Introduction

Anne Dunan-Page (1)

1 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone

Recent years have witnessed a revival of interest in the history of the Huguenots, and new research has increased our understanding of their role in shaping the early-modern world. Yet while much has been written about the Huguenots during the sixteenth-century wars of religion, much less is known about their history in the following centuries. This is the introduction to a collection of ten essays which provide the first broad overview of Huguenot religious culture from the Restoration of Charles II to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Dealing primarily with the experiences of Huguenots in England and Ireland, the volume, as a whole, explores issues of conformity and nonconformity, the perceptions of 'refuge', and Huguenot attitudes towards education, social reform and religious tolerance. Taken together the essays offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of Huguenot religious identity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Mots clés: Britain; Ireland; early-modern; toleration

Mots clés: Huguenots; religion; Grande-Bretagne; Irlande; tolérance; persécution; époque moderne

Domaines: Religions; Histoire

Anne Dunan-Page. Introduction. Anne Dunan-Page. The Religious Culture of the Huguenots, 1660-1750, Ashgate, pp.1-22, 2006, 978-0-7546-5495-7. ⟨halshs-00867277⟩