The Bellicose Dove: Claude Brousson and Protestant Resistance to Louis X1v, 1647-1698

by Brian E. Strayer and Brian E Strayer

Book Overview

'Bellicose Dove' is the first English biography of the Huguenot lawyer, preacher, diplomat and martyr Claude Brousson for 150 years. It examines his life (1647-98), letters, sermons, books, and the role he played in resisting Louis XIV's persecution of the Huguenots until his death on the scaffold in 1698. Unique features of the book include a detailed examination of biographical details in his letters, analysis of the symbolism in his sermons and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190390031X
• ISBN13: 9781903900314
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"