Write to return: Huguenot refugees on the frontiers of the French enlightenment

"The revocation of the Edict of Nantes led more than 200,000 Huguenots to flee France after 1685. Many settled close to the country's frontiers, where their leaders published apologetic texts arguing for their right to return to France and be recognized as French citizens. By framing their...

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1. Verfasser: Banks, Bryan A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago McGill-Queen's University Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:McGill-Queen's refugee and forced migration studies 14
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Zusammenfassung:"The revocation of the Edict of Nantes led more than 200,000 Huguenots to flee France after 1685. Many settled close to the country's frontiers, where their leaders published apologetic texts arguing for their right to return to France and be recognized as French citizens. By framing their refugee experiences intentionally, even using the term "refugee" to describe their diaspora, Huguenots profoundly influenced Enlightenment debates on citizenship and religious tolerance. Write to Return is a cultural history of these Huguenot apologetics in which Bryan Banks examines the work of four authors: Pierre Jurieu, Pierre Bayle, Antoine Court, and Rabaut Saint-Étienne. Each author advanced their arguments using key ideas of the Enlightenment, appealing to reason to argue for freedom of conscience all while appealing to emotion in their descriptions of Huguenot victimhood. The authors' campaign succeeded. In 1789, France's revolutionary National Assembly granted repatriation to all expelled Huguenots, offering them citizenship regardless of place of birth or baptism, and even permitting them to reclaim ancestral lands. International refugees played an overlooked role in shaping discourse around the nation and nationalism in the eighteenth century. Write to Return shows how early modern refugees could advocate for their interests, build international networks, and even craft a new collective identity. By presenting themselves as loyal citizens of France, Huguenots were at the forefront of constructing a French national identity."
Beschreibung:xviii, 195 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780228021094

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