{"product_id":"a-peddlers-tale-religious-exile-and-community-in-early-modern-switzerland-paperback-softback-9780807182031","title":"A Peddler's Tale; Religious Exile and Community in Early Modern Switzerland (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807182031","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Peddler's Tale\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReligious Exile and Community in Early Modern Switzerland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKristine Wirts (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807182031\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages, 16 halftones, 5 maps, 3 graphs\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eKristine Wirts's carefully researched and vividly written study of the Protestant peddler Jean Giraud exemplifies what microhistory should do. She uses Giraud's life to explore big topics, including the plight of religious refugees, apocalypticism, global networks, the expansion of commercial capitalism, and the development of industrial technology. This book is a wonderful success.\" - Keith Luria, author of \u003cem\u003eTerritories of Grace: Cultural Change in the Seventeenth-Century Diocese of Grenoble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this precise examination of a Huguenot merchant's account book, Wirts offers fresh insights into the predicament of religious refugees in early modern Europe. The victims of Louis XIV's repression of Protestantism acquire a human voice as a modest peddler becomes the prism through which to understand better religious persecution and forced migration.\" - Raymond A. Mentzer, coeditor of \u003cem\u003eA Companion to the Huguenots\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1685, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes made Catholicism the only recognized religion in France and criminalized the practice of Calvinism, throwing the minority Protestant population into crisis. \u003ci\u003eA Peddler's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e personifies these events in the story of Jean Giraud, a Protestant merchant-peddler, and his various communities. Drawing on Giraud's account book; municipal, parish, and consistory records; and death inventories, Kristine Wirts ably reconstructs Giraud's familial, commercial, and religious circles. She provides a detailed description of the persecution of Giraud and his fellow church members in La Grave, France, as well as their flight across the Alps to Vevey, Switzerland. The town's residents did not welcome all refugees equally, often expelling Huguenots without social connections or financial resources. Those allowed to stay worked diligently to reestablish their lives and fortunes. Once settled in Vevey, Giraud and his extended family supported themselves by moneylending and peddling books, watch parts, and lace products.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contrast to past studies on the Huguenot diaspora that often depicted those fleeing France in heroic terms, \u003ci\u003eA Peddler's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the harsh economic realities many exiles faced, as well as the importance of social relationships and the necessity of having financial means to secure passage and sanctuary. Wirts contends that Huguenotrefugees who succeeded in obtaining permanent residency in Vevey shared one important element: many derived their livelihood from the burgeoning economic ties and social bonds that emerged with the rise of capitalist markets. A compelling microhistory,\u003ci\u003e A Peddler's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately illustrates the role and power of informal networks in sustaining and fostering early modern communities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551794327832,"sku":"9780807182031","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-peddlers-tale-religious-exile-and-community-in-early-modern-switzerland-paperback-softback-9780807182031","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}