History A-Level
Huguenot migration
What Huguenot migration means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Huguenot migration
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The movement of French Calvinists into the Netherlands, which added to existing Dutch Calvinist communities and brought organised Calvinist networks and preachers.
Topics that use Huguenot migration
- Origins of the Dutch Revolt, c1563–67 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- 'Beggars'
- Centralisation versus local privilege
- Compromise of 1566
- Dutch grandees
- Hedge preaching
- Iconoclastic Fury
- Local autonomy
- Restoration of order
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