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Camisards
Camisards French Protestants, who in 1702 defied
LOUIS XIV in the Cévennes, a mountainous region of southern France with a strong tradition of independence. The loss of their leaders in 1704 was followed by a period of savage persecution, but the rebels were bought off rather than defeated.
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Huguenots and Camisards as Aliens in France: 1589-1789, The Struggle for Religious Toleration.
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; By Brian E. Strayer. Lewiston, N.Y., Edward Mellen Press, 2001. iv + 616 pp. np. Based on extensive exploration of primary and secondary sources, this work represents an impressive synthesis of the history of relations between the French absolutist state and the Protestant minority in the reign of
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Persecution of a minority.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...ships. In mountainous Cevennes, the so-called Camisards defended their own form of Protestantism by fighting...on foot. RELATED ARTICLE: The Revolt of the Camisards. The Revolt of the Camisards ravaged the province of Languedoc from 1702 to...
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NOT SUCH SIMPLE GIFTS.(history of the Shakers)
Magazine article from: History Today; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...movement can be traced back to the French Camisards, a sect of Protestants who roamed the...Edict of Nantes in 1685, a handful of Camisards fled to England. They settled into relative...Wardley left the Quakers and joined the Camisards, believing that the Second Coming was...
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Putting Blacks in the Civil War Picture; Columbia Man Helps Give History a Face
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and cousin Marvin Greene started Black Camisards Inc., a business of Civil War collectibles...how we all started," Greene said. "Camisards" refers to both the French rebels and...they wore during night raids. "The Camisards were sort of the minorities of French...
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The Huguenots, the Protestant Interest, and the War of Spanish Succession: 1702-1714.
Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Huguenot emigres, the Swiss and the Camisards form the subject of most of the book...States-General, the uprising of the Camisards after the flush of its initial triumphs...British support on 1704-5 cost the Camisards their vital momentum and their early...
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History's Soldier; Blacks in Civil War Is Vendor's `Passion'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and cousin Marvin Greene started Black Camisards Inc., a business of Civil War collectibles...how we all started," Greene said. "Camisards" refers to both the French rebels and...they wore during night raids. "The Camisards were sort of the minorities of French...
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Origins of the Shakers: From the Old World to the New World.(Review)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the title Spirit Possession and Popular Religion: From the Camisards to the Shakers. It remains a significant volume today and...surge in this prophetism to the Protestant militants called "Camisards" who rebelled against the French monarchy at the end of the...
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Louis XIV and religion.(king of France)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Persecution followed and eventually led to a Huguenot revolt in the Cevennes regions of southern France. Led by rebels known as the Camisards, the revolt lasted from 1703-1706. Over time, however, growing numbers of French Catholics criticized the government...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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LANGUEDOC REGION A MELANGE OF FRENCH, SPANISH CULTURE.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 6/2/1996; 700+ words
; ...Medieval Cathar heretics were hunted and killed by crusaders who also sacked the property of true believers. The Protestant Camisards were ruthlessly suppressed in the 18th century. Despite its dreams of independence, the area has been a part of France for...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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France's secret: It is a paradise for lovers of the outdoors
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...activities of caving and canyoning. But the Cevennes also has a varied and sometimes grim history. It is the land of the Camisards, Protestant peasants who rebelled against persecution in the early 18th century following the repeal of the Edict of Nantes...
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Camisards
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Camisards , Protestant peasants of the Cévennes region of France who...night raids. Led by the young Jean Cavalier and Roland Laporte , the Camisards met the ravages of the royal army with guerrilla methods and withstood...
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Camisard Revolt
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...destroy the Catholic Church. Called "Camisards" after the camisa, or white smocks...winning several small victories. The Camisards fought a strikingly modern guerrilla...Philippe. La l é gende des Camisards. Une sensibilit é au pass...
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Jean Cavalier
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1681?-1740, French Protestant soldier, a leader of the Camisards . From his home in the Cévennes region of France...the Protestants were about to rebel. As chief leader of the Camisards, he showed remarkable military genius. In 1704 he made peace...
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Claude Louis Hector Villars, duc de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...at Friedlingen (1702) in Baden and Höchstädt (1703) in Bavaria. In 1704 he quelled the revolt of the Camisards . Defeated (1709) by the duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy at Malplaquet, he successfully defended the French frontier...
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Huguenots
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...Nantes revoked in 1685. Many were forced to accept Catholicism or fled from France. After the failure of the rebellion of the Camisards in 1702–3, the influence of the Huguenots in France was negligible; only in 1802 was the legal standing of their...
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