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Huguenot Refugees

Season 1 · 2 episodes · Nov 25, 2019

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    Episode 1

    A Leap into the Unknown

    Nov 25, 2019

    French King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a document that had protected the rights of French protestants for almost one hundred years. The decision prompted a mass exodus of French Protestants with many going to Prussia.

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    Episode 2

    Unknown Lands

    Dec 2, 2019

    French protestants were forced to flee France as dragoons were given free reign to rape, assault and terrify their communities. Among them, the Loyal family, poor cloth-makers desperate for mercy, safe passage, and a new place to call home.