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Charles Drelincourt (1595-1669)

Charles Drelincourt, a writer and a pastor, spent his life serving the reformed Churches.

The Calas affair

Jean Calas, a Protestant merchant, was sentenced to death on the Wheel by the Parliament in Toulouse and executed on March 10th, 1762 after being convicted of murdering one of...

The Edict of Toleration (November 29th, 1787)

With this Edict, King Louis XVI granted the Protestants civil status. He secured their right to live in the kingdom without discrimination for religious reasons.

Denis Papin (1647-about 1712)

Denis Papin, a physicist, always remained loyal to his reformed faith and this is why he had to work abroad. It was in Germany, in the province of Hesse, that...

Elisée Reclus (1830-1905)

Elisée Reclus devoted all his energy to the exploration of the planet and published books which extolled its wonderful qualities. He is also known for his defense of the Anarchist...

Printed fabrics in Jouy-en-Josas (1762-1843)

In 1762, Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf established a cotton printing factory in Jouy-en-Josas (Yvelines) ; it was to become very well-known. He succeeded in keeping the factory working throughout the whole French Revolution....

Les Toiles de Jouy

Plus de 150 ans après la fermeture de la Manufacture de Jouy-en-Josas (Yvelines) en 1843, le terme de Toiles de Jouy est devenu un nom commun. II évoque ces toiles...

The House of Protestantism in Charentes

The House of Protestantism in Charentes was created in 1994 and it was set up as a memorial to the history of Protestantism in Aunis and Saintonge.

Civil and religious buildings turned into Temples after the Revolution

The nationalisation of clergy estates during the Revolution, and the disbanding of monastic communities left many churches, monasteries and abbeys unused.

Temples in Paris

In Paris as in many other cities in France, former places of Catholic worship which had become national property at the Revolution, were turned over to Protestant worship.

The Vaunage and Vistrenque regions

In the triangle between Nîmes, Sommières and Lunel, the Protestant memory is at its height. As early as 1580, in the Vaunage and Vistrenque together, three-fourths of the small towns...