I have a couple of vivid memories from my high school AP French literature class. Our teacher, Madame Sorrell, was a lovely woman whose bright red hair tumbled in tendrils to her shoulders, and who was all chiffon scarves and… Read More
After the Catholic king Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, in 1685, Huguenots (French Protestants) fled for their lives. Many countries sheltered the refugees. The city of Geneva, with a population of 16,000 people, welcomed 4,000 Huguenots.