Paul Sherwin a écrit :

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:55:46 +0200, The Submarine Captain
wrote:



On the other hand, 1740 is not that long after my own ancestors arrived
in Switzerland... like tenth of thousands of French Huguenots
(protestants), who were suddenly denied the very right to live on French
soil. It was a massive boost to protestant Europe, as many of the
Huguenots who had the financial means to leave were merchants, doctors,
printers, chemists, lawyers, weavers etc. and brought their trade and
know-how with them.



Lots of them came to England, and were important in the growth of the
English economy in the eighteenth century, especially textiles.


Yup, the silk trade, notably, was almost entirely created by this wave
of immigrants... Nvertheless, contemporary accounts show that these
refugees did not receive too warm a welcome in the placed where they
settled.

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