Huguenot Refugees — Season 1, Episode 2: Unknown Lands
Documentary • 110 min • 1 season, 2 episodes • ★ 6.0/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Huguenot Refugees
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 led to a mass exodus of French Protestants with many going to Prussia.