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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...

Mulhouse, from the time of the Reformation until its union with France

Mulhouse was a Reformed town in Alsace, which was Lutheran. It was also associated with the Swiss Protestant Cantons. It was a conservative town and due to its position of...

The reactions in France and abroad

The Edict of Fontainebleau was largely accepted in France whereas the international response was reserved, if not shocked.