Camisards

But whatever the origin of the word may be, the Camisards was the name most commonly applied to the insurgents, and by which they continue to be known in local history.

The Huguenots in France Samuel Smiles 1858

He learns, that there is nothing to be had and in particular, that all the women have fled, fearing the unprincipled soldiers of King Louis XIV., sent to persecute the poor Huguenots or Camisards, who are hiding in the mountains, -- further that the "Dragons de {64} Villars" are said to be an especially wild and dissolute set.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

Having learned that the soldiers had been commanded to {67} saddle their horses in the midst of the dancing the night before, and that Belamy, sure of his prey, has come back, he believes that Rose has betrayed the poor Camisards in order to win the price set on their heads and this opinion he now communicates to Silvain.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

They were descendants of the Camisards, a sect of Protestants who took refuge in the mountains of the Cevennes during the persecution which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and were descended originally from the Albigenses.

Elizabeth Fry Mrs. E. R. Pitman

In the country of the Camisards -- that little sect of persecuted religionists whose fierce brief struggle against the tyranny of the

Robert Louis Stevenson Margaret Moyes Black

Silvain promises to be her friend henceforth and then leaves, in order to seek the Camisards.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

The family owned two castles in the country of the Cevennes, which were destroyed by the Camisards.

Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Giberne Sieveking

Calvinists, and Camisards -- were probably descendants of the Saracens.

The New World of Islam Lothrop Stoddard 1916

The Synod of Nîmes, 1715, enacted two statutes, evidently aimed at the Camisards: that women and unauthorized persons be debarred from preaching; and that Holy

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

There were a few more disturbances as late as 1711, when a treaty of peace with England deprived the Camisards of a powerful support.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913