Experiencing Exile: Huguenot Refugees in the Dutch Republic, 1680-1700

309 Pages·2016·5.071 MB·English

by  David Van Der Linden

ExpEriEncing ExilE
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politics and culturE in EuropE, 1650–1750
Series Editors
tony claydon, Bangor university, uK
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0 Focusing on the years between the end of the thirty Years’ War and the end of the
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Experiencing Exile
Huguenot refugees in the dutch republic, 1680–1700
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First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing
Published 2016 by Routledge
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al Experiencing exile : Huguenot refugees in the Dutch Republic, 1680-1700 / by David
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o pages cm. – (Politics and culture in Europe, 1650–1750) Includes bibliographical
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v 1. Huguenots – Netherlands – History – 17th century. 2. Religious refugees –
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n Netherlands – History – 17th century. 3. Exiles – Netherlands – History – 17th
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century. 4. France – Emigration and immigration – History – 17th century.
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Contents
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Appendix 231
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Index 277
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List of Figures
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2 1.1 Huguenot signatories in the reconnaissance register of the Walloon
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Museum Catharijneconvent, StCC g00221. 102
4.1 Portrait of the Parisian minister Michel Le Faucheur
(1585–1657). Engraving, Leiden, University Library, BWA pFa4. 110
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4.2 A handwritten sermon and its outline by Isaac Claude. Leiden,
University Library, BWA MC 7. 113
4.3 Portrait of Isaac Jaquelot (1647–1708), refugee minister in
The Hague. Engraving, Leiden, University Library, BWA pIa8. 117
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