DRAGONNADES

or dragonadesboth: drăgənādzˈ, name given to a form of persecution of French Protestants, or Huguenots, before and after the revocation (1685) of the Edict of Nantes (see Nantes, Edict of) by Louis XIV. It consisted of harassing the Huguenots by billeting soldiers (particularly the rowdy dragoons) in their houses and in disregarding the soldiers' misconduct. The outrages committed against the persons and property of the Huguenots contributed—at least as much as the legal enforcement of the revocation of the edict—to the conversion but also to the mass emigration of Huguenots, so that entire cities and regions were ruined and depopulated.

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books on: Dragonnades  - 140 results

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Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France - Vol. 2
Book by John McManners; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Catholic Church--France--History--18th Century, France--Church History--18th Century
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The French Monarchy (1483-1789) - Vol. 2
Book by A. J. Grant; Cambridge University Press, 1914
Subjects: France--History--Bourbons, 1589-1789, France--History--House Of Valois, 1328-1589
...and character are especially stamped upon the method that was most effective in "converting" the Protestants, the famous dragonnades. The persecution employed was never of the open and unashamed kind, of which the 16th century saw so much upon both sides...
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France under the Regency: With a Review of the Administration of Louis XIV
Book by James Breck Perkins; Houghton Mifflin, 1920
Subjects: France--History--Louis Xiv, 1643-1715, France--History--Regency, 1715-1723
...convert Huguenots 172 Persecution of Huguenots 175 Dragonnades 177 The Huguenots profess Catholicism 182 Revocation...
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History of the Huguenot Emigration to America - Vol. 2
Book by Charles W. Baird; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1885
Subjects: Huguenots--United States--History
...247 Exclusion from Trades and Professions 247 The Dragonnades 249 As in an Enemys Country 249 Forced Conversions...
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The Church in the Seventeenth Century
Book by H. Daniel-Rops, J. J. Buckingham; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1963
Subjects: Church History--17th Cent
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Elie Benoist, Historian of the Edict of Nantes
Journal article by Charles Johnston; Church History, Vol. 55, 1986
Subjects: Church History
...kingdom. Before the Edict was revoked, some ten provinces were being subjected to the barbarities of what were called "dragonnades," although other troops besides dragoons were given free rein in this enterprise. 45 Finally, the consequences of the...


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The Poisons Affair
Magazine article by Reggie Oliver; History Today, Vol. 51, March 2001
Subjects: France--History, Louis XIV, King of France--Conduct of life, Montespan, Athenais de--Investigations, Poisoning--17th century
...Huguenots of France were being put under increasing pressure to convert to Catholicism. 1682 saw the height of the notorious `dragonnades in which, on the orders of Louvois, dragoons were billeted on obdurately Protestant families. Finally on October 18th, 1685...
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The Reality Behind the Merry Monarchy: Tim Harris Explores the Political Spin, Intolerance and Repression That Underlay Charles II's Relaxed Image, and Which Led Him into a Deep Crisis in 1678-81 Yet Also Enabled Him to Survive It
Magazine article by Tim Harris; History Today, Vol. 55, June 2005
Subjects: British monarchy--History, Charles II (Great Britain and Ireland)--Criticism and interpretation, Monarchy--History, Monarchy--United Kingdom, Political violence--Analysis, Political violence--History, United Kingdom--Political aspects
...exacting heavy fines. One Presbyterian apologist, writing after the Glorious Revolution, compared the policy to Louis XIVs dragonnades against the Huguenots in the 1680s and concluded that this was one instance where we were in fashion before France. A document...


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encyclopedia articles on: Dragonnades  - 4 results

 
 
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Dragonnades
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DRAGONNADES or dragonades both: drag nadz , name given to a form of persecution of French Protestants, or Huguenots , before and after...
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Dieppe
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Dieppe was frequently involved in the wars between England and France. In the late 17th cent. it suffered severely from the dragonnades of Louis XIV and an Anglo-Dutch naval bombardment (1694). In World War II, Dieppe was the object of a costly commando attack...
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Huguenots
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Edict of Nantes was interpreted in the strictest way possible; and dragoons were quartered in the homes of Huguenots (see dragonnades ). Finally, in 1685, the Edict of Nantes was revoked. This act had disastrous results. Entire provinces were depopulated...
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Nantes, Edict Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...private worship and freedom from molestation, but the promise was not kept. Thousands fled abroad to escape the system of dragonnades , and several provinces were virtually depopulated. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes weakened the French economy by...


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