My Life and Times - Couverture rigide

Faure, D P

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1346795851 ISBN 13 : 9781346795850

Editeur : Palala Press, 2015

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Huguenot of the Huguenots. Every drop of blood in my veins is French, with only one drop of Dutch added, as appears from the genealogical tree of which a brief sketch follows. Yet whatever the constituents of my blood, South Africa is my country, and I am a South A frican, proud both of my country and of my people. The genealogy referred to has as its heading an introductory paragraph, in which the first known ancestor of our family is stated to have been Antonius Faure, or, as our Latinized forefathers in the Middle A ges wrote it: Faurus. In alluding to this ancestor we are indeed transported to the confines of the Middle A ges, for the year of his birth was 1553, and he died in 1620. He bore the title of Knight, Baron of Peroges, and was First President of the Council of Savoy. He is described as celebrated both on account of the important offices held by him at Court and for his learning, as illustrated by his excellent writings. He was born at Bourg, in the Province of Bresse, near Dauphine, where, as well as in Languedoc and A ngouleme, the family was distinguished for its noble birth, position and inter-marriage with the first families. His wife was named Benoite Faure, Lady of Vaugelas. The above, however, does not exhaust the merits of my esteemed forefather and his Lady. They placed the world under an obligation to them by presenting it with sixteen sons, but we are left in ignorance as to the number of daughters that gathered around the old couples hospitable board. Of this noble army of sixteen, I have particulars concerning two, Pierre and Jean, both of whom, being Huguenots, had to flee from France when the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685. They left Orange, where they had settled, and took refuge in Holland, then the stronghold of Protestantism in Europe, and the asylum, which it has ever been, for all victims of religious intolerance. Jean
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1346795851
• ISBN 13: 9781346795850
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible