Huguenots
From the 16th to the 18th century the name Huguenot was describing a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. They are sometimes known as the French Calvinists.
After the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572 and the French Wars of Religion hundreds of thousands of French Protestants fled France, some to the East End of London, specifically Soho and Spitalfields. The Treaty of Nantes allowed them to stay in France without being massacred
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French protestant symbol
A Huguenot Cross
16th-century religious geopolitics on a map of modern France.* Controlled by Huguenot nobility* Contested between Huguenots and Catholics* Controlled by Catholic nobility* Lutheran-majority area
Millais' painting, A Huguenot on St. Bartholomew's Day
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of French Protestants (1572). It was the climax of the French Wars of Religion, which were brought to an end by the Edict of Nantes (1598). In 1620, persecution was renewed and continued until the French Revolution in 1789.
Henry IV, as Hercules vanquishing the Lernaean Hydra (i.e., the Catholic League), by Toussaint Dubreuil, circa 1600
Expulsion from La Rochelle of 300 Protestant families in November 1661
The death of Jean Calas, who was broken on the wheel at Toulouse, 9 March 1762
