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A monument to past persecution
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1978)It was also from coastal Aigues-Mortes that men were consigned to the galleys for the crime of attending (or even failing to report) Huguenot worship. -
Risister in tower of Constance
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1978)The inscription "resister" (resist) scratched in the stone of her cell by Huguenot Marie Durand. -
Tower of Constance, Aigues-Mortes
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1978)The pleasures of al fresco dining are in contrast to the stark history of incarceration in the tower of Constance where many women were inprisoned for years for attending Huguenot worship. -
View of the al fresco restaurant from the Tower of Constance
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The walls of Aigues-Mortes
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1978)In 1661 Louis XIV decided to reign as sole ruler without a prime minister and began to enlarge Versailles, ultimately bringing it to its present glory. Persecution proceeded with a vengeance with many forced conversions ...