Douglas Carl Abrams

French Protestantism’s Struggle for Survival and Legitimacy (1517–1905)

History & Biography

“This clearly written and balanced overview of Protestantism in France from 1517 to 1905 covers the Reformation, era of religious wars, and the Revolution, but also the less familiar—and more positive—developments for them during the Republics, the Napoleonic Era, and the Dreyfus Affair. Until a 1905 law ended the Catholic Church’s official power by separating church and state, Protestants in France demonstrated remarkable resilience.”