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The water pond, reflecting the colonnade behind it, expresses the undisturbed tranquility of mind and spiritual peace which the Huguenots refugees gained in South Africa after having experienced deadly religious persecution in France. The Huguenot Memorial Museum adjacent to the monument explores the history of the French Huguenots who settled ...
Key work: Memoirs of a Huguenot Family. [336] François Guizot (1787–1874), French historian, statesman. Key work: History of France. [337] Auguste Himly (1823–1906), French historian and geographer. [338] Francis Labilliere (1840–1895), Australian historian and imperialist, son of Huguenot-descended Charles Edgar de Labilliere. He was ...
In 1564 Laudonniere received 50,000 crowns from Charles IX and returned to Florida with three ships and 300 Huguenot colonists. Athore, son of the Timucuan king Saturiwa, showing Laudonnière the monument placed by Ribault in 1562. Laudonnière arrived at the mouth of the May River (today called the St. Johns River) on 22 June 1564.
The museum displays cover two major topics. In the main building, the history of the French Huguenots is discussed in detail. Topics include: Why they came, who brought them, where they settled and a list of surnames of Huguenot origin. Displays in the annex convey the history of the town of Franschhoek, and have a broader scope. Topics in this ...
Until well into the 20th century, knowledge of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues was extremely limited, and largely confined to the footnotes of inaccessible ethnographic bibliographies, where he figures as the writer and illustrator of a short history of Laudonniere's attempt in 1564–5 to establish a Huguenot settlement in Florida.
La Rochelle was the greatest stronghold among the Huguenot cities of France, and the centre of Huguenot resistance. Cardinal Richelieu acted as commander of the besiegers when the King was absent. Once hostilities started, French engineers isolated the city with entrenchments 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) long, fortified by 11 forts and 18 redoubts ...
The Huguenot cross is a Christian religious symbol originating in France and is one of the more recognizable and popular symbols of the French evangelical reformed faith. It is commonly found today as a piece of jewellery (often in gold or silver) or engraved on buildings connected with the Reformed Church in France, of which it is the official ...
It mostly occurred in southern France, especially in the dioceses of Nîmes and Uzès, and in Dauphiné. [5] Protestant preachers and/or leaders active during this period in France included Antoine Court, [6] [7] Paul Rabaut, [8] Alexander Ramsey, and Roger. [9] They often lived as nomads in wilderness areas in order to avoid capture.