Mémoire et patrimoine en Ille-et-Vilaine
Au XVIe siècle, deux villes abritent des communautés protestantes importantes : Vitré et Rennes.
Mémoire et patrimoine en Loire-Atlantique
Le département de Loire-Atlantique fait partie aujourd’hui de la région Pays de la Loire mais, au XVIe siècle, Nantes était la capitale de la Bretagne et la résidence des ducs...
Mémoire et patrimoine en Morbihan
Le département du Morbihan possède deux châteaux ayant appartenu à la famille des Rohan qui s’illustrèrent dans la défense du protestantisme au XVIe siècle et début du XVIIe siècle.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church
The Seventh day adventist Church has its roots in the Reformation movement of the XVIth century and the Revival movement of the XIXth century ; the latter being the stronger influence....
French Reformed Church
The French Reformed Church (Eglise Réformée de France) was founded in 1938 ; its origins go back to the XVIth century to the reformed Churches which were set up by Jean...
The Mennonite Churches
The Mennonite Churches go back to the radical Reform movement of the XVIth century ; they were persecuted in Switzerland, then settled along the Rhine valley. In the XVIIth century there was a...
Frédéric Engel-Dollfus (1818-1883)
Frédéric Engel-Dollfus was a protestant and a textile industrialist concerned about conditions for the working class.
Jean Crespin (1520-1572)
Jean Crespin was a lawyer before becoming a well-known printer in Geneva, where he settled in 1548.
The Protestant Social Action Centre (CASP)
The “Association de Bienfaisance” (Charity Association) of the Reformed Protestants in Paris and Greater Paris was officially recognised as a charitable concern in 1906, and became CASP in 1981. It...
The Delessert Family
The Delesserts were a well-known Parisian protestant family who made valuable contributions to the silk trade and banking ; they also set up the first French cotton mill and founded the...
Pierre Loti (1850-1923)
Pierre Loti, whose real name was Julien Viaud, was a naval officer and a writer. His mother was a faithful follower of the reformed faith and she saw to it...
Protestantism in Hungary
By the end of the XVIth century, protestantism had spread throughout most of Hungary. Despite the opposition of the Counter-Reform movement in the XVIIIth century and persecution by the Habsbourgs,...
Union of Evangelical Free Churches
The Union des Eglises Evangéliques Libres (UEEL) (Union of Evangelical Free Churches) was set up in 1849, because its members wanted to openly strengthen their links with the Reform movement...
Louis de Jaucourt (1704-1779)
The Chevalier de Jaucourt, a man of great learning, was one of the most prolific writer of the Encyclopédie, who counted both Diderot and d’Alembert amongst his friends. He was...
Renée de France (1510-1575)
Renée de France, the second daughter of Louis XII, married the duc de Ferrara, Hercule d’Este. She protected members of the reformed faith, both in Ferrara and in her country...
Huguenot pirates in the 16th century
Huguenot sailors who had become pirates took an active part in the war against Spain. They did this for two reasons, firstly to help defeat Spain and secondly, to support...
The eight wars of religion (1562-1598)
In the 16th Century, France was to know a religious split : the great majority of the country remained faithful to Catholicism, whilst an important majority joined the Reformation. Coexistence of...
The Evangelical Churches
The existence of Evangelical Churches in France goes back to the beginning of the XIXth century. There are at present 1850 Churches with 350.000 members and there are about 200...