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The desire to reform the Church was very widespread in Europe in the 16th century, but there was no agreement on what changes to promote: how to reform, how far?...

 At the beginning of the 16th century, elements are in mouvement that will break up Christian unity in the West and institute a new relationship with God set against a...

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...

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...

A new spirit, a new form, a fresh perspective, new horizons: those of the greatness and happiness of mankind.

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

The Saint-Ruf temple in Valence (Drôme) is a former abbey chapel, assigned to Protestant worship in 1801.

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,...