Conscience and Coercion:
The Early Protestants of Amiens, 1530-1650;
Traces of Their Lives
Background Information
“Conscience and Coercion” looks at the members of the Protestant movement as they were surveiled, categorized and persecuted as “heretics” by the powers that be in Amiens and Paris before and during the French Wars of Religion but also discovers them through their own words, deeds, and commitments as persons of faith.
The star shaped fortress at the top was built at the end of the wars of religion on orders of Henry IV after 1598. Depicts the way the Somme River flows east to west and branches as it passes through the northernmost parishes then moves northwest eventually toward the English Channel.
Exhibit
Conscience and Coercion: The Early Protestants of Amiens, 1530-1650; Traces of Their Lives
January 23- February 22, 2024
Gallery Hours:
M-F 4-8 pm
Sat 1-5 pm
Pew Fine Art’s Center at Grove City College
100 Campus Dr., Grove City, PA 16127
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Controversies and Ambiguities
A summary of page content
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![Image of the Interrogation record of Jehan Warocquier]()
Official Proscription
Two previously unpublished interrogations of Protestant suspects and a diverse body of cases gives insight into the spread of Protestant beliefs (in their pre-Calvinist form), and into how they were criminalized
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![Map of Concentration of Protestant Suspects by Parish in Amiens. Dating 1562]()
Parishes
Summary of parishes
