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The French Reformation seemed well-placed to succeed: there was a vigorous pre-reform movement, an apparent welcome for the work of French-speaking reformers in many quarters despite severe persecution, and the beginnings of a powerful and well-organized church structure. Yet, French protestantism remained the faith only of a minority. This book seeks to understand this apparent contradiction and to explain why protestantism failed to take hold in France.

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Heterodoxy in the early-French Reformation; repression and the growth of a Protestant Church; the social geography of French Protestantism; the Huguenots and the Civil Wars. Appendix: the social geography of French Protestantism around 1560.

The French Reformation

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 29 May 1987
      ISBN-13 9780631145165
      978-0631145165
      ISBN-10 0631145168
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      Protestantism and Protestant Churches Religion and beliefs

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The French Reformation seemed well-placed to succeed: there was a vigorous pre-reform movement, an apparent welcome for the work of French-speaking reformers in many quarters despite severe persecution, and the beginnings of a powerful and well-organized church structure. Yet, French protestantism remained the faith only of a minority. This book seeks to understand this apparent contradiction and to explain why protestantism failed to take hold in France.

      Table of Contents
      Heterodoxy in the early-French Reformation; repression and the growth of a Protestant Church; the social geography of French Protestantism; the Huguenots and the Civil Wars. Appendix: the social geography of French Protestantism around 1560.

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