WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Huguenots were French Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who followed the teachings of theologian John Calvin . Persecuted by the French Catholic government during a violent period, Huguenots fled the country in the 17th century, creating Huguenot settlements all over Europe, in the United States and Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -The exact origin of the word Huguenot is unknown, but many consider it to be a combination of Flemish and German. Protestants who met to study the Bible in secret were called Huis Genooten, meaning “house fellows.” They were also referred to as Eid Genossen, or “oath fellows” meaning persons bound by an oath.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Huguenots (/ˈhjuːɡənɒts/ HEW-gə-nots, also UK: /-noʊz/-⁠nohz, French: [yɡ(ə)no]) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The spelling Huguenot may have been influenced by the personal name Hugues, “Hugh”; a leader of the Geneva movement was one Besançon Hugues (d. 1532).

Detailed explanation-5: -Protestantism in France has existed in its various forms, starting with Calvinism and Lutheranism since the Protestant Reformation. John Calvin was a Frenchman, as were numerous other Protestant Reformers including William Farel, Pierre Viret and Theodore Beza, who was Calvin’s successor in Geneva.