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Huguenot
Huguenot Hu"gue*not, n. [F., properly a dim. of Hugues. The name is probably derived from the Christian name (Huguenot) of some person conspicuous as a reformer.] (Eccl. Hist.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

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- Fontainebleau of 1685. The Huguenots were concentrated in the southern and western parts of the Kingdom of France. As Huguenots gained influence and more...
- Feeling their survival was at stake, the Huguenots gathered in La Roc****e on 25 December. At this Huguenot General ****embly in La Roc****e the decision...
- Some notable French Huguenots or people with French Huguenot ancestry include: Salomon de Brosse (1571–1626), French architect. Isaac de Caus (1590–1648)...
- Huguenots was a name given to French Calvinists from the 16th to the 18th century. Huguenot may also refer to: Huguenot, Georgia, a ghost town Huguenot...
- The Huguenot Monument in Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa, is dedicated to the cultural influences that Huguenots have brought to the Cape Colony...
- new productions of Les Huguenots at major opera houses in France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Performances of Les Huguenots are no longer rare in...
- protections to the Huguenots. This edict was revoked by Louis XIV in 1685, prompting an exodus of Huguenots from France. A group of 45 Huguenots arrived in Charleston...
- Louis XIV, which put extra pressure on the Huguenots in France. Ormonde had come into contact with Huguenots in Paris and Normandy, and hoped that their...
- blow to the Huguenot movement, and religious civil warfare soon began anew. Charles sought to take advantage of the disarray of the Huguenots by ordering...
- The Huguenot Fort is a historic fortification site on Fort Hill Road in Oxford, M****achusetts. The original fort was built in 1694 by Huguenots, Protestant...