La population réformée française de 1600 à 1685 - article ; n°6 ; vol.42, pg 1433-1465

Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations - Année 1987 - Volume 42 - Numéro 6 - Pages 1433-1465
The Reformed Population of France from 1600 to 1685.
Census or parish register information regarding 92 Reformed congregations is used to estimate and account for changes in the size of France's Huguenot minority between the Edict of Nantes and its Revocation. The findings suggest a gradual though irregular decline in the ranks of the community, with significant urban-rural and regional variations. The causes of the decline appear to have been multiple, including high urban mortality rates, demographic stagnation in certain regions of Protestant strength and wartime losses incurred during the revolts of the 1620s as well as conversions to Catholicism.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.