...This chapter explores the concept of Britishness and discusses British migration starting with the Huguenots onwards, including the responses of the state and public to these newcomers in Britain. It discusses the intensification of later migratory movements to Britain and the immigration process...

...This chapter explores the migrant journeys of Huguenot refugees escaping French persecution in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. It discusses published memoirs and escape accounts of Huguenot refugees who suffered religious persecution in France. One example is Reverend Jacques...

... the Toleration Act in 1689, how should enthusiasts be dealt with? This chapter not only argues that enthusiasm was no longer perceived as a threat to the state, but also that national identity played a significant part in the Camisard’s trial. It was in fact Huguenot refugees aspiring to be naturalised at a time...

... Fatio de Duillier Nicolas French Prophets Geneva Huguenots Lacy John London Marion Elie Pepys Samuel Portalès Charles writers Allut Jean Baldwin’s Gardens Barbican Dutton Thomas Hoxton Keith James Lead Jane meeting houses millenarianism Miremont Armand de Bourbon Malauze Marquis de...

...Chapter 1 traces the footsteps of the French Prophets from their origins in the Cévennes mountains in Languedoc to their arrival in London in the summer 1706. It identities the Camisards as a poorer Huguenot subculture animated by millenarian beliefs in prophecy and martyrdom. Unlike mainstream...

... and adding further layers of complexity to its memory. The chapter also considers other minority groups within Winchester's history, especially the Huguenots, in order to allow a comparative approach and to enable an analysis of whether or not the memory and representation of the Jews is unique. Anglo Saxons...

...The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes resulted in a large-scale exodus of Huguenots from France. Many women who were unable to depart with their husbands left France on their own or with young children. This chapter examines the Memoirs of Anne Marguerite Dunoyer that deal with life in exile...