Continuous presence of Protestants 1632-1685

• Growing repression with the arrivals of Mgr. Laval in 1659

  • First abjurations
  • Many grievances to Rome
  • Civil authorities stay tolerant
  • Regulation against the Huguenots, 1676

• Huguenots are still coming

  • King’s daughters
  • Soldiers
  • Merchants and clerks
  • Craftsmen

• Mgr. Laval
  

Notes:

• Continuous presence of Protestants 1632-1685
  

• With the arrival of Mgr. Laval in 1659, we will assist to a growing repression of the clergy against the Huguenots. The first abjurations will take place. Mgr. Laval will complaint many time to Rome to have the Huguenots excluded from the colony. He will ask to Colbert, the minister of the colony in France to send peoples coming from Normandy instead of La Rochelle.

• However, the civil authorities are tolerant, Mgr. Laval will have to wait in 1670 to decide the Superior Council to vote a regulation to control the activities of the Huguenots. That regulation forbid them to exercise their religion. The merchant can stay only for the summer period and exceptionally can they with a permission for the winter. They must live as good Catholics and make no scandal. Some will be prosecute to have work on Sunday.

• Officially the Huguenots can not settled, however, the authorities will close their eyes. They need badly craftsmen an the number of people coming to New-France is so scarce that they don’t embarrass with their religious origin. So many merchant and clerks will settle, each regiment of soldiers will count a certain number of Huguenots. We will find amongst the King’s daughters, even if they are coming from Catholics institutions.