Huguenot Heritage: The History and Contribution of the Huguenots in Britain by Robin D. Gwynn
A full length study of the Huguenots in Britain.
Huguenot Heritage
Summary
A study of the history and contribution of the Huguenots in Britain. Originally published in 1985, this second edition takes into account research and writings since the first edition. The reference material has been updated in the light of new findings and the plate section has been expanded.
Huguenot Heritage Summary
About Robin D. Gwynn
Robin Gwynn is a historian of Early Modern England, formerly Reader in History at Massey University, New Zealand. His speciality has long been the study of Huguenot refugees and the French communities in Britain, and in 1985 he was Director of the Huguenot Heritage tercentenary commemoration under the patronage of H.M. The Queen. His books include the widely acclaimed Huguenot Heritage (2nd edn, Sussex Academic Press, 2001), and editions of later seventeenth century letters and consistory minutes of the largest of the many French churches in England.
Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction; An Exposed Minority; Walloon and Huguenot Settlements in England; Refugees and the English Government; Crafts and Trades; Professions; Huguenots and their Churches; Opposition; Huguenots and the Later Stuarts; Huguenots and the Defeat of Louis XIV's France; The Process of Assimilation; Appendix: Tracing Huguenot Ancestors; Bibliography; Index.
Additional information
GOR002681687
9781902210353
1902210352
Huguenot Heritage: The History and Contribution of the Huguenots in Britain by Robin D. Gwynn
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Liverpool University Press
2000-01-01
261
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