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On this day in 1012, a ransom is paid to Vikings for the liberation of Canterbury, after a raid on the city and the capture of Ælfheah, Archbishop of Canterbury. #Canterbury
On this day in 1598, the Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots. #Huguenots
On this day in 1895, French officer Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of selling military secrets against a backdrop of anti-Semitism, is imprisoned on Devils Island. #Dreyfus
#Généalogie 🌿 L’arrivée au pouvoir d’un nouveau président américain 🇺🇸 a donné envie à #Geneanet de savoir si certains avaient des racines françaises 🇫🇷… c’est le cas, et pour un nombre non négligeable d’entre eux !
https://www.geneanet.org/blog/post/2025/01/des-presidents-americains-avec-des-origines-francaises
🔴 🇫🇷 **Fighting Calvin and Muhammad in Wall Almanacs after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes**
_Combining visual and textual analysis, this article suggests that royal image makers linked Muslims and Protestants to defend the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and manifest the French king's religious zeal and imperial ambition while distracting from the ahdname (capitulations) granted by the Ottoman sultan that precluded France from joining a Catholic alliance to fight the “Turkish menace.”_
Gillian Weiss; Fighting Calvin and Muhammad in Wall Almanacs after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. French Historical Studies 1 November 2024; 47 (4): 549–570. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-11284379.
#Research #Article #History #Histodon #Histodons #EarlyModern #LouisXIV #Huguenots #Protestants #Muslims #Islam #France #Europe @earlymodern @histodon @histodons
This 16th-century law was England’s first ‘refugee policy’ #migration #refugees #Huguenots https://theconversation.com/this-16th-century-law-was-englands-first-refugee-policy-230064
@PassTheDutchie
I don't do Wikitree but I definitely have a fair number of #NewNetherland Settlers #Huguenots in my ancestry. Their descendants migrated to southern #NewJersey
#genealogy
#Wikitree #NewNetherlandSettlers #Huguenots anyone from Wikitree on here who is in New Netherland Settlers project or the Huguenot Migration project? Oosterhoudt-24 here. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Oosterhout_Name_Study
📸 #Neoclassical #Architecture #Photography 🎞️
👁️ #Portico, #French #Reformed (#Huguenot) #Church
📍 #Potsdam
📆 12 Sep 2023
📷 #NikonD5600
⚪️ #Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ 1.8G
📻🎶 Genevan Psalter: Psalm XXIII https://youtu.be/upQ1Qam-0fI?si=4Nc5QV6VYohE4DoT
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#art #frenchquarter #urbanphotography #cityphotography #Städtefotografie #fotografie #sculpture #skulptur #kirche #hugenotten #huguenots #nikon #nikonphotography #architektur #germany
📸 #Neoclassical #Architecture #Photography 🎞️
👁️ #Statue, French Reformed #Huguenot Church
📍 #Potsdam
📆 12 Sep 2023
📷 #NikonD5600
⚪️ #Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ 1.8G
📻🎶 Genevan #Psalter: #Psalm II https://youtu.be/cClmmE6uJ5g?si=wIEm87cMglVEG-ha
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#art #frenchquarter #urbanphotography #cityphotography #Städtefotografie #fotografie #sculpture #skulptur #kirche #hugenotten #huguenots #nikon #nikonphotography #architektur #germany
📸 #Neoclassical #Architecture #Photography 🎞️
👁️ #Statue, #French Reformed #Church
📍 #Potsdam
📆 12 Sep 2023
📷 #NikonD5600
⚪️ #Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ 1.8G
📻🎶 Sigur Rós: Untitled No. 4 https://youtu.be/Cr5XOZ1uyVE?si=ZWRaYRv5VVXMPaAZ
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#art #frenchquarter #urbanphotography #cityphotography #Städtefotografie #fotografie #sculpture #skulptur #kirche #hugenotten #huguenots #nikon #nikonphotography #architektur #germany
🌟Coming soon🌟 on #BlogTour with The Coffee Pot Book Club:
⚜️The King's Command by Rosemary Hayes⚜️
Young Lidie struggles as King Louis XIV begins to persecute Huguenots. Her life in danger, she must consider all options.
https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/08/blog-tour-the-kings-command-by-rosemary-hayes.html
Belated #introduction !
Born/raised Midwest US: Rock keys+vocals in hs, BS degree in #Journalism, Radio DJ/Ann'cer post-college...then on to a 30+ year Federal career administering Soc Ins benefits.
Now retired to the scenic high desert of #NewMexico USA.
Always learning more about:
#music #jazz #photography #history #French #movies #stockmarket #Britcoms #art #cartooning
Ancestry= #Welsh, #Huguenots, #Mayflower.
Hope some of this resonates with you: feel free to follow!