Directory of Huguenots Resources

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Prior to Calvin's publication in 1536 of his Institutes of the Christian Religion, a reform movement already existed in France. Despite persecution, the movement grew. Under King Henry II reprisals became more severe. Nevertheless, in 1559, the first French national synod was held, and a Presbyterian church modeled on Calvin's reform in Geneva was founded. During the Wars of Religion the Huguenots suffered greatly, especially in the massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day (1572). In 1598, Henry IV, by issuing the Edict of Nantes, established Protestantism in 200 towns, proclaimed freedom of worship, and allowed substantial political independence.

Resources in This Category

• A History of the Huguenots

  http://www.languedoc-france.info/1014_protestants.htm
  An online book by W. Carlos Martyn, published in 1866, on the history of French Protestantism.

• History of the Reformed Church of Quebec

  http://www.erq.qc.ca/english/ourhistory.html
  An extensive history, including the early influence of the Huguenots in Canada.

• History of the Rise of the Huguenots

  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22762/22762-h/22762-h.htm
  Volume 1 of a Project Gutenberg eBook by Henry M. Baird, from the beginning of the French Reformation to the Edict of January in 1562.

• Huguenot History

  http://67.199.41.216/Huguent.htm
  Extensive history with a timeline and many links to other sites.

• Huguenots

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07527b.htm
  An extensive history of this tradition in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• Huguenots

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenot
  A Wikipedia article describing the Wars of Religion, the exodus of Huguenots from France and the legacy of the Huguenots.

• Our Huguenot Ancestors

  http://pages.infinit.net/barbeaum/huga/sld001.htm
  A slide format history of the Huguenots in Canada.

• Who Were the Huguenots?

  http://huguenot.netnation.com/general/huguenot.htm
  A history published by the National Huguenot Society.

 

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