Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Voltaire and the 1760s: Essays for John Renwick |
| Editors | NIcholas Cronk |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Pages | 123-132 |
| Volume | SVEC 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
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Keywords
- Voltaire
- Caveirac
- toleration
- France
- religion
- Enlightenment. 1760s
- dominant discourse
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'Caveirac, Protestants and the presence of Voltairean discourse in late-eighteenth-century France'. / Gargett, Graham.
Voltaire and the 1760s: Essays for John Renwick. ed. / NIcholas Cronk. Vol. SVEC 2 Oxford, 2008. p. 123-132.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - 'Caveirac, Protestants and the presence of Voltairean discourse in late-eighteenth-century France'
AU - Gargett, Graham
N1 - Reference text: Jean Balcou, Freron contre les philosophes (Geneva, 1975) Jean Balcou, Le Dossier Freron (Geneva, 1975) Claude Lauriol, La Baumelle: un protestant cevennol entre Montesquieu et Voltaire (Geneva, 1978) Geoffrey Adams, The Huguenots and French opinion 1685-1787; the Enlightenment debate on toleration (Waterloo, Ontario, 1991) William Everdell, Christian apologetics in France, 1730-1790: the roots of Romantic religion (Lewiston, Queenston, 1987)
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This chapter analyses the use by Caveirac, a notorious reactionary who had defended the St. Bartholomewe Day's massacre and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, of language characteristic of the Enlightenment discourse of toleration. It also considers similar usage, including terms like 'droits humains', in official documents of the 1760s dealing with French Protestants, whose religion was still legally banned in France. I argue that this illustrates how, as in every era, a rising or dominant discourse imposes its own terms and vocabulary on even those who oppose its values and seek to react against it.
AB - This chapter analyses the use by Caveirac, a notorious reactionary who had defended the St. Bartholomewe Day's massacre and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, of language characteristic of the Enlightenment discourse of toleration. It also considers similar usage, including terms like 'droits humains', in official documents of the 1760s dealing with French Protestants, whose religion was still legally banned in France. I argue that this illustrates how, as in every era, a rising or dominant discourse imposes its own terms and vocabulary on even those who oppose its values and seek to react against it.
KW - Voltaire
KW - Caveirac
KW - toleration
KW - France
KW - religion
KW - Enlightenment. 1760s
KW - dominant discourse
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978 0 7294 0949 0
VL - SVEC 2
SP - 123
EP - 132
BT - Voltaire and the 1760s: Essays for John Renwick
A2 - Cronk, NIcholas
CY - Oxford
ER -