Camisards were Huguenots (French Protestants) of the rugged and isolated Cévennes region of southern France, who raised an insurrection against the persecutions which followed the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, which made being Protestant illegal.
Camisards were Huguenots (French Protestants) of the rugged and isolated Cévennes region of southern France. The rugged and isolated Cévennes region of southern France raised an insurrection against the persecutions. These persecutions followed the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.1685 made being Protestant illegal.