Preaching a Dual Identity: Huguenot Sermons and the Shaping of Confessional Identity, 1629–1685

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Historical Context

Huguenot Historiography

Sermon Literature

Sermons as Text and Event

The Rise and Fall in Rates of Printing

Division of the Text

1 The Medium and the Messengers

Basic Structures of the Huguenot Sermon

Preparation and Administration

Practical Aids and Reflexive Sermons: Preaching about Pastors

Dignity and Duty as Sermon Themes

Conclusion

2 An Exclusive Community: Defining the Huguenot Petit Troupeau

Theology, Controversy, and the Catholic Church: Ceci est mon corps

A Voluntary Minority: Là où il y a deux ou trois

Defining Identity through Psalms…

… And Defining Identity through Prophets

Conclusion

3 Civics and Religion, or Why Huguenots Make the Best Subjects

The Evolving Political Situation of Huguenots

The Politics of Publishing

Craignez Dieu, Honorez le Roy: Biblical Imperatives and the Divine Order

Civics and Huguenot Political History

Uniquely Huguenot Approaches to being a French Subject

Conclusion

4 Marriage and Confessionalization, Part 1: Shaping Huguenot Identity through Sermons on the Conjugal Unit

Influences on Huguenot Marriage

The Purpose and Utility of Marriage

Gender and the Ordering of Marriage

Clerical Marriage, Sacramental Status, and other Differences

The Danger of Mixed Marriages

Conclusion

5 Marriage and Confessionalization, Part 2: Shaping Huguenot Identity beyond the Couple

Husbands, Love Your Wives, Just as Christ Loved the Church

Le Petit Troupeau vs. La Grande Paillarde

Obeying Husbands and Kings

Conclusion

6 An Epilogue, or: Huguenot Identity beyond the Revocation, Familiar Imagery and Huguenot History in Refugee Sermons

Towards the Revocation and Beyond

The Netherlands

Brandenburg and Britain

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix: Biographical Information for Pastors Cited

Bibliography

Index