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The Hottinguer bank

This banking institution was founded in France in the late 18th century, and the Hottinguer bank contributed to French economic and industrial development throughout the 19th century. It is the...

The Reformation in 3 minutes (video)

In 16th-century Europe, a group of people criticised the Catholic Church – they were called Protestants – and created a different church, called the “Reformed” church. Hence the expression “Protestant...

The Renaissance

A new spirit, a new form, a new outlook, new horizons: those of man’s greatness and happiness.

Emigration

Emigration reached its peak in the aftermath of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. It had already begun in the first years of Louis the XIV’s reign...

The work of Jean Calvin

Royal repression against the Protestants

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 made any Protestant worship illegal, for instance temples were demolished and pastors expelled. As for the Protestants, they were forbidden to...

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes and its consequences (1685-1700)

In October 1685 Louis XIV signed the Edict of Fontainebleau revoking the Edict of Nantes. It forbade exercising the Protestant faith and any migrating of Protestants. Pastors were granted a...

The rigorous edict (1661-1685)

As the Catholic clergy launched missions for the conversion of Protestants, Louis XIV implemented policies aiming to reduce and eventually put an end to Protestantism in the Kingdom. He began...

From Louis XIII to the death of Mazarin (1610-1661)

Following the Béarn affair (1620), the Protestants, under the leadership of Henri de Rohan, revolted against Louis XIII. After their defeat, they lose their political assemblies and their places of...

Médaille du tricentenaire de l'Institution Chrétienne de Calvin (1536)

Jean Calvin

With the publication of his book: The Institution of the Christian Religion, Jean Calvin establishes himself as the main theologian of the Reformed current. He was called to Geneva, which...

Appearance of the Reformation in France

In the early 16th century the Church had already been in a moral and political crisis they could not overcome for two centuries. In the context of the Renaissance, humanism...

The Temple in Orthez (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

The turbulent history of Protestantism in Orthez is reflected in the city’s successive temples.

Henri IV et la conquête du royaume (1589-1598)

En 1589, Henri de Navarre succède à Henri III sous le nom d’Henri IV. Mais la Ligue catholique, menée par les Guise, ne reconnaît pas son autorité. Pour Henri IV,...