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In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists.

Used originally as a term of derision the derivation of the name Huguenot remains uncertain. It may have been a French corruption of the German word Eidgenosse, meaning a Confederate, perhaps in combination with a reference to the name Besançon Hugues (d 1532).In Geneva, Hugues was the leader of the "Confederate Party,"Thus, Hugues plus eidgenot becomes Huguenot, with the intention of associating the Protestant cause with some very unpopular politics.

2007-01-08 02:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by aidan402 6 · 1 0

I can't remember as to why they were given the name but the Hugenots were the French Protestants in 16th century Europe but lost out since France was primarily (and still is) a Catholic nation.

2007-01-08 11:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0 0

They were French Protestants. I don't know why they had that name; you'd have to know French.

2007-01-08 10:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by charlie h 3 · 1 0

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