Calvinist Exiles in Tudor and Stuart England

Introduction

This volume is a synthesis of the research articles of one of Europe’s leading scholars of 16th-century exile communities.

It will be invaluable to the growing number of historians interested in the religious, intellectual, social and economic impact of stranger communities on the rapidly changing nation that was Elizabethan and early Stuart England.

Historical Context

Southern England in general, and London in particular, played a unique part in offering refuge to Calvinist exiles for more than a century.

Economic and Social Impact

For the English government, the attraction of exiles was not so much their Reformed religion and discipline as their economic potential - the exiles were in the main skilled craftsmen and well-connected merchants who could benefit the English economy.