Facing the revocation : Huguenot families, faith, and the king's will

489 Pages·2017·15.516 MB·English

by  Lougee, Carolyn Chappell

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Facing the Revocation
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Château de Berneré. Pastel by Jean Reboux. Property of the author. Courtesy of the
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Facing the Revocation
Huguenot Families, Faith, and the King’s Will
CAROLYN CHAPPELL LOUGEE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lougee, Carolyn Chappell, author.
Title: Facing the revocation : Huguenot families, faith, and the king’s will /
Carolyn Chappell Lougee.
Description: New York City : Oxford University Press, 2016. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016001873 (print) | LCCN 2016022267 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780190241315 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780190241322 (Updf) |
ISBN 9780190241339 (Epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Huguenots—France—History. | France—History—Louis XIV,
1643–1715. | Protestantism—France—History. | France—Emigration and immigration.
Classification: LCC BX9454.3 .C43 2016 (print) | LCC BX9454.3 (ebook) |
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“Why study one noble family? What can the social his-
torian learn from a single case? Abandoning all claims
to the typicality of the family in any statistical sense
does not mean retreating to antiquarianism and the
quaintness of the particular.”
— Robert Forster, The House of Saulx- Tavanes (1971)
“Often it is the small things, rather than the big picture,
that the mind can comfortably grasp … for instance,
it is naturally more appealing to readers to absorb the
meaning of a vast historical event through the story of
a single family.”
— Daniel Mendelsohn, The Lost (2006)
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CONTENTS
Principal Personages ix
Glossary xi
Introduction 1
PART ONE THE CHAMPAGNÉ IN SAINTONGE
1. A Family of the Charentes in Distaff 9
2. Faith of the Fathers and Will of the King 39
3. Marie in Jeopardy 75
4. Aunt Madelene’s Offensive 97
5. Families Endure 128
PART TWO ESCAPING FROM FRANCE
6. Preparing the Escape 159
7. Chancing Escape 181
PART THREE THOSE WHO STAYED
8. Thérèse’s Guardian 211
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9. Caring for Thérèse 230
10. Cousins 251
PART FOUR RESETTLING ABROAD
11. Into the Refuge 281
12. Experiencing Exile 303
13. Marie at the Head of the Family 325
Conclusion: History and Story 351
Afterword: Retelling the Champagné Story 361
Appendix: Family Trees 369
Notes 377
Bibliography 425
Index 449
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PRINCIPAL PERSONAGES
Marie de La Rochefoucauld, Dame de Champagné
Josias de Robillard, Seigneur de Champagné. Husband of Marie de La
Rochefoucauld
Susanne Isle. Grandmother of Marie de La Rochefoucauld, widow of Jean de
Solière
Marie de Solière. Eldest daughter of Susanne Isle, wife of Casimir de La
Rochefoucauld, mother of Marie de La Rochefoucauld and her five sisters
Madelene de Solière. Second daughter of Susanne Isle, wife of Louis de
Salbert, aunt of Marie de La Rochefoucauld
Isaac Isle, Marquis de Loire. Cousin and advisor of Susanne Isle, Commissioner
for the Edict of Nantes in Saintonge and Aunis
Casimir Prévost de Touchimbert. Brother- in- law of Josias de Robillard,
guardian of Thérèse de Robillard
Charles de La Motte Fouqué, Baron de Saint-S urin and Seigneur de Tonnay-
Boutonne. Friend of Josias de Champagné and future husband (in Holland)
of Josias’ and Marie’s daughter Susanne de Robillard
Louis XIV, King of France, 1643– 1715
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. Morganatic second wife of
Louis XIV
Additional Persons
Salbert family: Louis de Salbert, Seigneur de Soulignonne. Husband of
Madelene de Solière; Léa de Bessay. Mother of Louis de Salbert, wife in her
second marriage to Jean Isle de Beauchesne
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