Huguenot Refugees

Season 1

2019 · 2 episodes · 1h 35m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. A Leap into the Unknown

   25 Nov 2019 · 47 min

   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. 

   2. Unknown Lands

   2 Dec 2019 · 48 min

   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.