Huguenots
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the Huguenots
in the texts
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
French Protestants named as the group Ravaillac's symbolic gesture suggested the king should be induced to war against.
and that he said, this heart signifies, that the heart of the king should be induced to make war against the Huguenots.
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
French Protestants whose stronghold at Rochelle was besieged and whom the English expedition under Buckingham sought to relieve.
In 1627 he engaged in a war with France, and sent out a fleet and army under Buckingham to relieve the Huguenot stronghold of Rochelle which was being besieged by the King of France.
Law in a Free State
French Protestant group historically persecuted, invoked as an example contrasted with the outcry over inspecting Catholic convents.
Huguenots may be hunted and persecuted for generations, and freethinkers burnt at the stake;