Education in Boissy-Saint-Léger
From the Protestant Training College for Young Women to the Bernard Palissy School, more than one hundred and fifty years of Protestant commitment in the service of pedagogy and education....
Jacques Seydoux (1870-1929)
Both diplomat and expert, as well as a distinguished commentator, Jacques Seydoux was an adviser whose counsel was heeded throughout the world. Undoubtedly among the first in France to understand...
The Seydoux family
The French Seydoux family, established in France during the eighteenth century, is of Swiss origin. Its members distinguished themselves in industry, particularly textiles and cinema, as well as in diplomacy.
The Religious Wars in Switzerland
Following the establishment of the Reformation in numerous cantons, Switzerland was not spared religious conflict. The country was affected by four wars of religion: the two Wars of Kappel in...
The Montauban temples (Tarn-et-Garonne)
The ideas of the Reformation were present as early as 1537 and spread to the majority of the population, with the result that the Reformed ruled the city in 1561....
Jules et Julie Siegried
En 2022, la ville du Havre a commémoré le souvenir de Jules Siegfried et de sa femme Julie, tous deux disparus il y a juste un siècle. D’horizons différents, les...
Henri Lindegaard (1925-1996)
He was a pastor and a painter, and was one of the Protestant artists who took part in passing on the faith.
Johann Heinrich Füssli (1741–1825)
Füssli was a painter of the uncanny. He was of Swiss origin but an adoptive Londoner. He was inspired by various literary sources which he reinterpreted with his imagination. Füssli...
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923)
Steinlen was an emblematic artist of the late 19th century in Montmartre. He also drew, painted, illustrated, designed posters, and sculpted and had anarchist leanings. He preferred drawing and pastel...
André Chamson (1900-1983)
André Chamson was a writer inspired by his native Cévennes region and by his ancestors’ Huguenot history, but also a steadfast resistant who kept his humanistic convictions unshakable throughout his...
Furniture and objects associated with the sacrament of baptism
The furnishings and objects associated with baptism vary according to the tradition of the church in which they are found. Indeed, there are no precise rules governing the matter: ordinary...
Claude Garamont, protestant letterpress engraver
Claude Garamont, often spelt Garamond, was born in Paris to a Breton printer from Morlaix who had settled in the capital. Together with Guillaume Le Bé and Robert Granjon, he...
Bell towers
Whereas Catholic Churches almost always have a bell tower, to be seen from a distance, such is not always the case for Protestant Temples. If temples do have a bell...
Victor Baltard (1805-1874)
Victor Baltard, winner of the Prix de Rome, was Inspector of Fine Arts for the City of Paris. He was the architect of the twelve pavilions of the central markets...
The Huguenot Refuge in Denmark
Two waves of Protestant immigration to Denmark can be distinguished: the religious wave resulting from the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes at the end of the seventeenth century, and...
Wars of Religion in 6 minutes
Protestantism developed in France from 1517 onwards. The number of Protestants rapidly increased; many nobles converted and formed a powerful party. And the majority Catholicism felt challenged.
Luther vu dans l’histoire
La figure de Luther fait l’objet, depuis la Réforme, de commentaires et d’analyses historiques.
Oscar Cullmann (1902-1999)
Oscar Cullmann was one of the great Protestant theologians of the 20th century. He was a specialist of the New Testament and took an active part in ecumenical dialogue with...
Mort de Jan Hus
Jan Hus (1369-1415), Czech priest convicted of heresy, died at the stake. He preached the reform of the Church and the return to evangelical poverty. This pre-reformer strongly influenced Martin...