The French Protestant Legacy: A Journey to Huguenot History Amidst France’s renowned heritage and diverse culture lies a lesser-known chapter in its history—the captivating narrative of the French Huguenots. Who were the French Huguenots, then? The Huguenots were a group of Protestant Christians (Calvinists. Followers of the teachings of the reformers John Calvin, and Martin […]
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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (the 1500s & 1600s), Protestants in France who followed the teachings of John Calvin were known as Huguenots. They were also referred to as French Protestants, members of the Reformed Church, and Calvinists. Calvin was a French theologian who rose to prominence in the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth […]
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Beginning on the 24th of August 1572, the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was undoubtedly one of the most horrendous and violent events in French Huguenot history. This widespread murder of French Huguenots killed between 5000 and 25000 people over the course of more than two months. Let’s take a closer look at this horrific event […]
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The French Protestants, also known as Huguenots, faced heavy persecution in France during the 1500s and 1600s. Despite the growing number of Huguenots in France, the country was still predominantly Roman Catholic. As a result, numerous conflicts and terrible acts of violence, such as the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre took place. Countless French Huguenots fled […]
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Jun
Jun
Few people would argue that John Calvin is one of the most important – if not the most important – theologians of (Reformed Theology) of modern times. Since the 1500s, Calvin had a huge impact on the Protestant church and many would rank him among the most influential ministers of the Word from France and […]
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May
Held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent, Northern Italy, the Council Of Trent was the nineteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Also known as a general council, this event was a meeting of bishops and other important figures in the church to discuss, debate, and ultimately rule on various questions surrounding the Catholic doctrine. […]
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Apr
In both France and Spain, the 100 years from 1500 to 1600 were incredibly turbulent, to say the least. During this period, the French Wars of Religion, involving conflicts between Protestants and Catholics, spilled over to America, leading to a change in the landscape of the United States, which can still be felt to this […]
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Jean Ribault came to fame as a French naval officer, navigator, explorer, and colonizer of what we know nowadays as the southeastern United States. A proud Huguenot, Ribault was heavily involved in colonizing modern-day Florida, leading an expedition to the New World in 1562 which resulted in the founding of Charlesfort on Parris Island, which […]
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Contrary to popular belief, French Huguenot, Jean Ribault, was not the founder of Fort Caroline near present-day Jacksonville, Florida. It was, in fact, Ribault’s second in command, the courageous René Goulaine de Laudonnière. In 1564, our man Jean Ribault was locked away in the Tower of London and couldn’t make the return journey to re-supply […]
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Jan
The Spanish had long planned on becoming the dominant force in the colonization of Florida from the late 1400s through to the 1500s. Juan Ponce de Leon, a Spanish conquistador, and explorer, are widely known to have led the very first European expedition to Florida. After traveling to the New World with Christopher Columbus in […]