The Huguenots. the Protestant Interest. and the War of the Spanish Succession. 1702-1714

304 Pages·1997·11.8 MB·English

by  Laurence Huey Jr. Boles

The Huguenots, the Protestant
Interest, and the War of the
Spanish Succession,
1702-1714
Laurence Huey Boles, Jr.
The Huguenots,
the Protestant Interest,
and the War of the
Spanish Succession,
1702-1714
American University Studies
Series IX
History
Vol. 181
PETER LANG
New York • Washington, D.C./Baltimore
Bern • Frankfurt am Main • Berlin • Vienna • Paris
Laurence Huey Boles, Jr.
The Huguenots,
the Protestant Interest,
and the War of the
Spanish Succession,
1702-1714
PETER LANG
New York • Washington, D.C./Baltimore
Bern • Frankfurt am Main • Berlin • Vienna • Paris
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Boles, Laurence Huey.
The Huguenots, the Protestant interest, and the War of the Spanish Succession,
1702-1714/ Laurence Huey Boles, Jr.
p. em. -(American university studies. Series IX, History; vol. 181)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714. 2. Huguenots-Europe
History-18th century. 3. Europe-History-1648-1715. I. Title. II. Series.
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Dedicated to
Leslie Mallen Boles
and
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Acknowledgements
This work has been adapted from a doctoral dissertation completed for
Northern Arizona University. Accordingly, I wish to express my
appreciation for the guidance provided by Dr. Neil Kunze, Dr. David H.
Kitterman, Dr. George W. Kyte, and Dr. F. Jeffrey Platt, of the Department
of History, and by Dr. Larry M. Preston, of the Department of Political
Science. A special memorial acknowledgement goes to the late Dr. William
J. Roosen for his leadership of my doctoral studies until his death in August
1993.
I wish to thank the staff of the Northern Arizona University Cline
Library, especially for their diligence in obtaining many materials by
interlibrary loan. Also, I convey my appreciation of the generous assistance
of the staff of the Schoonmaker Memorial Library, in New Paltz, New
York, and of the Henry E. Huntington Library, in San Marino, California.
My appreciation is also extended to Linda Charles, of Flagstaff, Arizona,
for her painstaking photocomposition of the manuscript. For certain direct
quotations I acknowledge: Henry L. Snyder, editor, The Marlborough
Godolphin Correspondence, 1975, by permission of Oxford University
Press; the Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London; the Proceedings
of the Western Society for French History; and The State Papers of Queen
Anne, 1701-1714, by The Liturgical Press/Division of the Order of St.
Benedict, Inc./distributed by Scholarly Resources Inc.
Much of the joy of writing this work came from the memory of my late
father, Laurence Huey Boles, and his great love of history. I have been
encouraged throughout by my mother, Blossom Miller Boles, my brother,
Edgar Howard Boles, II, and my friends Harry and Regina Salis, David and
Carol Brim, and Paul J. Babbitt, Jr., and Mary-Kuzell Babbitt. Most of all,
I have been sustained by the unrelenting faith and loving support of my wife
Leslie Mallen Boles.
Laurence Huey Boles, Jr.
Flagstaff, Arizona
April 1996
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Table of Contents
PREFACE xi
A NOTE ON DATES xiii
1. EUROPE AND THE PROTEST ANT INTEREST 1
2. QUEEN ANNE, THE SWISS, AND THE MENDING OF
BRIDGES TO EUROPE 29
3. FRANCE AND THE SWISS: TRADE, THE PAMPHLET
WAR, AND A DUCHY IN DISPUTE 47
4. THE DUKE OF SAVOY AND THE GRAND ALLIANCE:
GAINING THE WAR AT THE COST OF THE
PROTESTANT INTEREST 69
5. THE CAMISARD REBELS AND THE ALLIES: THE
STAKES OF STRATEGY 101
6. THE CAMISARD REBELS, EMIGRE SOLDIERS,
AND THE ALLIES: THE TACTICAL RETREAT 129
7. THE PROTEST ANTS OF THE EMPIRE AND THE
FORTUNES OF WAR 153
8. THE PROTEST ANT INTEREST, THE HUGUENOTS OF
FRANCE, AND THE PEACE OF UTRECHT 195