Between Two Thieves: The Protestant Nobility and the War of the Camisards.

REVOLUTIONS; PROTESTANTS; FREEDOM of religion; DE Rossel, Jacques Jacob; LOUIS XIV, King of France, 1638-1715; PEASANTS; NOBILITY (Social class); CATHOLICS

The article examines the stand of the Protestant nobles regarding the hostility caused by the rebellion of Protestant peasants against King Louis XIV of France. The coexistence between French Protestants, otherwise know as the Huguenots, and Catholics were taken into account. It has been pointed that the rebellion resulted from the decision of the Louis XIV to revoke the Edict of Nantes, which grants limited freedom of worship to French Protestants. Key information about the role of Jacques Jacob de Rossel, baron d'Aigaliers, of the rebellion is further presented.