Huguenot Refugees - Season 1

Huguenot Refugees - Season 1

First aired: 11/25/2019 2 episodes
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Episodes

1. A Leap into the Unknown

Aired: 11/25/2019

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.

2. Unknown Lands

Aired: 12/2/2019

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.