Family's Persecution And Protestant Devotion Unsettled Their Economic Advantages And Social Standing. The Family Provides A Window Onto The Choices That Individuals And Their Kin Had To Make In These Trying Circumstances, The Agency Of Women Within Families, And The Consequences Of Their Choices. Lougee Traces The Lives Of The Family Members Who Escaped; The Kin And Community Members Who Decided To Stay, Both Complying With And Resisting The King's Will; And Those Who Resettled In Britain And Prussia, Where They Adapted Culturally And Became Influential Members Of Society. She Challenges The Narrative Huguenots Told Over Subsequent Generations About The Deeper Faith Of Those Who Opted For Exile And The Venal Qualities Of Those Who Remained In France. A Masterful And Moving Account Of The Hugenots, Facing The Revocation Offers A Deeply Personal Perspective On One Of The Greatest Acts Of Religious Intolerance In History. - Publisher. Principal Personages -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Part One: The Champagné In Saintonge. A Family Of The Charentes In Distaff -- Faith Of The Fathers And Will Of The King -- Marie In Jeopardy -- Aunt Madelene's Offensive -- Families Endure -- Part Two : Escaping From France. Preparing The Escape -- Chancing Escape -- Part Three : Those Who Stayed. Thérèse's Guardian -- Caring For Thérèse -- Cousins -- Part Four : Resettling Abroad. Into The Refuge -- Experiencing Exile -- Marie At The Head Of The Family -- History And Story -- Afterword : Retelling The Champagné Story -- Appendix : Family Trees. Carolyn Chappell Lougee. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 425-448) And Index. Winner- Best Scholarly Work, National Huguenot Society, 2018 The Edict of Nantes ended the civil wars of the Reformation in 1598 by making France a kingdom with two religions. Catholics could worship anywhere, while Protestants had specific locations where they were sanctioned to worship. Over the coming decades Protestants'religious freedom and civil privileges eroded until the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, issued under Louis XIV in 1685, criminalized their religion. The Robillard de Champagné, a noble family, were among those facing the Revocation. They and their co-religionists confronted the difficult decision whether to obey this new law and convert, feign conversion and remain privately Protestant, or break the law and attempt to flee secretly in what was the first modern mass migration. In this sweeping family saga, Carolyn Chappell Lougee narrates how the Champagné family's persecution and Protestant devotion unsettled their economic advantages and social standing. The family provides a window onto the choices that individuals and their kin had to make in these trying circumstances, the agency of women within families, and the consequences of their choices. Lougee traces the lives of the family members who escaped; the kin and community members who decided to stay, both complying with and resisting the king's will; and those who resettled in Britain and Prussia, where they adapted culturally and became influential members of society. She challenges the narrative Huguenots told over subsequent generations about the deeper faith of those who opted for exile and the venal qualities of those who remained in France. A masterful and moving account of the Hugenots, Facing the Revocation offers a deeply personal perspective on one of the greatest acts of religious intolerance in history. Winner- Best Scholarly Work, National Huguenot Society, 2018 The Edict of Nantes ended the civil wars of the Reformation in 1598 by making France a kingdom with two religions. Catholics could worship anywhere, while Protestants had specific locations where they were sanctioned to worship. Over the coming decades Protestants' religious freedom and civil privileges eroded until the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, issued under Louis XIV in 1685, criminalized their religion. The Robillard de Champagn, a noble family, were among those facing the Revocation. They and their co-religionists confronted the difficult decision whether to obey this new law and convert, feign conversion and remain privately Protestant, or break the law and attempt to flee secretly in what was the first modern mass migration. In this sweeping family saga, Carolyn Chappell Lougee narrates how the Champagn family's persecution and Protestant devotion unsettled their economic advantages and social standing. The family provides a window onto the choices that individuals and their kin had to make in these trying circumstances, the agency of women within families, and the consequences of their choices. Lougee traces the lives of the family members who escaped; the kin and community members who decided to stay, both complying with and resisting the king's will; and those who resettled in Britain and Prussia, where they adapted culturally and became influential members of society. She challenges the narrative Huguenots told over subsequent generations about the deeper faith of those who opted for exile and the venal qualities of those who remained in France. A masterful and moving account of the Hugenots, Facing the Revocation offers a deeply personal perspective on one of the greatest acts of religious intolerance in history. The Edict of Nantes ended the civil wars of the Reformation in 1598 by making France a kingdom with two religions. Catholics could worship anywhere, while Protestants had specific locations where they were sanctioned to worship. Over the coming decades Protestants' religious freedom and civil privileges eroded until the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, issued under Louis XIV in 1685, criminalized their religion.The Robillard de Champagné, a noble family, were among those facing the Revocation. They and their co-religionists confronted the difficult decision whether to obey this new law and convert, feign conversion and remain privately Protestant, or break the law and attempt to flee secretly in what was the first modern mass migration. In this sweeping family saga, Carolyn Chappell Lougee narrates how the Champagné family's persecution and Protestant devotion unsettled their economic advantages and social standing. The family provides a window onto the choices that individuals and their kin had to make in these trying circumstances, the agency of women within families, and the consequences of their choices. Lougee traces the lives of the family members who escaped; the kin and community members who decided to stay, both complying with and resisting the king's will; and those who resettled in Britain and Prussia, where they adapted culturally and became influential members of society. She challenges the narrative Huguenots told over subsequent generations about the deeper faith of those who opted for exile and the venal qualities of those who remained in France. A masterful and moving account of the Hugenots, __Facing the Revocation__ offers a deeply personal perspective on one of the greatest acts of religious intolerance in history. Facing the Revocation' tells the story of one French Protestant (Huguenot) family, the Robillard de Champagnes, as they faced the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, issued under Louis XIV, which criminalized their religion in 1685. Carolyn Chappell Lougee challenges the way Huguenot history has been told for 300 years, ever since the Huguenots themselves set its principal interpretive lines, thereby offering new insights into the reign of Louis XIV. Denying the standard ascription of deeper faith to the Huguenots who emigrated and venal motives to those who remained in France, this study shows how complex the considerations were-at once social, familial, economic, and political, as well as religious-that impelled individuals and families either to leave the country or stay and convert to the king's religion Facing the Revocation tells the story of one French Protestant (Huguenot) family, the Champagnes, as they faced the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which criminalized their religion in 1685. It challenges the way Huguenot history has been told for 300 years and thereby offers new insights into the reign of Louis XIV.